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Old Nov 11, 2017, 03:39 AM
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I've been journaling since I was a young girl. It is absolutely the best way for me to process my thoughts. As Flannery O'Connor once said, "I never know what I think until I read what I say."
I try to write at least something small every day (but I don't always, lol). Sometimes it's just a wrap-up of my day. Sometimes it's "word vomit" that doesn't make any sense, but it makes me feel better to move the words from my brain to a piece of paper. Sometimes I write letters -- to my therapist, to myself, to people who have hurt me, to people I love -- not to send, just for me to write. I always do a write-up after each therapy session, both for me to decompress and process, and to keep a record of what we've talked about so I can remember it the next session.
Everyone is different, but for me writing is the best way for me to process my emotions.
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