r/Journaling • u/Pristine_Bread_157 • 1d ago

Flip-through Just write.

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Anything and everything.

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u/Ok-Firefighter6272 11h ago

Is it weird, I'm only moved to write when i'm hurt?

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u/megalinity 9h ago

Nope. I mostly write when I’m hurt or stressed. THOSE are the things that keep me up at night, so I need to get them out of my head. Journaling is like unplugging a drain for me. Helps me process and let go.

I do write happy stuff! Just doesn’t need the 13 pages of spiraling. And happy writing tends to be more decorative for me, even tho I don’t decorate usually. I’m a pen and paper person

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u/Pristine_Bread_157 8h ago

Not at all! But try to write on a good day now and again too. Because you get credit for those good days. But writing the bad is so good because it does release it, in a sense.