Do you keep your old journals?
By Diana
@dya80dya (36956)
January 6, 2024 12:39pm CST
Today I started to search for something and I found my old journal. It's so interesting to see my way of thinking. I think I was depressed since I was 17 years old. I was very shy and my thoughts were too profound. I felt like an old person. I admired other people more than I should. My brother made fun of me since I was a kid. I could see the same pattern, the lack of support from my family. Finding it was very interesting, but anyone can find it and read it. I kept my old journals because I wanted to see how I changed.
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@AmbiePam (98164)
• United States
6 Jan 24
When I was nineteen, I threw away my childhood and teenage journals. I was going overseas, and I figured if my plane went down, and my parents came across my old journals, they’d feel terrible. I was such a depressed kid, and the journals would undoubtedly have made my parents cry. So, to save them any extra potential pain, I got rid of them, just in case. Obviously, there were no plane crashes, but I don’t regret tossing them.
Although, in general, I think it’s a good idea to keep them.
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@RebeccasFarm (94524)
• Arvada, Colorado
6 Jan 24
So sweet you found that journal..you can see how you have grown as a person.
No I have no journals.
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@1creekgirl (43547)
• United States
6 Jan 24
I started journals 40 years ago. I don't write every day, but it's a way for me to remember events when I forget them. I have 11, I think.
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@1creekgirl (43547)
• United States
9 Jan 24
@dya80dya I write both. I've always been able to express my feelings better on paper.
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. That's good to know your journal is still with you and saw the changes you have made in yourself.