Honesty in Writing a Diary
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (140976)
Philippines
November 6, 2025 6:01am CST
Honestly, I used to write in my diary. But then, I stopped doing it. One of the reasons I do not want somebody to accidentally read my journal. There was also one time that I tried to write through the use of Russian characters. In this way, no one will know what is going on in my life.
Can you be completely honest with yourself when writing in a diary?
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@DaddyEvil (164200)
• United States
6 Nov
I've never written a diary but I think I could be honest with myself if I did write one. I don't think Pretty would invade my privacy by reading whatever I write.
I hope you've been doing okay... You were gone for a while and I worry about you. 
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@Kusumakrishna (1041)
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6 Nov
I Don't want to disclose everything that I do in a day
...Is it possible.I dont know what it contains.only important things in a day or everything?
...Is it possible.I dont know what it contains.only important things in a day or everything?2 people like this
@Shavkat (140976)
• Philippines
7 Nov
Technically, I considered myLot as my personal journal. However, I only share some parts of the story of my life. Considering that no one knows me personally here, however, I cannot push myself to share everything about what is going on in my life.
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@rsa101 (40568)
• Philippines
10 Nov
Writing a diary they say can be good for your mental health they say since it allows you to dump your thoughts into it. It can guide you as the days pass and could give you hints if you’ve written ling enough and read back you can get hints and patterns that can guide you in the future. I tried writing online journals but i could not sustain it. . I do write short but not on a regular basis.
. I do write short but not on a regular basis.
@shaggin (74621)
• United States
9 Nov
A one point I wrote in pig Latin so it would take people longer to decipher what I wrote if they did find my diary.
@crossbones27 (51842)
• Mojave, California
8 Nov
Not really, especially in these days when it seems is everyone want to find every private detail, not because its corrupt and harmful against someones family because they just simply want to embarrass people because you do not agree with what they agree with. Its sad and a small way to live.
@xstitcher (37188)
• Petaluma, California
12 Nov
I've written in a journal for years. In some of my first journals I've actually written fiction (stories) but the ones since have just been things that have happened in my regular hum-drum life and praising the Lord for getting me through stuff.
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (16581)
• Torrington, Connecticut
6 Nov
I pass, il take my secrets to the grave lol
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@Dreamerby (9778)
• Calcutta, India
28 Nov
Yeah I too have this fear- what if someone accidentally reads my journal...especially because I live with my parents. Now I write in notepad in laptop.
@Soobinah (211)
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8 Nov
When I was still writing a diary, I'm always honest in writing what happened to me that day. I wrote a diary for me to look back and check what happened, it keeps my memories whether good or bad. If i lie in my diary, then what's the purpose of writing one? now that im grown up i kept my diaries and sometimes i would read it even in front of my siblings and we would just laugh out loud because everything i wrote in my diary were all funny.
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@Soobinah (211)
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8 Nov
@Shavkat because majority of my diary's content were my siblings. how they bullied me (they alwasy tease me when i was kid) i wrote everything that happened (maybe its because im a child and writing a diary is my way to rant) so whenever i saw it i would really read it infront of my siblings and my parents and told them (that's how you two, treat me when i was a kid, so its payback time!, im going to bully your children too!) then we will all laugh so hard.
now that they have kids too, i would still read it in front of them and told them (that's how your mother treat me when i was a kid, so be ready, because I'm gonna take my revenge too!, I'm going to bully you too!) then they would run to their moms for help. And my mom and I would just laughing out loud.
