Anyone else writing a diary?

[Sewerslide222]

Sometime ago i started writing notes to my phone notepad from whatever i've been thinking or feeling, then i realised that it kind of serves as a diary for when i'm gone.

Is it just weird or stupid to leave something like that instead of a letter, is it worth to let people to really know what you've been feeling, would that make it easier for them to understand, or would it just hurt more?

Anyway, not going to ctb yet but just some thoughts

 

[Chili]

I keep a diary, but I don't update it often. I think you should do what makes you feel better; it's ultimately your choice. I don't want my family to read my diary, so mine is kept with a passcode that's different from all my other passcodes. I do think it'd be nice to keep a much longer, more detailed history of your thoughts and feelings instead of a letter. It might help people who read it (if that's what you wish) understand how you're feeling and how long you've been feeling it.

 

[vanillamilkshakes]

I started to, but honestly, it didn't help. I only felt worse reading back my feelings

 

[attheend13]

Sometime ago i started writing notes to my phone notepad from whatever i've been thinking or feeling, then i realised that it kind of serves as a diary for when i'm gone.

Is it just weird or stupid to leave something like that instead of a letter, is it worth to let people to really know what you've been feeling, would that make it easier for them to understand, or would it just hurt more?

Anyway, not going to ctb yet but just some thoughts

Yes I do because what I have to say is such poison it can't be said except here and in a private journal. I use my phone too. I set my date for July 1st and in June of next year I'll destroy it all first. No one needs to know.

 

[nihilistic_dragon]

I hate journaling. I've had the same journal for maybe like ten years. Rarely write anything in it. Currently in the process of shredding it.

 

[Eternal Eyes]

As weird as it sounds, I actually use Chatgpt as a journal, I often ask it to find patterns in my writing and give general advice based on struggles I have. I have found it actually helps too.

I also used my phones notes as a diary, usually when I was suffering from insomnia.

 

[J&L383]

I started to, but honestly, it didn't help. I only felt worse reading back my feelings

I don't know if it helps or not. But been keeping a digital diary for several years. Not pass-coded (no one has access to my phone except me), if/when I die my family can have at it, I won't care!

 

[restingplace]

Sometime ago i started writing notes to my phone notepad from whatever i've been thinking or feeling, then i realised that it kind of serves as a diary for when i'm gone.

Is it just weird or stupid to leave something like that instead of a letter, is it worth to let people to really know what you've been feeling, would that make it easier for them to understand, or would it just hurt more?

Anyway, not going to ctb yet but just some thoughts

I've kept a diary since 2019 and id like to imagine that my close friends will get to read them after I ctb. They deserve true unfiltered insight

 

[willitpass]

I also keep a journal as a way to explain things to loved ones after I'm gone. I think being able to see years of mental agony will be more of an explanation than a note ever could be.

 

[ThatGuyOverThere]

Yeah, It's mostly just filled with incoherent ramblings about my distain for values, and the schooling system I was raised in. It's been going for about almost a year at this point and I'm Only like 38 Pages in I believe.

I have this itch in the back if my head that from time to time tells me to write down anything, doesn't matter what, but just a tick that makes me write. As such My Diary is frankly just me reiterating the same general ideas and feeling, which I have written in hundreds of different way, but which conveys the same message. That being that I hate my Life, that I'd rather die than live, and I hate the structure of society.

 

[AflacDuck]

Not really ultimately I'll be lost to the sands of time as it is. If I write something it would probably just be for my friends and family. Issue is I know if I leave something like this behind it'd just be a reminder of what I did and keep wounds alive, and I feel like THAT would be an asshole move

 

[Bear1234]

I do the same sometimes but if you have an iphone you can put a password on the note in your phone to lock it. It can be a random password that noone could guess so even if they manage to unlock you phone, they won't be able to access that.