I used to write the fiction to divert attention from moods. I did some as therapy to get 'revenge' on those that I feel wronged me. I've been discriminated against in part for mental illness. So therapeutic measures leave me laughing rather than embittered.

@A MyDepressionTeam Member I wish I had thought of that. Must've helped.

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When my mom died I wrote her letters. I actually had a blog that I made visible only to me and my siblings. I made it so any one of us could post to it but I was the only one that did. My siblings said it helped them just reading my letters and seeing the pictures. I wrote some poems, posted some song lyrics or links to music videos. I didn't have a very close relationship with her but I wanted to. She just couldn't talk to me without criticizing everything I did. She couldn't accept me as I am and that I decided to make my own decisions for my life and my children. Then she died suddenly and there was so much I never got to say. I did get a little bit closer when she was sick. I sent her flowers and that surprised her. She didn't think I could send her flowers in Georgia from Alaska. I just googled the closest flowers shop to her and had them take her a get well bouquet with a balloon. That changed things a bit. Anyway, it did help me a lot to just write out what I was feeling as if she could really read them.

I write in a journal from time to time but I usually forget about it. When I was depressed I didn't like to write but I tried sometimes. I tried to think of positive things but it was difficult. If it turns into a rant I just write it all out and rip out the page and throw it away. It still helps to just get it out. My son just bought me a really nice dot journal he saw that was this shade of green that I love. I'm trying to think of how I want to use it but I'm starting with a list of books I've read this year.

I keep a diary and an emotional writing journal.

I don't journal every day, but try to.