New blog, new...whatever

My boyfriend doesn't like it when I express myself in writing. His reasons: 1. it's attention-getting behavior (facebook) 2. What I blog or put in a diary, I just dwell on my pain and 3. He thinks its always directed at him.

He's often right about the last one. He just torments me, about 50% of our interactions are him nagging at me. So naturally, he's on top of the list of people I complain about the most (up there with my dad). But then he is also one of the people I often speak fondly of, so... I don't think it counts.

And i agree that posting every little thing you do and think is, most of the time, in bad taste. And, sometimes, instead of healing you, it reinforces your negative emotions when you see real your post/journal entry repeatedly.

But then, it can be helpful, as long as I don't overdo it. Writing helps me put things into perspective. I start a new blog, as I download new software for my new laptop, to mark the start of my new...thing. I don't know what to call it, yet. Whatever it is, I just want it documented in this blog. All of this is just me talking to myself, and helping myself remember these thoughts that would otherwise be forgotten (or not be forgotten but clutter my head, or be partially forgotten or corrupted by other, future thoughts).

Literally, this is my very own self-help blog.