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I don’t know how many people know this but there’s actually reasonable amounts of evidence to suggest that physically writing by hand is better for memory retention and cognitive processing than typing.

I notice a lot of comic diaries choose to use a typeface for their text, which is okay, but if you’re posting a comic diary that is also meant to help YOU process your thoughts and emotions, consider writing it out physically if you have the means.

If you make your comics on a phone with your finger, consider writing them out on real paper and then taking photos that you can then adjust to fit the look of your comic! If you have a stylus, write inside of your drawing program!

hive-in-a-mind

to add to this: embrace writing messily!! be scratchy and unkempt with your handwriting, it helps loosen you up more to the process!!!!

kingoftalkingbeasts

All great comments and advice! Journaling is a really useful and important tool to processing ANY kind of thoughts and emotions! A typed journal is perfectly fine, but it’s not going to lead to as many revelations and breakthroughs for most people. If it works for you, that’s wonderful, but I encourage everyone to try writing by hand!

My therapist has been begging me to do it for a long time, which originally I avoided because I didn’t realize that journaling can be ANYTHING. Had a bad day? Write about it. Had a weird feeling about something that you’re not sure about? Write about it. Had a great day? Write about it. Had something make you really happy? Write about it! “It” can be anything from a weird little bug to your favorite character!

“Write about it” doesn’t even need to mean anything specific or consistent. You can draw, you can make lists, you can write a bunch of unconnected words that relate to the experience, you can write long essays or short blurbs. From stickmen to mind maps, journal however YOU want to journal!

The physical act of handwriting helps to connect various parts of your brain as it activates more cognitive processes than typing. This can lead not only to better understanding of yourself (whether that be a single self or multiple selves or one divided into parts) but also better understanding of the people around you! You don’t need to give anyone grace in a private journal, it’s for you after all, but you may find yourself coming to a better understanding of why others may have done things that will help you manage your own feelings as well as your relationships with those people.

Cater your journaling experience to yourself and nobody else! Talk about subjects that are important to you, no matter how trivial. Write in ways that make sense in your mind and don’t worry about how others may perceive it. And most importantly, have fun!

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#for my sanity and as a reminder

just asking for a friend: how does one carry on with a normal healthy life as host if you are constantly burdened by the knowledge that you’ve spent your entire existence as a part parading around as the previous host without even realizing it and being miserable about how wrong it felt for years and has left you a blank slate post-syscovery. 🙏