20--What steps do you take to make your LJ (Facebook, etc, but I am mostly interested in LJ) into a place you want it to be, which of them work, and do any of them happen to trap you in the image of yourself you have already created here and impede you expressing everything of yourself here?

( There are two questions here, neither of which have i paid any attention to. The second, at least, is certainly worthy of my attention. Read more... )

James Pennebaker, a nationally known American social psychologist, has done extensive research on journaling as a route to healing. According to his book “Writing to Heal,” his research has shown that short-term focused writing can have a beneficial effect on everyone: from those dealing with a terminal illness to victims of violent crime, to ( Read more... )