I want my blog back

This isn't a good situation I'm in.
I used to blog about how I felt. It was a way to release emotion and get feedback from the 'general public' without having to tell anyone I actually knew.
However, someone I know stumbled upon this blog and there was absolute uproar-they told everyone who featured in it which was, actually, pretty much everyone I know and their dog (literally). Due to the fact I was always highly emotional when I wrote the blogs they contained some real home truths. Stuff no-one else should know, whom I fancied, whom other people fancied, whom I hated, whom other people hated and sometimes even absolute slagging off.
Now, I had to stop writing. I promised I would, and I don't want a repeat performance so another, more secret, blog is not an option. This is killing me, I have no outlet (Diary not an option as I'd lose it, someone would find it, or SOMETHING. Happened thrice before, not risking again) and I can only sit and mumble to myself in a state of high emotion. Blogging would calm me down, keep me sane and I'd release all the emotion, but now I walk the streets in tears murmuring to myself- I must look drunk and/or insane.
This is not a good situation, and I need advice please :frown:

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Reply 1

dh00001

write it down in a journal or word processesor. somewhere where no one else can see it.
dont hold feelings in, it will make you worse

Reply 2

RosiePosiePuddingAndPie

Why not write a diary on the computer? Not online though, just in Word or something. Then you can vent, no one will find it and all will be better :smile:

If you do it though, and other people use your computer, make sure you put it in a file that other people won't go in (a folder in a folder in a folder in your homework folder, or something like that!).

Or you could make a Google account and write your diary in a document on that. Then people won't be able to access it because your account has a password!! :smile:

Reply 3

silvernatasha

You can also look at other blogging sites - I know that sites like LiveJournal and sites based on that code (DeadJournal, GreatestJournal, InsaneJournal, etc.) have different security settings, so that entries can only be viewable to you.

Reply 4

*Messalina*

If you write it in word, you can change the security settings so that you need a password to open the document - it's secure AND you can't lose it!

Hope you find a solution!

Reply 5

Angelil

Bad luck. This happened to me once too, it's a horrible thing to happen :frown:

Start a livejournal - you can keep the entries private. You wouldn't get feedback or advice from anyone but you at least wouldn't experience exposure and humiliation.

Reply 6

Schmokie Dragon

if you put stuff online, it will inevitably be found by someone who you don't want to see it.

Make another blog if you like. Make sure it is a unique screen name that you don't use anywhere else, and change the names of the people in it. You could keep a list of aliases in your room/on your computer, but without the blog, anyone who found it would not know what it meant.

Or get an old fashioned journal with a padlock :p:

Reply 7

King Hippo

Write it in a Word document and password-protect it. That's what I do.

Reply 8

<(+_+)>

Theres also sites such called something like 'my diary' which allow private blogs.

Reply 9

trinkets

Get a livejournal and friends lock it! Just add people from different communities on lj. That way you get similar-minded people viewing/commenting on your journal but you know no-one you know in real life will stumble across it. Also use a nickname or something and don't declare your full name or anything. Once you've got it locked so only online people can see it you're pretty much free to name people you know irl in your blog. Works for me :] If you need any help let me know!

Reply 10

dobbs

I know this doesn't seem so helpful but if you publicly declare your life on the internet then that's just asking for trouble really isn't it?

Whilst yeah there is a risk of writing it down in an actual diary, that's nowhere near the level of putting it up on the world-wide web! :rolleyes:

Just get a notebook and write your feelings down, keep it under your mattress or something and it shouldn't go astray :smile:

Reply 11

Aspect

You should get a private blog or write all your feelings out on Word or something. It might seem like a silly thing to do when only you're reading it, but I think it's a great idea. Sometimes I do this too because I feel like it organises my thought and clears my head, it makes everything make a lot more sense.

Reply 12

Feefifofum

Wordpress has good security settings, allowing you to password protect a whole blog, or individual entries, or both. If anyone found it they wouldn't be able to read anything unless you personally gave them the password.

Reply 13

Freud

Begin another blog but use fake names or nicnames. Or just initials.

But Yeah I personally used to use a word document. Or write on paper and the burn it. Nicely dramatic :biggrin:

Reply 14

Radicool

As others have said, if you're willing to compromise the feedback, just write it in Word and save it as password protected.

It tells you how to password protect Word files here:
http://wordprocessing.about.com/cs/quicktips/qt/Passprotect.htm

Hope it helps!

Reply 15

Dimez

I blog and I once talked about my colleagues and manager at a big corporate business (during my gap year). Someone stumbled upon it and sent an email to pretty much everyone - it wasn't long after that 'till the chairman read it. Luckily I didn't gossip or talk trash about anyone. :biggrin:

It actually worked in my favour as I became the talk of the company and everyone used to read it whenever they had some free time. Heck, I'm not even at the company anymore and they are still reading it!!

Reply 16

toothpastecrazy

Well, Harriet the Spy :wink:

, there isn't a lot you can do about the old one. It's never a good idea to put stuff like that on the Net (sorry! Not helpful!). Like others have said, maybe you should just keep a private one?

Reply 17

Anonymous #1

Yeah, I know it wasn't a good idea...like I said, I was highly emotional when I wrote and rational thought wasn't there.
I want a way that I can get feedback on my thoughts, that's the problem. I have a letters book where I write letters to the people I'm thinking of, which often helps, but I need someone to tell me that what I'm feeling is okay, and advise me.
Thanks for the input :smile:

Reply 18

Angelil

If it's feedback you want, you can post here as often as you like - nobody minds if you vent here :smile:

Reply 19

bipolar_clown

I use Livejournal as you can either write publicly, just to 'friends' or completely private. I'm always paranoid about people hacking into it, though, so I change my password every few days.