reasons

[darkoshi]

Reasons I post things online:

- to solicit answers/information on things I don't know
* to get answers

- to provide information to others
* to feel helpful & useful

- to entertain others
* to feel appreciated & useful

- to describe myself and/or my experiences
* to let similar people know that they are not alone & to thereby feel useful
* to get feedback from others; to feel less alone; to feel that others like me

- to express my emotions
* to understand them
* to remember them later
* writing about them helps the emotions to pass
(but why do I feel like posting those kinds of writings online?)
* to feel heard
(why do I want to feel heard? with emotional things, I often don't even want any feedback, so why?)
* to feel like I'm leaving a visible mark, no matter how small, on the world
(why do I want to leave a mark?)
* to transform emotional pain from something internal and transient into something external and permanent?
(buy why? what do I gain from it?)

Comments

[passionrlsusall.livejournal.com]

Why post about emotional things? I think you touched on most of the reasons already.. for me, I do often like getting feedback, or at least knowing someone else is reading...I guess to get some meaningful connection to another person went I can't offline, maybe get some useful advice or understanding from someone else, and to have the feelings not just fade away as I change moods...to document their existence, my frustration, my woes. And we all want to make our mark in the world, right? I wish I didn't have such lofty ideals as a kid, because now I don't know how to live up to them and they weigh on me as I fail to.