Doctors in Israel sure think so! They have come to the conclusion that blogging allows teenagers to have a sort of diary, and the comments on these posts tended to offer comfort to the girls and boys blogging. The observation, explained in the linked article, shows that blogging helps teenagers get through rough times by venting. I can't say I don't feel like I am of the same opinion. I write about almost everything and anything on this blog. Everything is always "current" in regards that it is currently on my mind in one way or another. I wrote about death when I found out about some great tragedies. I wrote about How I Met Your Mother when I watched it for hours one night. Anything that has me thinking so much that I am having trouble collecting my thoughts about other things goes down in this blog.
I don't think it would quite be the same, however, if I thought billions of people were reading this. Then it would feel more commercial, less personal. My audience would change and so would the way I write, to fit this new audience. My AP Lang teacher says things like that all the time, and I'm pretty sure that since he is a doctor I should listen to him.
Anyways. I'm just saying that I find it very nice to be able to blog about whatever suits my fancy and know that somebody might read it and feel the same way. And even if no one reads it, I at least get to have my thoughts all put together in a coherent way. It is a way for me to actually have to sit down and focus on some emotion or the other and say, "this is what I think", rather than just have emotions and half thoughts rattle around in my brain for hours. This blogging thing is a good idea, and when I found a study that supported that opinion, I just had to introduce it to you guys.
Sincerely Sydney
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