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Why our written thoughts can feel foreign to us

I write stream-of-consciousness to figure out what I'm feeling but reading it back later I don't recognize the person who wrote it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The self that emerges through unfiltered writing reveals aspects of consciousness that the everyday self doesn't acknowledge.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Writing and the externalization of memory?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.