I started blogging as a way to creatively let my emotions out. Instead of letting them build up and lead to a depressed state of mind or act inappropriately, I decided putting them out there for everyone to see would be a good idea. So far it has worked out that way.
As I started blogging other purposes came about. To educate people about mental illness from my perspective and for my blog to stand as a place of support, encouragement, and even friendship to others who live with mental illnesses. Not only has that been happening, but I have been given loads of support and encouragement, even from people without a mental illness.
Something that has happened that I did not anticipate, is that the blog has become my hobby. For so long I had put down any hobbies I had, and was not interested in taking up any new ones. Depression does that, it takes away your desire to do those kinds of things. I love messing with my blog, changing its style, trying to make it look better and better, writing in it, and just being as creative as I can with it.
Those thoughts led me to a couple of questions. Why do you blog? Are your reasons for blogging the same as when you first started?