Quick question. Does journaling really help? I feel like it would be a great option to vent and record my thoughts, but I also feel like I won’t be able to write my thoughts down, basically out of embarrassment or out of fear: mainly because that’s how my real event themes make me feel. Did anybody else feel like this before? If so, did you manage to finally hop in journaling? How did it help you? Thanks :)
For me it helps immensely. Just journaling my ups and downs really helps me to process things better. And I like to go back after some time has passed and see my old journal entries.
@JustRell215 Did you struggle a little at first? I feel like it’d help just as you mention; but I’m too embarrassed to write them down for whatever reason.
@anonymous_purple💜 Honestly Not really. I look at my journal as a place to write down my thoughts and do reflections. Whatever I'm feeling, goals, anything really. Give it a try! Like a old friend told me " Just write what you feel"
Personally I think that journaling helps in moderation if you journal when you’re sad- that’s helpful for processing that emotion. Just make sure that you don’t do it obsessively and that you don’t feel like you NEED to do it in order to feel okay. I also journal when positive things happen to me as a way of recognising how I’m grateful. That helps too. Lots of love and I hope you’re feeling somewhat better lately 🫶🫶
@recoveryisneverlinear Thank you so much for your comment as always, I’ll definitely keep your advice in mind. Well…I gotta say that my mind hasn’t been giving me much of a break lately. How are you doing too? xx
@anonymous_purple💜 honest update: I have been feeling like I can manage it better at the moment. I deleted Instagram and TikTok and I only check this for room and I try not to use it for reassurance. I also have been googling and using ChatGPT less and this has made it easier to detach from feelings when they come up. I still have down moments and times where I feel like I will never escape from this feeling but for the most part it has got easier day by day. I have been stuck on this theme for around three months now and with each month I can feel it getting a little bit easier.❤️
@recoveryisneverlinear Oh Im so glad it’s getting better. We really deserve to be happy. Also, did social media trigger you or something? Maybe I should go a few days without these xx
@anonymous_purple💜 Yeah morality content online often triggers me- but also I follow alot of healing based content and it sort of becomes unhelpful after a point because its just reminding me again and again- and its another form of reassurance seeking too to be honest. Also when I feel anxious or low I just tend to mind numb myself by scrolling for ages so deleting it means I am just generally more proactive in my life xx
Depends. If you're ruminating on paper, no. Otherwise, I enjoy it.
@vBayv Thank you for your advice! :)
for me personally, journaling has always turned into an ocd spiral and I won't start again unless recommended by a therapist. but I feel like I've seen other people on here who said journaling helped so maybe it's just me! :)
@bluebird27 You mean that at some point it became something like a compulsion?
@anonymous_purple💜 oh yeah like writing the same phrases over again or like writing for like a super long time trying to "figure out the thing" in writing. or reading parts of it again
@bluebird27 I’ll watch out for these, thank you, you’re always out there willing to help :)
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