The Effects Of Journaling On Your Mental Health
Journaling can impact your overall mental health for many reasons.
It can help with Emotional regulation: Emotional regulation is all about feeling your emotions and learning to respond to them healthily. It’s also about having a sense of control over how you react to those emotions. Regulating emotions isn’t always easy, but forming a habit of Journaling allows you to become aware of your emotions/feelings and reflect on coping strategies.
Improved mood: Journaling can be a therapeutic outlet. Writing down your thoughts and feelings is a great way to express how you are feeling healthily. Having an outlet to express your mood can result in less stress and an overall improved mood.
Gaining clarity: Journaling is a great way to get to know yourself. It reveals your strengths, weaknesses, emotions, flaws, etc. Journaling gives you a sense of clarity on how you can overcome your current life problems.
Question journal prompts
- What does feeling depressed look like for me?
- What does anxiety look like for me?
- what are 3 things about myself I want people to know?
- What are some fears about the future that I currently have? Why?
- What kind of self care can I give myself on days that I am not feeling my greatest? How will these things benefit me?
- What are some things in life that bring me joy?
- What are some things that I cannot change but have a hard time accepting?
- What am I passionate about? why?
- I’m grateful for … .I am grateful for these things because?
- What is the purpose of life?
- What am I feeling right now? Why am I feeling these things?
- What kind of advice would I give a friend going through similar life challenges that as I am going through ?
- What are some of my strengths or best qualities about myself?
- What are some changes I can make in my life right now that can benefit me?
- What is a challenge that I faced in life that I overcame ?
- What tools can I utilize right now to overcome any life challenges that I’m currently facing?
- Is forgiveness something that is a struggle for me? Why or why not?
- What does joy look like for me?
- Do I allow yourself to feel emotions or am I always looking for a distraction?
- What does self growth looks like for me?
- What do I fear the most? why?
- What does a self care routine look like for me?
- What are some things you learned from past relationships?
- What does self love look like or mean to you?
Finish the sentence journal prompts
- I deserve……
- I am thankful for…
- When things get hard I ….
- One thing I would want someone to know about me is….
- I’m very insecure about..