Journal

I’ve always had a journal since I was a little girl. Though, I never truly took advantage of it until I decided I wanted to connect more with myself. Of course throughout the years there have been many ups and downs in my writing process. But I noticed the periods of time I would suffer the most, I wouldn’t write.

Writing helps you put words to your emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Whether your words are as complex as your actual thoughts or not, it’s a good place to start. We have thousands of thoughts trapped inside our head each day. A journal is an excellent way to release them from your mind and organize your thinking. You may decide to process your emotions with others, but recognize everyone have their own challenges as well.

The only person you can truly trust with absolutely any thought in life is yourself. Some thoughts aren’t as pleasant as you might want to display yourself to be. Everyone has deep and dark emotions you may find difficult to even acknowledge yourself, let alone share with family or friends.

When you only talk to people about your thoughts, you’re denying yourself of your true, unfiltered, raw feelings. We may subconsciously create an image of how we wish to be portrayed or conceal certain information which filters the way we process and communicate our emotions. When you write in your journal, the only person hearing it is yourself. You can share your true underlying thoughts and emotions, for your eyes only to see.

If you can’t write down your thoughts as brutally honest as they are, if you can’t admit the darker parts of yourself you wish to suppress or remain hidden, if you can not accept yourself for all that you are, you’ll never truly fully connect with yourself.

When you can’t release your emotions, they bottle up inside which over time can affect your physical health. When these suppressed thoughts and feelings have no where to go, this inter turmoil begins to attack the cells in our body. This is why so many cases of stress lead to physically manifestations in the body.

Writing has helped me solve a vast majority of my problems as well as build a deeper and more accepting relationship with myself. Writing thoughts down helps me recognize the way I feel and describe situations to clear the fog of confusion and process my emotions in a healthy way.

Journaling builds a sense of trust in listening to yourself. To turn feelings into thoughts and thoughts into words to help figure out yourself. No one knows your life or perception of reality better than you do. Usually when we ask for advice, we already know the answer.

We can diminish collective complaining and bothering others while discovering ourselves more through journaling. So if someone starts to complain, maybe hand them a journal!

Keeping a journal has truly helped me solve so many problems, I encourage you to give it a try!

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