How Does Journaling Help Your Mental Health

How Does Journaling Help Your Mental Health


 

Journaling can help you control your symptoms and improve your mood. It also can help you prioritise problems, fears, and concerns this way making it easier to cope with your bad days. 


With writing down your negative thoughts you actually start your healing process and you also can make yourself feel so relieved, most probably will say goodbye to feeling distressed or anxious.


And if you struggle with stress, depression, or anxiety, keeping a journal can be a great idea.


If you’re still hesitating, let us show you some pros for journaling. 


JOURNALING BENEFITS

1. Reduce stress

Journaling is probably the best stress management tool, a good-for-you habit that lessens the impact of physical stressors on your health.

In fact, expressive writing for only 15 to 20 minutes a day over the course of a couple of months was enough to lower blood pressure and improve liver functionality. Plus, writing about stressful experiences can help you manage them in a healthy way, so you don’t bury it inside of you.

2. Keeps memory sharp

Journaling helps to keep your brain in tip-top shape. It not just boosts your memory and comprehension, it also increases your working memory capacity, which may reflect improved cognitive processing

3. Strengthens emotional functions

As the habit of journaling is developed, benefits become long-term, meaning that you become more in tune with your health by connecting with inner needs and desires. Journaling evokes mindfulness and helps you remain present while keeping the perspective. 

4. Boosts mood

Want to be happier? Are you daydreaming about a relaxed life? Try journaling. A unique behaviour outcome of journaling is that it can improve your mood and give you a greater sense of overall emotional well-being and happiness.

5. Improves immune function

It might sound unbelievable, but expressive writing can strengthen your immunity and decrease your risk of illness. Those who journal boast improved immune system functioning as well as lessened symptoms of asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. 



 

HOW TO JOURNAL


Keeping a journal helps you create order when your world feels like it’s in chaos.Try to look at your writing time as personal relaxation time: it's basically a time when you can de-stress and wind down. Find a place that's relaxing and soothing, maybe with a cup of tea and look forward to your journaling time.


Here are some tips to get you started on journaling:

  • Try to write every day:  Plan your day ahead and set aside a few minutes every day to write. This will help you make journaling a habit.
  • Make it easy:  Keep a pen and paper handy at all times, so then when you want to write down your thoughts, you can.
  • Write or draw whatever feels right: You don't have to follow any certain structure, as it is your own private place to discuss and create whatever you want to express your feelings. Don't worry about spelling mistakes or what other people might think, because the only one who will see it is You.

 

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