How Journaling Has Changed My Life

I was in a very dark place in college. Depressed, suicidal, anxious with no idea how to process my own emotions. Time and time again therapists and counselors would tell me to start journaling and time and time again I wouldn’t. Until one day I did and I never looked back.

Obviously journaling didn’t “cure me” overnight, but it did give me the tools I needed to start processing all the darkness that was inside of me. I could look back and see my dark thoughts for what they were.

I also started seeing thought patterns that repeated over and over again in my head. Once I knew this was happening I was able to work through those thoughts and make the changes I needed to in my life to take myself out of those thoughts.

I still struggle with depression and anxiety sometimes, but now I know that I can always turn to my journal to help me process those things (along with a qualified therapist of course, don’t forget about those!)

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