How to Journal For Your Mental Health
Follow These Therapists' Tips For Journaling If You Experience Anxiety or Depression
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"The goal of journaling is simply to recognise the good and focus on what is going right to help increase our positive emotions. Gratitude journaling is a great way to manifest happiness through noticing and observing joy and successes — whether big or small — in our lives to improve our well-being," Aaliyah Nurideen, MSW, LSW, told POPSUGAR.
According to Aaliyah, you can journal daily or weekly, whatever works the best for you. To start gratitude journaling, she recommends answering one of the following questions for seven days straight:
"Once you develop a routine and become familiar with journaling, you can then move on to reflecting upon your entire week and choosing as many prompts to guide you as you journal." Below are additional prompts she recommends to guide your journaling.