Best Journaling Prompts For Mental Health
Put Pen to Paper With 24 Mental Health Journaling Prompts, Because Starting Is the Hardest Part
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If you're feeling anxious or overwhelmed, it's helpful to ground yourself in the present and in your body, Schroeder said. Journaling is one way to do this, added psychotherapist Skylar Ibarra, LCSW, of Lenarra Therapy because it forces you to slow down and "approach the situation with curiosity instead of blame. What assumptions are we treating as facts? What information are we filling in?" You want to pause the story in your head and put it down on paper, where you separate reality from anxiety.
Try these prompts: