Mental Health Benefits of Journaling

Journaling is the act of keeping a record of your personal thoughts, feelings, insights, and more.Benefits of Journaling

Whether you’re dealing with stress from school, burnout from work, an illness, or anxiety, journaling can help in many ways: 

It can reduce your anxiety. Journaling about your feelings is linked to decreased mental distress. In a study, researchers found that those with various medical conditions and anxiety who wrote online for 15 minutes three days a week over a 12-week period had increased feelings of well-being and fewer depressive symptoms after one month. Their mental well-being continued to improve during the 12 weeks of journaling.

 

It creates awareness. Writing down your feelings about a difficult situation can help you understand it better. The act of putting an experience into words and structure allows you to form new perceptions about events.

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