Posted by likelife on February 3, 2003, at 23:33:22
In reply to Journaling--Does it help?, posted by Miller on February 3, 2003, at 21:28:36
Journaling has been helpful for me, in terms of forcing my thinking about things to be a lot more concrete. It helps to think on paper. It's also been helpful for me as a tool in therapy, as I tend to forget a lot.
The only periods when it is not helpful is when I am so incredibly depressed that my writing only serves to help me perseverate about being so depressed. It can get very morbid and nonsensical at times, and so I try to stay away from it at those times.
I'm thinking it can't hurt to try it out for a week or a month, or at least long enough so that you have a good idea of how it works for you.
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