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Journaling for Mental Health
You don't need a perfect journal or a writing practice to start — you just need a pen and a few minutes. Here's how journaling can genuinely support your mental health.
Journaling for Mental Health
Journaling is a healthy coping strategy that can help reduce mental stress and anxiety, coping with major depressive disorder, and manage symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The process of journaling is a therapeutic tool that can be practiced at home and at a convenient time, with just the need of a journal and pencil. When we have an overwhelming number of thoughts, good or bad, it can be helpful to write them out and choose what to focus on.