Our thoughts can contribute significantly to our level of stress and anxiety. One solution is to get into the habit of writing down whatever is troubling you. This will help tremendously to ease your anxiety and prevent a full-blown anxiety or panic attack.
Many people swear by this method for several reasons:
1. It enables them to get off their chest whatever is troubling them.
2. Once the issues are on paper, it lessens the urgency surrounding them.
3. It provides an opportunity to ‘vent’ their feelings and air their concerns in an environment where they will not be judged.
By keeping a journal of daily thoughts and feelings, in a sense you are being your own therapist. It’s not unlike talking to a counsellor to get feedback. In fact, this is just how a therapist works. He or she will make you look inside and answer your own questions.
The key is to take the time afterwards to go back through your journal and read what you’ve entered. This will put a whole new light onto the issues that had caused you so much distress at the time you wrote those entries.
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