Day 1 - Intro to Journaling for Mental Health

Hi {!firstname_fix}

Today you are going to learn all about journaling and how it can be used to improve 
your mental health. When you start researching natural ways to help with your mental 
health, from anxiety and depression to everyday stress, you will notice that journaling 
comes up quite a bit. 

Why is that?

Here are some ways journaling can help with your mental health, focus, and clarity:

You can find your triggers – This is a great way to use a journal for mental health. If 
you have anxiety or depression, you can start recording what has triggered a 
depressive episode or panic attack, helping you to avoid it in the future.
 
It helps you express negative thoughts – If you have a lot of negative thoughts as a 
result of your mental health illness, you can get out those thoughts on paper with a 
journal. This prevents you from venting to someone you don’t want to vent to, and helps 
you find out more about what has been bothering you.

You can find more clarity – Through journaling on a regular basis, you not only help 
de-stress, but it can help you gain more clarity with your mental health.

Journaling provides a good distraction – Don’t forget sometimes you just need a 
distraction, which journaling can definitely provide you.

Check back tomorrow to read about what you need to get started with journaling.



