How Does Journaling Help You Release Emotions? Expert Weigh In

One of the best ways to keep your life on track whilst getting ahold of your emotions is through journaling. Journaling is the process of writing down your thoughts, emotions, and plans in a diary or journal to manage your feelings and schedule better. 

Ever since our childhood days, we have often been told to maintain a journal or diary where we transparently pen down our thoughts and feelings. Our elders had indeed been right about it all along as this basic act can help us gain immense clarity in life. 

To know more about how journaling can help us, we spoke with our counselling psychology expert Atreyee Das. Keep reading to know more. 

How Does Journaling Help?

Self Exploration

It is highly essential to have a profound understanding of ourselves. This can help us discover our interests, strengths, shortcomings, and more, and help us work around them accordingly. Most of us know ourselves on the surface based on our professions and choices, however, there is an unfathomable depth inside of us that needs to be discovered. Knowing ourselves better can help us make better decisions. 

Enhanced Expression Of Emotions and Thoughts

Under the adulthood burdens of hustling for a better career path, earning big bucks, and providing for our families, we all tend to lose ourselves. This diminishes the light of our soul often leading to a depressive state. To avoid falling into the gloomy pit and enhance your mental health, try journaling as it can help you express these suppressed thoughts and emotions leading to a positive life. 

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Enhanced Emotional Intelligence

A person who has attained intelligence, emotional, and social quotients is truly considered intelligent. While we work hard to gain knowledge, we must also invest in elevating our emotional intelligence (Tips For Emotional Growth). Through journaling, we learn to understand our emotions better and where we need to work hard to improve. This leads to improved emotional intelligence. 

Helps Us Plan And Manage 

Apart from helping us gain emotional clarity, journaling can also assist us in managing our days better. Jotting down our goals and plans in the morning can help us navigate through our days more clearly while journaling at night can make us analyse our mistakes and areas of improvement. 

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