Journaling for Anxiety

Journaling has saved me from me more times than I can count this year. Navigating through life unmediated has been hard. At times when I would typically reach for valium or Xanax, I picked up a journal. Did I feel immediate relief? No. Do I feel great? No. Have I reached bliss? Also no. Do I feel closer than ever to myself, more grounded, and closer to reaching my goal of healing my mind and body? It’s a full-body YES.

I journaled as a little girl any time my feelings got too big to handle but somewhere along the way it started to feel silly to write to my dear old diary, so I stopped. Earlier this year, I found some of my old diaries, and my old thoughts, and I realized how much I needed to bring this practice back into my life.