Soooo....you have a journal but never know what to write, or you've kept a journal and it only sort of helps. Maybe, it's time to try a different type. 

 

Journaling has always been my go-to place, a best friend that's helped me think through my many daily struggles. While I appreciated paper friendship, the way I journaled allowed me to stay in my head; technically that means I was intellectualizing my feelings instead of feeling them (confusing, I know). It was only when I had to defeat depression that I learned to journal for emotional awareness and 'regulation' (a trauma term to describe when we stop running from ourselves). The adjustment I made to my journaling was in a word: game changing and why I like sharing it with others.