Angela E.
I find inspirational sayings on Pinterest., and categorize them (joy, grief, leadership, freedom, etc.) I pull one up that speaks to me that morning, and then journal around that idea or thought. It helps me focus on the feeling or vibe I want. I deal with deep grief, so I get you in not wanting to get swallowed up in darkness every time you open your journal.
Sheena Q.
I truly would recommend therapy or a Celebrate Recovery group near you. If you have buried sorrows, it will prevent future growth. We all have sorrows, but buried, ignored sorrow is like round-up in your fresh soil, no one can truly grow and thrive in that environment.
Salina F.
Reframe; read up on Stoicism, consider therapy or DYI CBT approaches; look for the lessons in the sorrows…
Focus on what you have to be grateful for – you’re breathing, literate, have a phone, electricity, access to the internet… You’re doing better than 99.99999% of all humans who ever lived.
Presumably, you have enough to eat, clean water to drink, sanitation, and enough going well on your life to have the privilege to worry about a journaling practice. That puts you in the upper echelons of humans alive today. If you’re not thriving with all those advantages, consider how many people without some or all of those would gladly switch places with you. Sorrows are a matter of perspective – if you’re open to it, widening yours can help 🤗
Madhu G.
Will have to face them and we should face them to realise and to take action on further I think we should love ourselves firstly as we are the only one who have to spend the rest of the life with
Edmund Y.
Take a deep breath and write just one word or just one sentence or maybe just even what your feelings, surroundings doesn’t matter. It is not about shadows it is about writing. Just write
Deej Q.
Somehow by writing my sorrows down, it helps unload my brain. It becomes peaceful. I think of it as a way to vent out my frustrations and sorrows. The sorrows will always be a part of me but as I write it down, it no longer occupies such a big space. There are things that I wrote that I probably will never read again. But that is not the sole purpose of journaling. There are things you write so you can minimize its lingering impact or to forget altogether.
