Thursday, May 8, 2008

Journaling, Writing Your Stress Away

Stress is a major deal in our lives today and it is a big drainer of energy and resources. Journaling has been shown to be a stress reducing and stress management tool. To use it you just can't just simply write about the day's events. You have to write in detail about the feelings and the conditions that were caused by the stressful events that happened.
What Are The Benefits of doing journaling?: It allows you to clarify your thoughts and feelings, thereby gaining important self-knowledge. It’s also a good problem-solving tool; oftentimes, one can hash out a problem and come up with solutions to the stressful situation better on paper. Journaling about troubling events helps one think about them by fully exploring and releasing the emotions involved, and by engaging both parts of your brain in the process, allowing the experience to become fully formed in your mind.
Journaling doesn't relieve the tension from your body like yoga but it can be good for overall stress relief.