It was suggested by my therapist that one way of coping with anxiety and depression are journal prompts.

The point seems to be to have a purpose when journaling. So instead of writing down whatever one is thinking and feeling, take a specific topic to write about and focus on that.

I think it’s an interesting idea. So, what are some good journal prompts?

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
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    2 days ago

    NB: I have no reasonable argument for why this would be therapeutic, I just think it’d be an interesting read.

    Write something fictional about what scares you, but from the point of view of the scary thing.

    Scared of spiders? A story about a spider just doing it’s usual before suddenly stumbling upon a godzillesque creature of deafening screams that attacks the protagonist with a shoe.

    Scared of rejection? Write a story about someone doing the rejecting, and how conflicting it feels.

    Scared of water? A story about a crab who’s sick of hoomans crashing through his ceiling when he’s trying to chill in peace.