tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725641341032160188.post8371457053827724509..comments2023-03-28T19:46:35.164+10:00Comments on Clear the CRAP: Day 82 - Journaling from a sad place on lifes' emotional see-sawJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911420692410437366noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725641341032160188.post-29554943128550616022011-09-11T12:58:28.194+10:002011-09-11T12:58:28.194+10:00There was some great discussion on the Clear the C...There was some great discussion on the Clear the Crap Facebook Wall about journaling, after this blogpost was published.<br /><br />I noted the difference between a simple diary or log of events or actions in our day, and true journaling, where you bridge outer events with your inner thinking and take the time to analyse your feelings.<br /><br />Journaling allows you to reduce stress - by processing your crap and releasing pent-up thoughts and emotions. It creates awareness of beliefs so you may change them, reveals the depths of who you are, helps you feel better about yourself and moves you towards wholeness and growth.<br /><br />Some advocate burning your paper, once you have got it all out. I have done this at times. It's another way of letting go and there can be a further emotional release as you watch old issues go up in flames.<br /><br />After the writing event, the journalling paper becomes just a record of an old memory, and old emotion. Something we felt in the past. I have to ask myself if there is any need to keep it at all.<br /><br />Further, if we can go back and re-read and say, "Well, that's what I was feeling at that particular time", I'd say, we have fully accepted the situation and the associated emotions at the time. But if we relive it and actually feel those emotions again, perhaps we have not yet fully come to terms with, accepted, forgiven or rationalised those events/issues of the past.Clear the CRAPhttp://www.clearthecrapchallenge.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725641341032160188.post-83959721111564181582011-09-11T06:52:13.941+10:002011-09-11T06:52:13.941+10:00Great post Jo! Sometimes we have to just allow our...Great post Jo! Sometimes we have to just allow ourselves to go through our feeling bad stages. Affirmations won't work if you don't believe them and when you are in the midst of trauma it is hard to be in the now. You are either looking back to yesterday when things were good or you are looking forward to tomorrow when things will be better. Now is hard when you are under stress. Good for you for just going through it. The hard part in these situations for me is to not blame. To just say this too shall pass and don't point any fingers.Nicole Rushinhttp://nicolerushin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725641341032160188.post-33299133116131210122011-09-10T00:44:40.011+10:002011-09-10T00:44:40.011+10:00Thanks for sharing.Thanks for sharing.Stichbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14343206187316389550noreply@blogger.com