I DIDN'T write this. I, personally, see journaling working two different ways. It can be positive and it can be negative. After I write something negative down, I either burn it or flush it. It's gone then. The positive things that I do for myself, I keep in the journal.

I can go back and see what I accomplished and how I accomplished it. I don't dwell upon the power of the negative because I got rid of it.

However your T wants you to deal with journaling is between you and the T. I can see it being useful when you're in counseling. All of it. Processing it would help. I don't see a T and I have to do my own processing. Flushing or burning it is part of my process.

I have moved light years in the past 6 weeks by using worry as a prayer. I've also asked the people around me to quit worrying and start sending me something positive. I think it has really helped.

xoxo pat