I'm going to be the devil's advocate here and point out one needs to be vigilant.

It is really easy - as we pour our thoughts onto the pages - to begin to ruminate over events and situations and begin to concentrate on the negative. I think this risks one's mental health.

I think then, we need to make the effort to ALSO find positives to note and write about in our journals; that we AVOID only using them as a sounding board for life's difficulties and negative thoughts.