My therapist is of two minds on journals:

1. For some people, it is helpful as a way to get thoughts out of their head and perhaps bring some clarity.

2. For other people, it can actually become a fixation and create more rumination, so it might need to be limited.

He wanted me to journal more, but I honestly hate journalling. It's a bit ironic because I am an English teacher, but I've gotten to where I find journalling unhelpful and a chore. I used to journal all the time, but as I became more stable I found less use for it. I journal these days very briefly and not very deeply, but I've found a use for it -- just not something I spend a great deal of time on.

He wanted my husband to stop journalling because he fixated and ruminated so much that it was actually creating more problems for him. My husband has done much better since he stopped journalling and got out of his head space.