I like writing, too, and have always kept a journal, ESPECIALLY when struggling with something in my life. Funny, but looking back through it I always realize that I don’t journal as much when I’m in a happy place! Obviously journaling is where I work things out in my head so, like you, I started tracking feelings and events last week of my journey to The Valley of NOPE.
Here’s something else I’m doing, too, based on a theory I learned in a previous support group - I stick POST IT notes all over the place, including in my car and especially in the drawer where I used to keep my cigarettes, with messages to my sub-conscious ... I AM A COMFORTABLE NON-SMOKER, I’M PROUD TO BE A NON-SMOKER, I DID IT-I QUIT SMOKING, I’M HAPPY SAVING MONEY AS A NON-SMOKER, I ENJOY BEING ABLE TO BREATH BETTER AS A NON-SMOKER, etc. The premise is that, since the sub-conscience doesnt know truth from fiction, it simply responds to what it is fed and starts making us move in that direction. In essence, we are what we think.
Oh, and P.S. Every time you read one of the notes, don’t worry about whether or not you believe them. The act of seeing them, alone, will filter them into your sub-conscious mind.
