Simplify: Journal Prompt 5

Mental Health

Simplify by identifying the direction of your internal stress.

Anxiety | Stress directed toward what is to come. Future-oriented.

Depression | Stress from what has already occurred. Past-oriented.

Is your tendency to become tangled in how the future will or will not workout?

Is your tendency to ruminate, knee-deep, on past choices and mistakes?

Journal Prompt: The direction of my stress is often…

A note on journaling: The goal of journaling is to process, organize, and self-reflect. There are no right ways to journal. There are no wrong ways to journal. Journaling can be done with words, bullet points, pictures, lyrics, drawings, and more. What comes natural to you, is the right way to journal.


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Hi, I’m Brooke. I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Substance Abuse Counselor.

I write about boundaries, quality of life, and journaling.

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