Crisis.
If you watched your parents leapfrog from crisis to crisis as a child, you learned to live with a nervous system trained to be hyper-vigilant.
Your body is unfamiliar with rest and safety.
Your nervous system needs conscious re-direction to establish safety, when safety is indeed present.
Journal Prompt:
My nervous system needs re-direction when…
Journaling is for processing, organizing, reflecting, and more. 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.
Mental Health & Journaling 