The scarcity echo that there are not enough people around interested in connecting is avoidance. It is far more likely that your anxiety about connection is a barrier rather than a limited supply. Journal Prompts: Most people... I feel anxious about connecting when...
Tag: Relationships
Finding Community, 1
Your urge for a sense of belonging is a biological feature, not something you choose to add a la carte. - Journal Prompts: I belong... I want to experience belonging...
Work Out Your Mind, 9
Journal prompts for dismissing the inside.
Work Out Your Mind, 4
A prompt for observing your thoughts.
Family Anxiety, 5
Your body has athletic memory that cues hyper-vigilance and rapid speech into place. While this memory is protective and helpful often, sometimes with family, it is memory response instead of a contextual one. Journal Prompts: ...immediately prompts anxiety for me. ...triggers hyper-vigilance.
Family Anxiety, 4
Anxiety shapes the way you experience family. Molded from repetition, you slip into a glove of responsiveness that is comfortable because it is known. Think a stiff leather glove, with little flexibility, demanding that you experience family as you always have. Journal Prompts: I am hypersensitive to... My family will always be... My filter says...
Self-Evaluation, 3
Measure time spent hiding. Different from having reasonable privacy, hiding is fueled by the fear of isolation, embarrassment, and shame. Journal Prompts: How much energy do you put towards hiding? I hide... I feel embarrassed by...
Self-Evaluation, 2
Write about the quality of your current mental health compared with a different period of your life. Use these prompts for both time periods: What types of behaviors are observable to a bystander? What experiences are not visible, but are instead private?
Self-Evaluation, 1
Whatever the tone and content of your self-evaluation ticker, it’s unlikely objective and without bias. Instead, self-evaluation tends to velcro to old voices and external evaluators. While we may never reach complete objectivity, this series aims to increase it. Journal Prompt: My self-evaluation tends to velcro to...
Boundaries, With Yourself, 9
Stop gaslighting yourself, it's too much. Journal Prompt: ...is too much.
Mental Health & Journaling 