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On Why You Should Write (and Journal)

So long story short, I have been on therapy for a few months now and at the beginning of the therapy I realized the importance of journaling. I think writing what's on your mind has helped me to process everything that happens in life, my feelings and emotions, and to reflect back on my progress. I religiously used journals as the way to regulate my emotions for most part, and it’s an amazing way to have my problems identified and to be brought up to every therapy session. Thanks to my therapist. I’d reflect back what’s happened on my day, and just write them down on the note app on my phone before I go to sleep. Journaling on my phone also helps me to consistently do it. However, about a couple months ago, I started to not journal every day. I thought, if nothing interesting happened to me that day, I wouldn’t need to journal. And in every therapy session, I managed to bring things up for discussion. And I said this to my therapist. He said if I’m able to do that without journalin...