Journaling

One of the ways to deal with any overwhelming emotion is to find a healthy way to express yourself. This makes a journal a helpful tool in managing your mental health. 

Journaling can help you:

• Manage anxiety

• Reduce stress

• Cope with depression

Journaling helps control your symptoms and improve your mood by:

• Helping you prioritize problems, fears, and concerns

• Tracking any symptoms day-to-day so that you can recognize triggers and learn ways to better control them

• Providing an opportunity for positive self-talk and identifying negative thoughts and behaviors

University of Rochester Medical Center: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentID=4552&ContentTypeID=1

How to Create Clarity with a Bullet Journal

Blog: https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-blog/2021/february/creating-clarity-through-bullet-journaling

Mental Health APPs

• Mental health APPs are to be used as resources.

• APPs are not and should not be used as a substitute for in-person therapy. 

• Do not use APPs for self diagnoses.

• Always check with your doctor or therapist. 

• Avoid the APPs that makes you think you are "your own expert." Remember: You are not a doctor.