Anxiety disorders are the most common medical condition in the United States. Everyone experiences anxiety or stress at some point in their life and how you manage it makes all the difference.
A simple and easy way to prioritize your well-being is through journaling.
74% of people who have journaled saw emotional venting as a benefit and 65% of those people saw journaling improve their ability to manage stress.
Journaling is a great hobby to have but sometimes depending on the circumstances you are in, journaling is not always ideal or the most practical. This is where therapy blogging, the innovative way to journaling, takes the stage.
With therapy blogging, you are utilizing media outlets to record your thoughts and feelings. It can look like and be used in many different ways.
Therapy blogging can be solely for personal use. This means creating your own website or social media account to express all your thoughts in one space. Even writing in the notes app on your phone or computer can be described as a form of therapy blogging.
It is important to note that therapy blogging can be as public as you would like it to be.
Whether or not you choose to share your blog with others is completely up to you. Ways to ensure privacy are to not make the site public or choose to keep the social media accounts private.
The other route you can take with therapy blogging is a more social, interactive approach. Specifically for therapists, creating a therapy blog is a great way to reach new clientele.
By writing relevant blog posts that cater to your niche practice, you are able to foster relationships with readers and increase brand awareness.
There are many benefits to therapy blogging for people and therapists alike.
1. Creates a safe and secure environment
Think of your blog as a get away or safe space simply for yourself or others to visit and unpack emotions for a while. It serves as a healthy outlet where thoughts can be shared and sometimes left there. After all, it is called therapy blogging. There should be a sense of relief afterwards.
2. Encourages creativity
Creating a blog can be a fun way to bring out a sense of creativity. With a bit of designing and planning, your blog can look any way you want it to. Whether you take a more simplistic or extravagant approach, your blog is yours so make it your own.
3. Improves self-reflection
One of the benefits of blogging is that you are able to hold all your information in one space. This provides an easy way for self-reflection. Self-reflection is your ability to evaluate your actions and responses to certain situations.
By reading past excerpts from your blog, it takes you back to certain periods of time and you will be able to see how certain experiences changed you through your writing.
4. Helps with anxiety and depression
Oftentimes, anxiety and depression go hand in hand.
In the United States, more than 31% of people experience an anxiety disorder at some point in their life. There are different types of anxiety disorders that provoke excessive worry and fear. Some become so severe that they affect day-to-day life.
The World Health Organization defines depression as, “persistent sadness and a lack of interest or pleasure in previously rewarding or enjoyable activities.”
For someone who is combatting both anxiety and depression, blogging is a healthy way to recognize and process those feelings and potentially understand where it’s stemming from.
A study in 2018 assessed 70 adults experiencing elevated anxiety levels. The study concludes that online journaling significantly reduced the participants’ mental distress over the course of 3 months.
While journaling is not a substitute for therapy by any means, therapists often recommend journaling to help manage and keep track of emotions due to its beneficial results.
5. Connect with others through similar experiences
One advantage with blogging that you are not able to have with journaling is the option to connect with other people.
It’s important to always remind yourself that in whatever you’re going through, you’re not alone. Therapy blogging gives you the opportunity to see support from other people near and far.
Whether you’ve never journaled before or are looking for something new to try, therapy blogging is a great way to express thoughts and feelings while adding a personal, creative touch to it. It’s easy and can be done at any time with the touch of a few buttons. Literally.
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