There
are times when we feel an inevitable loss of control is in our future. Currently, I’m working with a friend who’s
having a hard time. One of the things
I’ve shared—a good coping skill—is something I, myself, have always done.
I
journal. Each and every day, I take out
my pen and scribe three pages in my bound notebook. The writing I do there
isn’t neat and would probably not make much sense to anyone who opted to read
it. But to me, it makes perfect sense. And this is what I told my friend.
The fact that person’s aware a possible crash is
coming is a good thing, for they’re not helpless. They needn’t sit back
and wait for it to happen. This is a great reason to journal all the
rambling thoughts tumbling their way round your head. Doing so helps mitigate problems before they
grab hold, shaking you in their jaws like a rabid dog might. By
expressing your feelings, either in journal form or to others, a person takes
the wind out of life’s troubling sails, thus gaining back control they felt
might be slipping away. Journaling is
one’s exclusive time and place to unload all they're thinking, feeling and
experiencing in a healthy manner. So,
just as I do myself, I encourage others to vomit up their thoughts on
handwritten pages to lessen their hold and better help sort them out.
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