There's a lot of research that supports the wellbeing benefits of journaling and affirmations, so it stands to reason that writing certainly phrases should also be beneficial if saying them as an affirmation would do. We also use language different depending on our state of mind, so adjusting our writing to reflect a preferred one would make sense and I don't see why it wouldn't work, again, because affirmations do, and they follow the principle of fake it until you make it
Thanks for your insights! I can see how it could work based on what you've said 😊 Just worried I'd be hindering myself by writing 'negatively' first then ending on a positive, but it seems just writing in itself is enough to help me (i.e process thoughts, get them out of my head, have an internal discussion whilst I'm writing) and adding to it the positive stuff they suggest may just be the icing on the cake? Definitely an interesting topic and something I'm going to explore.
There's a lot of research that supports the wellbeing benefits of journaling and affirmations, so it stands to reason that writing certainly phrases should also be beneficial if saying them as an affirmation would do. We also use language different depending on our state of mind, so adjusting our writing to reflect a preferred one would make sense and I don't see why it wouldn't work, again, because affirmations do, and they follow the principle of fake it until you make it
Thanks for your insights! I can see how it could work based on what you've said 😊 Just worried I'd be hindering myself by writing 'negatively' first then ending on a positive, but it seems just writing in itself is enough to help me (i.e process thoughts, get them out of my head, have an internal discussion whilst I'm writing) and adding to it the positive stuff they suggest may just be the icing on the cake? Definitely an interesting topic and something I'm going to explore.