Can Be A Place For Distribution Of Emotions, Benefits Of Journaling To Prevent Depression

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JAKARTA - Depression is a mental health disorder that can occur to anyone. This happens due to many factors, ranging from experiencing a lot of pressure, always harboring emotions, to often thinking about negative things.

However, depression can actually be prevented in many ways, one of which is by journaling. Journaling is an activity to write in to express feelings, thoughts, and emotions.

Journaling is very good done to maintain mental health. By journaling a person can express all the feelings and emotions experienced, so they can feel more relaxed.

Take a journey. People who tend to keep the problem can carry out journaling to channel their emotions, said Devi Yanti, M.Psi., Clinical Psychologist at the Aceh Mental Hospital, when contacted by VOI on Wednesday, December 17, 2024.

According to Devi Yanti, journaling should be done by writing your hand using pens and paper. He suggested that writing down what he experienced and felt so that he felt relieved, so that feelings of pressure that could lead to depression could be prevented.

"It's better to write it with pens and paper. Just write down what we feel, whether it's angry, sad, disappointed, feeling depressed, just write it down. So we take out our anger," he explained.

"If you're afraid to read it, just take the paper down after it's written. The most important thing is that we've distributed it to our children," he added.

It is feared that someone who is depressed can injure themselves if not handled properly. Therefore, good distribution of emotions, one of which is journaling, must be done to prevent depression, to avoid various bad effects that may occur.

"Because depression can initially be self-harm, hurt yourself with small things, to end life. Yes (do things that can ease your mind), so that our minds don't get fixated on the sadness we are experiencing, we have to shift that thought to positive ones," concluded Devi Yanti.