The pitfall of journaling when you’re living with anxiety

Anxiety Slayer™ with Shann and Ananga

Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer

Alternative Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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#735 We often talk about the benefits of keeping a journal, in this episode we're going to discuss one of the pitfalls to look out for when living with anxiety, or when you’re going through challenging times. THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY BETTERHELP Do you have a support system? In a culture that glorifies hyper independence, it's easy to forget that we thrive when we're supported. Therapy is one of the most valuable forms of support available. It's not about having all the answers. It's about having a safe space to process, reflect, and grow. You're not meant to navigate your life alone. At BetterHelp, you can access a diverse network of more than 30,000 credentialed therapists with a wide range of specialties and easily switch therapists anytime at no extra cost. Build your support system with better help. Visit betterhelp.com/slayer today to get 10% off your first month.

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The This episode of Anxiety Slayer is sponsored by BetterHelp.
0:32.9	Give online therapy a try and save 10% on your first month at betterhelp.com slash Slayer. That's BetterHelp,
0:41.7	help.com slash Slayer. Welcome back to Anxiety Slayer. It's good to be with you this week,
0:50.5	where we're going to be speaking about the pitfall of journaling when you're living with anxiety.
0:56.5	Welcome, Ananga.
0:57.6	Hey, Shen.
0:58.8	I'd be with you.
1:00.8	And this is a topic we haven't really covered much in the past.
1:04.2	As much as we've talked about the importance of journaling and how helpful it can be,
1:08.5	we haven't talked about the pitfalls.
1:11.7	Yeah, something that I've been thinking about recently, changing the way I journal.
1:17.0	And then I read a favorite author of mine, Fantastic Soul by the name of Josie George,
1:24.0	shared a post on Substack about how she was intending to change her journaling and her reasons for it and how she was changing it.
1:32.1	And it really resonated with me and what I'd been thinking about too.
1:36.1	And then I was thinking, you know, when we're living with anxiety, it's very easy to show up day after day and say, I feel anxious or I'm worried about this, I'm worried about
1:45.5	that, something to watch out for having balance in what we choose to write out.
1:53.0	Yeah, because a journal isn't so much a reflection of your life, your whole life, the big
1:59.5	picture of your life, as it is what you're focused on
2:02.1	in the moment that you're writing in your journal. And so what are we focused on?
2:09.1	Yeah. And it's funny because I was really thinking about that. And then I read this article on
2:13.4	Substack. And then I came across somebody on YouTube who I think a lot of people are familiar
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