Comments | kalinda001: Journal: March 6, 2009

kalinda001

Journal: March 6, 2009

Mar 06, 2009 10:39

A while ago, linda_joyce posted something about the value of journalling.

Twenty years ago, University of Texas psychologist James Pennebaker concluded that students who wrote about their most meaningful personal experiences for 15 minutes a day several days in a row felt better, had healthier blood work, and got higher grades in school. But a new study ( Read more... )

journalling

Comments 7

debris4spike March 6 2009, 16:09:15 UTC

What a great idea - maybe I will do similar.

I love your writing - and forgive me for my lack of commenting, terrible, as I love to receive something when I dare to scribble.

I know that you must have concerns about the doctor - but hopefully will turn out to be just an "all clear"

*hugs* Kal

kalinda001 March 6 2009, 16:12:50 UTC

Thanks =) I'll post results later. Hopefully it'll be nothing.

Don't worry about not commenting. I don't expect people to. I just enjoy it when they do.

reapermum March 6 2009, 21:24:23 UTC

I can't help being reminded of that line in "Horizon" Your headaches are from the same source as Vila's stomach cramps and Avon's back pains:

Your pelvic area, Entropy's shoulder, Linda's knees, my blood pressure. We're turning into a bunch of crocks.

Glad it's nothing too major.

kalinda001 March 6 2009, 21:29:04 UTC

Too much stress and not very much rest or things to make us happy. =P

thetisonline March 7 2009, 10:57:57 UTC

The journalling is a fabulous idea. I think I'd like to try something like that too.

vilakins March 8 2009, 01:42:38 UTC

I should do this because I could do with feeling a lot healthier and happier, but I'm a shy type who doesn't like to reveal too much. Does it work as well if you write it down and don't publish? I write a 5-page letter to Tessa after she died and felt somewhat better for it.

kalinda001 March 8 2009, 01:56:22 UTC

Yes, I am too. I have a limit with what I will share about myself personally. So I will share about my workplace but will not say which company it is or give names. Any extremely TMI things I will also not share.

I imagine that the journalling works regardless of whether you publish it or not. It's just the idea of putting your thoughts down and focusing time each day thinking about something meaningful or expressing how you feel that's important.

I've decided to publish mine because it would be nice to have a dialogue with other people having similar experiences. Establishing a community, if you will.