How Journaling Helped Me See More Clearly

15th June 2025

There were so many moments I doubted myself. I would spiral into overthinking, questioning whether I was being too sensitive, too reactive, or just too much. Writing helped me cut through that noise.

Journaling didn't give me answers straight away. But it gave me space. A place where I could be honest without fear of judgment, where I could lay everything out without worrying how it would be received. And slowly, through that process, the patterns started to emerge.

I began to notice how often I dismissed my own instincts. How many times I reworded something to sound less emotional. How frequently I bent myself backwards trying to justify someone else's behaviour. And how utterly exhausted I was by all of it.

It was only when I saw my thoughts written down, day after day, that I started to realise: I wasn't overreacting. I was responding to real things. Painful things. Unfair things. Things I hadn't fully let myself name.

Journaling helped me see it more clearly — not just the situation, but myself. My values. My voice. My limits. My worth.

And once you start seeing clearly, it becomes harder to accept the fog.