Gratitude Journals and Mental Health
Gratitude Journals and Mental Health Gratitude Journaling is keeping a log of where and what all you are thankful for. It helps you lower stress levels, sleep better, reduces anxiety and other stress and heart related diseases and brings mental peace and happiness in life. It is a good habit to write down all the things, people and situations in life that one is grateful for. It is great for enhancing mental health, will-power, stamina and emotional health. It also harbours better interpersonal relationships. Optimism and Gratitude decrease depression, sadness and loneliness. They inculcate positive emotions of happiness, pleasure and well-being. Gratitude helps in increasing mental strength, resilience and personal self-esteem. It allows the removal of decaying emotions such as envy, resentment, jealousy, hatred, fears and comparing ourselves to others. Inferiority and Superiority complexes are both detrimental to one’s mental and emotional health. Gratitude increases empathy, p...