A gratitude journal is an initial step that could help individuals who haven't got full-blown depression or anxiety problems to feel better about their life, as it nudges gratitude along. Writing can be a form of therapy, which can help people look back at their day and think about things they were grateful for the next day.
The podcast discusses the benefits of writing in terms of general health and therapy. Participants were instructed to write down things they were grateful for each day.
Keeping a gratitude journal can improve your mental health by reducing anxiety and improving sleep. It's a simple intervention that can have positive effects.
Gratitude journals serve as a simple hack to help individuals start noticing things in their everyday life that they are grateful for and hold negative thoughts simultaneously. This practice can lead to a complex set of positive consequences that triggers off and it works across multiple mechanisms.