People typically suppress negative emotions such as anger, hate, frustration and the likes. Sometimes though, we cannot help but to vent out these negative pent-up emotions. We even channel it through violent and harmful means at times, which we know is not very healthy. How do we channel our negative emotions? Is there a right way to deal with negative emotions?

Yes, there is. Negative emotions can be dealt with possibly. The best way to do it is through journal writing.

Writing about thing that pisse us off, from the most trivial to the most complex, is like a therapy in its own right. In a study that was conducted years ago, it was shown that people who expressed deep feeling through writing entries in journals reported to have felt better than those who suppressed their emotions while writing their journals. Based on the study, emotions that confiding emotions that are kept inside us can relieve stress. Consequently, this would produce remarkable effects on our well-being, through physical and emotional health.

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