
How you care for your mental health should be one of the most important tenets of your life. It is important to prioritize your mental health, and of the ways to do so is by keeping a mood diary. What is a mood diary? Basically, it is a tool with which you can keep track of your changing moods and their respective triggers. A mood diary offers so many benefits, and we will explore them in this article.
It is a very natural part of life to have moods change regularly. By using a mood diary, you can keep a log of your moods as they come and go. You can then understand these moods, trace the triggers, and find connections between them. A mood diary helps you understand the emotions you feel in relation to the situations you are in.
Your mood changes might just be linked to other things that are currently happening in your life, that aren’t just triggers. For instance, some people get happier during the holidays, and some people experience mood swings every Sunday (night) because of the anxiety linked to resuming work on Monday. A mood diary helps you explore these patterns and understand them better.
A mood diary helps you pinpoint the factors that affect your mood. When you use a mood diary, you can note the triggers as you track new moods. This will ultimately help you track what’s good for your moods and what adversely affects them.
If you’re currently visiting a therapist or having plans to, a mood diary will definitely come in handy. When you track your mood, your therapist can use information gotten from your mood patterns to treat you more effectively. They will be able to advice you on things to avoid based on what triggers bad or low moods, and vice versa.
Your mood diary is a great tool to help tackle depression. Experts have stated that two weeks of consistent low moods herald depression. By regularly using your mood tracker, you can study your entries and know when you’re heading towards depression. You can then combat this by referring to your happier entries and noting those triggers. Indulging in what makes you happy or staying away from things that bring on these bad moods – if you can – will help your mental health a lot!
While you may not be able to how you feel at every point in time, investing in a mood diary will help you have a better understanding of your feelings. You can speak to a mental health practitioner on the DRO Health App, which you can download on the App Store (iOS) or Google Play Store (Android).
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