fixing journaling
so many people claim great benefits from journaling. and i think they are truthful.
but i am obsessed with my own condition. like i can think my way out of my anxiety and OCD. and journaling becomes a physical manifestation of it. but instead of "getting the thoughts out, so now i can move on" as many people report, for me it just keeps me in the loop. i write the same thoughts out every day and somehow they feel new every time. and i'm always writing about my own internal experience or analysis. never do i write about my day, who i talked to, what i ate, how my workday was, etc. i'm stuck in my head and journaling this way keeps me stuck in my head.
maybe i should try journaling about the above. maybe it would help ground me in thinking about my actual life without being so introspective, and let the analysis fade into the background.
i have a busy, fulfilling life—why can't i be present for it?