Thursday March 6, 2025 | Journal Prompts

Journal Prompts

1. I feel powerless when ____________________
2. If I could go back and whisper something to myself as a little one, it would be ___________
3. What feelings am I escaping or avoiding by focusing so much on others?
4. I wish I would have said _________________
5. I wish I felt confident enough to ________________
6. What would my life look like without my symptoms?
7. ______________ makes my blood boil
8. I feel so________
9. I need_________
10. I really want to forgive ____________
11. I release _____________
12. I no longer need/want to _______________
13. I daren't even admit this to myself, but ___________
14. I wish I could change ________________
15. I hate _____________________
16. The secrets about me that nobody knows are _________________
17. I don't even like admitting this to myself but ___________________
18. I feel angry, but underneath that feeling I can also feel _________________
19. They made me believe that _________________________
20. I still believe that I have to ______________ (eg: in order to be loved / accepted)
21. _____________ that triggers me today, reminds me of ________________ in the past
22. What needs of mine haven't been met?
23. I dont feel validated because ________________
24. What patterns in my adult life mirror my childhood?
25. What patterns in my adult life mirror my parents patterns?
26. I totally avoid feeling ________________________
27. _______ you really hurt me when you said _______ it made me feel ______________
28. I know I didnt react at the time but ______________ made me so angry
29. I wish I was brave enough to say this to your face _______________________
30. I’ve never felt so low before when _____________________
31. When you treat me like ________________ it makes me feel ________________
32. Because I dont have ________________ in my life I feel _____________________
33. I’m scared of ________________________ because it feels like it means ______________
34. When I was little I felt like __________________________ when I was told ____________
35. Honestly, what’s really making me sad right now is ____________________________
36. I cannot accept the fact that ____________________
37. I am embarrassed by _____________________
38. I feel at fault for ______________________
39. I wish I was brave enough to ___________________
40. I always feel tearful when i think about __________________
41. My biggest trigger right now is ______________________________
42. The words I wish I could hear from ____________________ are ________________________
43. If I’m completely honest, I have always felt _____________________
44. I am so ashamed that I ______________________________
45. I'm trying so hard to keep the peace about ___________________ when I would rather ___________________

Writing ideas

1. Write someone who hurt you a letter (eg: a parent, a friend, an ex-partner, a current partner) you will never send it and you can win every argument you like, let them have all your unfiltered emotion, don’t censor anything.
2. Imagine you’re sat in front of the person that hurt you, but they’re not able to respond, they can only listen to you (your writing or your voice if you want to do this out loud). Let them have it.
3. Write a list of things you wish others knew about you.
4. Write a list of your secrets.
5. Make a list of everything you’d like to say no to.
6. Make a list of everything you’d like to say yes to.
7. Make a list of things that you fear.

Try ending with love or appreciation

1. Think of myself as a baby version of me, hold that visualisation in my mind and list 5 things I will do today to show myself love and compassion.
2. What can I do today that I didn’t think I could do a year ago?
3. What is surprising to me about myself lately that I like?
4. What happened today that I appreciate?
5. Make a list of people that I appreciate.
6. What am I most grateful for today? List at least 5 things and write about how they make me feel, no matter how small.