How to Get Better

Research shows that people who undergo therapy for their mental health problems like anxiety and depression, show improvement. While it is established that therapy works, it isn’t quite known why it works.

A closer look reveals that all the diverse methods of therapy seem to work, with no real difference in their effectiveness. A corollary to this phenomenon is that therapy by itself is a decoy, and what really works is simply you being in a room talking about your problems to someone who listens well.

There was a time when the educated, learned individuals like Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo Da Vinci, Winston Churchill and the like were known as journalers who used to write to help themselves think.

It was later discovered by psychologists that journaling offers therapeutic benefits, helping us verbalize our thoughts and feelings, reflecting upon them and making them lose their grip on us in the process.