u/calicocadet

Hi all, this is gonna be a bit of a weird one, but I figured the journaling community may have some experience with this. Please let me know if this post doesn’t suit the community.

I’m someone who struggles a lot with mental health, I’ve journaled before quite a bit in the past and had multiple therapists, professionals, and loved ones recommend me journaling to deal with difficult feelings and thoughts.

Unfortunately, I am incredibly prone to rumination and emotional volatility, and it seems like every time I attempt to journal to try and process my thought and feelings I end up significantly more upset and worked up about whatever it was I’m writing about by the end. I can literally go on and on for pages and there’s never a sensation of relief or catharsis, it just feels like I’m pouring more and more fuel onto the fire.

This has been really counterproductive and completely at odds with the way journaling has been presented as a great coping mechanism or outlet of release by basically everyone around me.

Has anybody else experienced or dealt with something like this? Should I put journaling aside and chalk it up as a poor method of coping for me, or is there something about this that I’m not grasping? Is there some kind of mindful approach I should be taking to actually benefit from journaling?

Thanks in advance to all who take the time to read this

I had a question/need some advice on my dual sim setup. I’m moving abroad and have gotten a new phone— I’m planning to get a local sim card one I’ve moved, but I’d also like to keep my US number alive. If I port over the US eSim to my new phone, and for the US number I disable cellular data/roaming but keep Wifi Calling enabled, while having my local sim fully functional, will I be able to receive texts such as bank verification codes without incurring international fees?

Is there a risk of being charged internationally with this sort of set up? How would I avoid that? I heard calling and asking AT&T used to get them to manually disable cell service abroad for your number, but I called recently and they told me that option is no longer available.

Thank you in advance!