Legacy and Prompt Journaling

Have you heard of Legacy and prompt journaling? This type of journaling involves a brief question, thought, or idea for you to write about on each page. Many who are overwhelmed or trying to survive their sadness can find these helpful. They allow for a productive distraction for a hectic, noisy, and ruminating mind.

The legacy journals are very helpful when they are left to surviving family members after death. Some will use prompt journals or legacy journals in hospice or home care. The prompts used have the ability to not only allow the patient to tell their story in their own words but can also stimulate intimate and important conversations with your loved one.

I’ve always loved to use specifically tasked journals. However, you can use a journal purchased locally if you would like and download writing prompts from the web. There are many sites like these that you can use. https://psychcentral.com/blog/30-journaling-prompts-for-self-reflection-and-self-discovery#1
For those who like a task-specific journal, Amazon has an abundance of prompt and legacy journals to choose from. I have a list of a few that I’ve vetted. https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/RZIB212FEPSY?ref_=wl_share

These journals can be useful when your brain is weighed down by grief. If you are not feeling it, or it’s the wrong time, that’s ok. When you are grieving, everything you do should be allowed its own space and place. Because grief changes you as a person, some will choose to fill out these journals in the way that they would before their loss and then in a different color how they would respond in the present. It can help clarify how much this event has changed you and your life.

The legacy journals allow life stories to be told in the author’s words. These stories will be shared and remembered for years to come.

The Grief in Dealing with Chonic Pain

Are you feeling like you are going crazy dealing with chronic pain or illness? You are not mad; you are probably dealing with grief.

Dealing with Chronic pain can change you into someone you don’t recognize. Sure, you can get cranky, snarky, pessimistic, and short of temper. These reactions are expected and understandable when dealing with something that’s continuously physically uncomfortable, but there can be a darker side to this condition. There is no societal knowledge or acceptance when dealing with the grief of chronic pain. Researchers have found that chronic pain can lead to unrealized grief with the added disorder of anxiety.

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