How Journaling Can Help You Overcome Self-Doubt
3 Journal Prompts for Self-Doubt
Sometimes it’s easier to vent to strangers on the internet than the people closest to us.
Not because strangers know us better…
but because they don’t already have expectations for who we’re supposed to be.
A lot of people are walking around carrying thoughts they never say out loud because they don’t want to sound negative, dramatic, or “ungrateful.”
That’s part of why we started going live on TikTok every Monday-Friday at 7PM EST.
We wanted to create a space where people could say the things they usually keep trapped in their head.
Recently, someone commented:
“What do you do when you feel like you’re not good at anything you do?”
And honestly?
That feeling is a lot more common than people admit.
Especially in a world where everyone is constantly comparing themselves to people online.
It becomes really easy to confuse:
being a beginner with being a failure
not receiving validation with having no value
moving slower than others with not being capable
Sometimes self-doubt has less to do with your actual abilities…
and more to do with the impossible standards you’ve created for yourself.
So here are 3 journal prompts I’d ask someone in this situation:
1. What do I consider “being good” at something?
Did I create that definition for myself…or did I inherit it from other people, social media, school, or pressure to succeed?
2. What are things I naturally enjoy doing even when I’m not immediately great at them?
What would my life look like if I allowed myself to learn without constantly judging myself?
3. If I stopped measuring my worth based on achievement, what qualities would still make me valuable as a person?
Because sometimes the problem isn’t that you’re bad at everything.
It’s that you’ve learned to overlook your strengths anytime they don’t look impressive enough to other people.
Next time your brain is spiraling, open Plurawl...vent...and it will help you make sense of your thoughts.
The w in is silent, but you don't have to be.
