My Brain-Dump Journal Is Saving My Sanity One Page at a Time

In a personal wellness essay, the author explains how brain‑dump journaling has helped calm their racing thoughts and mental overload by encouraging them to write whatever pops into their head without structure, allowing them to move past stress, sleep better, and regain focus; they describe how traditional journaling never clicked for them but this unfiltered method lets them externalize everything from daily worries to random ideas in a way that feels authentic and restorative.