Journaling for the “best case”: According to mental health influencers, this diary technique is intended to help you gain more self-confidence
“Journaling”, even if it sounds fancy, is actually nothing more than writing a diary. And yet the term has managed to trend again and again in recent years and create a real hype in the world-Trigger bubble.
The idea: that regularly noting down thoughts, wishes and worries helps you to better reflect on yourself, to classify feelings in a hectic everyday life, to recognize your own patterns of action that may not be good for you - and ideally to change them.
But of course there are very different journaling techniques: Some use it like a kind of “Bridget Jones” -, in which they record how much water they drank and how often they drankothers use their journaling time to write down dreams from the previous night or to manifest, i.e. visualize, conscious future wishes and thereby make their fulfillment more likely. And still others rely on visualizing the “best case” to keep self-destructive thoughts at bay. A, which sounds promising.
“Best case” scenario journaling: This is behind the latest mental health hype on TikTok
In the fast-moving social media network of hashtags, it's hard to say who was really the first to coin a term. However, for most, the “best case scenario” seems to be the case-HostBalancedlesand founder of the wellness company Spacious Rituals.
Balancedles describes the journaling principle in a videolike this: “Before writing, I think, 'How would my day go if everything went exactly as I dreamed it would' and write that down.” So super simple? Not quite. Because, according to Balancedles, we are used to always thinking first about the negative, about the hurdles that can await us. And visualizing the positive sometimes takes a lot of practice.
Other influencers who have taken up the concept of “best case journaling” try to use it not only on a daily basis, but also over a larger time frame. So at the beginning of the month write down a “best case” for the next 30 days or at the turn of the year (yes, mid-January still applies) a “best case vision” of the entire year.
You can also use “best case journaling” if you are facing major emotional or career challenges. Are you planning to move with your partner or have a job interview? Even then, it would be worthwhile to allow yourself a few minutes of rest beforehand to think about what the best possible outcome would be.
“Best case scenario” journaling can help with this – and probably not
Of course, as with any viral trend, there is criticism of “best case scenario” journaling. One user commented under the video with Balancedles: “It's a good idea in itself, but if I do that, I'll be even more disappointed than before if it doesn't go the way I wrote down.” A danger that is obvious. But only as long as you really believe that exactly what you write down will happen.
However, the Balancedles concept has a different goal. Namely, by practicing these positive scenarios in a positive way, you can get yourself to see the day/month or the whole year as a positive space of possibilities instead of focusing on the obstacles. Or how they don’t “rewire the brain.”
A new, positive view of things can of course also have the advantage that when you write it down, you unconsciously think about the steps that are necessary to achieve the best case. But first it's about visualizing what is possible - and going into the world with the self-confidence that you get from the daydream you wrote down. And that can't hurt, can it?
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