Thought Diary: How to Keep One and Why

A thought diary is a basic CBT tool and probably the most accessible one: all you need is a piece of paper and ten minutes. The point isn't to "think correctly" but to see how a thought you didn't choose slips in between an event and a heavy feeling.

Until that thought is named, it looks like a fact. Once it's written down, you can do something with it.

Why write thoughts down