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The study looked at keeping a paper around (underlying situation: a reminder active in a workspace) vs. throwing it away (underlying situation: removing a constant reminder).

They didn't study anything in-between, such as removing the reminder without throwing it away.

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Yeah, to your point, I'm curious how writing about frustrations/anger in a journal that you never revisit would compare to their treatment. It seems to help me.

Would you mind telling more about your journaling? If you would prefer in private, my Gmail username is the same as my HN username. Thank you!

Not the original poster, but I do the same. I have a private "therapy/ranting journal" that I use to just write out all my negative thoughts and dump it in there. I find it extremely safe and refreshing to do so. It's mentally the equivalent to me as "throwing it away" because I don't keep my negativity journals. Even if you don't throw away the journal I still highly recommend the practice. It's honestly helped me get through so many difficult situations.

I'd certainly appreciate it if you'd contact me too, then. Thank you!

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