People with difficulty coping with their emotions can use mood tracking to analyze patterns of feelings or behaviors and how they naturally react to a situation. Those who suffer from a mental health condition can utilize mood tracking to understand better how their condition affects them and if their mental health treatments are effective.
Some benefits of mood tracking can include:
• Tracking moods throughout the day and noting trends
• Identifying all emotional and external triggers for a mental health episode
• Taking notes of behaviors, thoughts, or coping mechanisms
• Learning how their lifestyle, diet, sleep patterns, and activity levels affect their mood
• Beginning to predict when situations will result in negative emotions
• Using a mood tracker to judge the effectiveness of mental health treatments
• Becoming attuned to what factors worsen or benefit their mental health
People can use various mood tracking applications such as mood tracker apps, daily journals, or mood charts. Each is created to support people’s needs for consistent mood tracking.
Ellie Mental Health’s guide gives five tips on ways to stay consistent with mood tracking, including:
• Turning on notifications for reminders
• Logging the data at specific intervals for habit reinforcement
• Tracking all emotions (negative and positive)
• Making it fun with activities related to interests
• Reflecting and writing will help them analyze how they feel
These tips can be used to create a base for habit formation. Once the habit has been established, it’s easier to consistently mood track to ensure proper analysis of all emotions.
Ellie Mental Health is a firm believer in taking the time to better people’s mental health as it will improve their overall well-being. If someone is struggling with their mental health, they should consider contacting Ellie Mental Health on their website.
Lindsey Taylor
Ellie Mental Health
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