I spent two stays in a psychiatric hospital this past summer. The first time I dealt with nightly manic episodes with psychosis. We all had journals. I dove right into releasing inner demons. Draw...write to release your inner pain. I would write with black ink and push down on the pen as hard as I could. Taking the enrgey to do that for pages made me feel better. I was releasing inner demons and other thoughts, but by pressing down hard on the pen took away someof the anxiety. I highly reccomend this tool.