It isn't much but it's helped a lot. A friend of mine taught me a method that their therapist told them to try which helps one understand themselves more or something. I'm not sure on the specifics anymore but it makes things better somehow. So I was curious what others think of the method and idk...what people can gleam from my personal results.

Basically if you have some artistic ability you can try to personify the feelings or emotions or thoughts in your head. Give them a face, a look, so that you can better understand how you feel based off how you envision them. So far I've only done the negative emotions/feelings/thoughts but I'm planning on doing the more positive ones later. Heres the first three, each has their own tidbit of information concerning how it feels to be in it's presence and what it would say to me.

In the link below are the 3 images I've drawn as well as their respective descriptors and dialogue. Idk what each could mean in the long run but it was nice getting to personify each one even if they aren't positive aspects of my life. They are what make me me and I wouldn't want to be anyone else even if sometimes it does make life hard.

https://imgur.com/a/vm4Ap7d