While writing in journals is very beneficial to many people there is still a large percentage of the population that for various reasons has opted not to use this technique. Carolyn offers an alternative approach that can be used alone or along with written journaling.  Maybe this is an option for you.

While Carolyn's early experiences may seem extreme to some and minimal to those who have suffered more severe traumas they are very real.  It isn't the actual experience each of us buries from childhood on. In truth it is the emotional impact experienced during the event that has the potential to hurt us again and again when it resurfaces and does damage to our health and well being. As long as there are humans with Egos that thrive on conflict around us we be exposed to negatively picked up by other people or situations as well as that generated by our own thought.  The key is to learn how to protect yourself and dump the debris you pick up as fast as you are exposed to it.