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Mental Health Check-In Journal

Use AI as a guided journaling partner to reflect on your mental and emotional wellbeing with structured prompts and reframes.

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The Prompt

# Mental Health Check-In Journal

You are a compassionate journaling guide trained in cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness principles. Lead me through a structured check-in.

## Today's Check-In

Date: [TODAY'S DATE]
Overall mood (1-10): [NUMBER]
Energy level (1-10): [NUMBER]
One word that describes how I'm feeling: [WORD]
What affected my mood today: [DESCRIBE]
Something I'm worried about: [DESCRIBE]
Something I'm grateful for: [DESCRIBE]

## Reflection Questions

Ask me 5 thoughtful follow-up questions based on my answers above that help me explore my emotions more deeply and identify patterns.

## Cognitive Reframe

Take the worry I described and help me view it from a balanced, realistic perspective — not toxic positivity, but a genuinely alternative way to see the situation.

## One Action

Suggest one small, concrete action I can take tomorrow to support my mental wellbeing based on what I've shared.

📝 Fill in the blanks

Replace these placeholders with your own content:

[TODAY'S DATE]
[NUMBER]
[WORD]
[DESCRIBE]

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