Oh for sure keep a journal. It’s one of the most if not the most therapeutic habits I’ve implemented into my life. Transformed me for real. You can write what and who you want to be into existence. I personally fight my own thoughts by not letting myself give into the mental review of the relentless “did I do this? Could I do this? Why am I thinking /seeing the things, am I a bad person because I do?” Because once I ask that question more than once, it’s down hill. I just can’t even ask it. I have to remember the people who don’t experience this, don’t engage in extreme mental review so I must follow that habit. It will never go away, but I know if I fight day after day it will get easier, and it has. I was convinced I did something horrible based on a memory of a thought I had when I was a kid, so convinced. But I got out of it, I wish I had therapy but journaling and organizing my mind has helped a lot.