Shadow Working Journal Prompts
Twenty prompts for the shadow workers among us. Please proceed with caution, and remember to do a lot of self care before and after your work. Also I am by no means a psychologist, if you are in need of psychological help, please seek out a professional. If this post does well I will do more on shadow work. Feel free to send asks.
1. What cliche makes your stomach turn, and why? Is it the inaccuracy or the accuracy that bothers you?
2. What irrational fears do you have? What sort of blocks do they cause?
3. In what ways are you inauthentic? Why?
4. Do you hold grudges against others that could be let go? What is your motive for holding on to them?
5. Have you ever badly hurt someone unintentionally? Could you been more responsible / compassionate to them?
6. What rules do you intentionally break? What is your reason for breaking them? Are you truly justified to break these rules?
7. Do you have any fetishes/kinks that stem from issues in your past? Do they liberate or hinder your healing process?
8. Think of a time someone broke your heart. In what ways may have you been responsible as well?
9. How often do you lie to yourself? In what ways are you in denial?
10. What is the biggest promise to yourself that you have broken? Do you regret it?
11. In what ways are you privileged? How often do you take things for granted?
12.Think of past dreams you have done taboo or inappropriate things? What could these dreams potentially mean?
13. What emotion do you try to avoid (sadness, jealousy, anger…) why are you afraid of letting yourself feel that way?
14. What has fear hold you back from? Do you blame yourself or others?
15. What fictional villain / antihero do you most relate to? What aspects of your personality is the choice based on?
16. What friendships / relationships do you hold onto that are unhealthy? Why?
17. In what ways are you hypocritical? Do you break your own rules of conduct? Hold others to a higher standard than you hold yourself?
18. What are things you could absolutely never forgive if someone did to you? Have you done any of these to others?
19. What are your “bad habits”? Why don’t you break them?
20. If you could get rid of one memory, which one would it be? How would you be affected by no longer having it?
