"It's so wonderful to have my story understood": Recruiting monitors for self-understanding support using a feelings journal app

The other day, I was reviewing the exercises with someone who tried out the feelings journal app.

The first feedback I received was,

"The best part is that you can do it as many times as you want. You get proper advice. It helps me recall various episodes and serves as a trigger for organizing my thoughts."

That is what they said.

From there, I listened to them talk little by little, not just about the content of the exercises, but also about the time they have walked through and what they have cherished along the way.

I did not intend to be providing counseling.

I simply wanted to receive the words they offered as carefully as possible.

What kind of time had they walked through?

What were they feeling at that time?

What kind of thoughts were they carrying while coming this far?

Wanting to understand such things, I asked them questions one by one.

Then, they shared these words with me.

"It's so wonderful to have my story understood."

Those words still remain in my heart 😌💞

Perhaps humans are creatures who want to be understood.

My mentor once told me something like this.

That humans are creatures who want to be understood by someone.

I truly believe that as well.

When we are troubled, we tend to think about,

"What should I do?" "What is correct?" "Which choice will ensure I don't make a mistake?"

I search for that answer.

However, deep down,

"Why did I feel that way?"
"Why couldn't I find the words at that time?"
"With what kind of feelings have I come this far?"

there might be a desire for someone to understand these things.

When someone understands you,
you may be able to look at the feelings within yourself
with peace of mind for the first time.

"It was okay to feel that way."

"I had my own reasons."

"I wasn't just being weak."

In this way,
you may gradually become able to accept your own feelings.

The vessel for accepting these feelings
is not something you should force to grow larger.

Having someone listen to you without judgment
within a safe relationship.

Putting feelings you hadn't even noticed yourself
into words, little by little.

By repeating such experiences,
a space where you can think "maybe it's okay to accept this"
can grow within your heart.

Recruiting monitors for the Feelings Journal companion service

This time, I want to make this "experience of being understood" and
the practice of organizing your feelings
accessible in a way that is closer to your daily life,

so I am recruiting monitors
for a companion service using the "Feelings Journal App."

In the Feelings Journal App,
based on a single event that occurred in your daily life,

What happened?
What thoughts came to mind?
What feelings did you have?
What reactions did your body have?
What actions did you take afterward?

This is a workshop to organize these things in order.

In the app, depending on the content you have organized,
hints for reflection are automatically displayed.

Furthermore, in the coaching plan,
based on what you have written,
I will provide individual feedback from the perspective of a psychologist.

This is not a time for providing correct answers.

Through a single event,
what was happening within you?
What were you trying to protect?
What feelings were you putting on the back burner?

This is a form of coaching
to look at those things together.

Recommended for people who:

Find themselves replaying conversations or LINE messages over and over.

Keep thinking for a long time about whether they said something the right way.

Worry about how others react and end up putting their own feelings aside.

Want to say no but cannot, and feel distressed afterward.

Immediately think "it was my fault" whenever something happens in a relationship.

Feel like they don't need counseling, but find themselves going in circles when thinking alone.

For such people,
I hope you will experience self-understanding coaching
through the Feelings Note app and feedback from a psychologist.

About the organization done in the Feelings Note app

The organization done in the Feelings Note app
is based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is
a type of psychotherapy that organizes mental burdens
by looking at the connections between not just the event itself, but also the thoughts, feelings, physical reactions, and behaviors that arose at that time.

It is known as an evidence-based psychotherapy
used in medical and counseling settings.

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare also
conducts training programs on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
for professionals involved in psychiatric care at medical institutions.

I myself have taken some of the related training while working at a hospital,
and have applied it to my daily support work.

The Feelings Note app
is designed to make those concepts easy to use for small daily events,
and is structured so that you can easily organize your thoughts on your own.

However, this app and the accompanying support service
are not intended for diagnosis or treatment.

Please use this as a tool for self-understanding
to help you reflect on daily events and
understand "what was happening within yourself."

Why am I recruiting at this price?

This monitor price is
set quite low for a service that includes
individual feedback from a psychologist.

I am currently also affiliated with
the online counseling service
Uraraka Counseling Room.

At Uraraka Counseling Room,
professional consultation services such as
message counseling and video counseling are provided.

For reference, the Uraraka Counseling Room price list
indicates that message counseling costs
4,620 yen (tax included) for a 3-exchange course,
10,780 yen (tax included) for an 8-exchange course,
and 19,800 yen (tax included) for a 16-exchange course.

Video and telephone counseling
are offered starting from 5,500 yen (tax included) for a 50-minute session.

This feelings journal support service
is a separate service from Uraraka Counseling Room counseling.

It is not intended for diagnosis or treatment.

However, in terms of a psychologist reading each entry
and providing individual feedback,
it is inherently a service that requires a great deal of time and expertise.

Therefore, I believe it would be difficult to continue offering it
at this price as a formal, ongoing service.

Even so, the reason I am recruiting at a lower price this time is because I want to grow this service together with those who actually use it.

Is the app easy to use?
Are the explanations and screen flow easy to understand?
How are the automatically displayed reflection hints received?
What kind of support do users feel from the individual feedback and guidance from the psychologist?

I would like you to tell me about these things
while you actually use the service,
so that I can refine it into a form that you can engage with more comfortably.

This price
is not intended for those choosing it solely based on low cost.

It is a monitor price
for those who will help me grow the service.

Recruitment is scheduled to run until the end of August 2026.

However, since there is a limit to the number of people I can carefully respond to as monitors,
if there are many applications, I may end recruitment earlier than planned.

There are three support plans available

This time, we have prepared
three plans to suit the depth you wish to engage with.

For those who want to try organizing their thoughts using the Feelings Note app just once.
The Light Plan allows you to try writing on your own and receiving a psychologist's perspective over a short period.

For those who want to notice their own patterns of thinking and feeling while repeatedly reflecting on daily events.
The Standard Plan helps you cultivate the habit of organizing your thoughts with a psychologist over 14 days.

For those who want to think together not only about organizing feelings, but also about the next actions to try and reflecting after putting them into practice.
The Premium Plan provides 30 days of support.

You can check the number of sessions, duration, fees, and how to use each plan
on the information page after the assessment.

If you are unsure which plan is right for you,
please use the assessment first.

I hope you will use it as a clue to think about the kind of support you need right now.

For those who want to receive thorough counseling

This Feelings Note support service is a monitor service for understanding your own feelings by organizing daily events through exercises and receiving a psychologist's perspective.

For those who want to consult about their worries continuously, those who feel they need medical or psychological support, or those for whom working on exercises alone is a significant burden,
regular counseling or the use of medical institutions and specialized agencies are also options.

Uraraka Counseling Room is here.

https://www.uraraka-soudan.com/

First, start by experiencing what it's like to be understood

Instead of continuing to think alone,
try organizing your feelings while borrowing a psychologist's perspective for a little while.

Let's look together for ways of seeing things other than blaming yourself.

And then,

"How was I actually feeling?"

Return to your own feelings.

You don't have to be your own counselor
from the very beginning.

Start by
experiencing what it's like to have someone understand you.

That experience can
gradually turn into the power to understand yourself.

Starting with a feelings journal app,
support for self-understanding.

We are looking for people to
help us grow this new form of support.

If you are unsure which plan is right for you,
please check this diagnostic tool first.

[Diagnostic: What kind of support is right for you?]

[Postscript]

On the day I was planning to publish this article,
Manatsu-chan 🐯🍙🐌 coincidentally introduced the feelings journal support service 💗

Along with celebrating her 7,000 followers,
she also warmly wrote about this new support service
that I am currently nurturing little by little.

Manatsu-chan, thank you so much, as always 😌🫶

I was so happy that I wanted to share it here as well.

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