Is There a Difference Between a Journal and a Surgery?

Lucia: Is it true that if you journal before a surgery or medical procedure, you heal faster than the control group who doesn't journal? Lucia: There's no question. I've worked with a lot of patients who have had surgery or various kinds of a medical procedures and there's no question about its effect on their recovery. lucia: Journaling allows emotions to come out of the body so that they don't eat us up alive.