Working through Anger from Death: Journaling Prompts for Young Girls

Anger after loss can feel like a dragon living in your chest—loud, fiery, and too big to ignore. But dragons can be drawn, described, and even spoken to. For young girls, journaling becomes a place to meet that dragon, listen to it, and understand it better instead of just letting it roar.

Creative Journaling Prompts for Young Girls Working through Anger from Death

1. Draw Your Anger – Instead of writing, fill a page with colors, shapes, or doodles that show what your anger looks like today. Then, write one word that describes your picture.

2. Anger as a Weather Report – Pretend your anger is today’s weather. Is it stormy, cloudy, sunny with lightning? Write the “forecast” and how long you think the storm might last.

3. Name Your Anger – Give your anger a name, like a character in a book. Write about what this character looks like, what it says, and how it behaves.

4. A Secret Garden for Feelings – Imagine you have a magical garden where every feeling grows as a plant. What does your anger plant look like? Write about how you might take care of it without letting it take over the whole garden.

5. Anger Letters (You Don’t Have to Send) – Write a letter to the person you lost or to life itself, starting with, “I’m so mad because…” Let your heart spill onto the page.

6. Superpower Transformation – Imagine your anger gives you a superpower. What power would it be? How could you use it for something good?

7. The Talking Object – Choose something in your room (a toy, a rock, a stuffed animal). Pretend it can talk. What would it say about the anger you’re feeling?

8. A Safe Place Map – Draw or write about a safe place where your anger feels a little smaller. It could be real or make-believe. Add details: sounds, smells, colors.

9. Anger in Motion – Write about how your body feels when you’re angry. Is it hot? Tight? Heavy? Then write what helps your body feel calmer.

10. The Three Kind Words – End your journaling by writing three kind words to yourself. They can be the same every time, like a reminder that you are safe, strong, and loved.

A Final Note of Validation

Your anger about this death is valid, normal, and deserving of compassion—especially from yourself. You're not a bad person for feeling furious about loss. You're a human being processing one of life's most difficult experiences.

Grief and anger can feel too big for words. That’s why mixing imagination with journaling is powerful—it gives them freedom to express feelings without needing everything to “make sense.” Whether through colors, stories, or pretend characters, journaling becomes a way of gently untangling the knots inside. And with each page, anger shifts from being only a heavy burden to becoming part of their journey of healing and growth.