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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
vertigo's thread about "early warning system" inspired me to post this thread...
- Are you good at identifying your triggers?
- Are you able to sense when you're about to have an episode?
- Do you regularly do mood charting or mood journaling?
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1. Not really
2. I'm getting better at it!
3. I try but I suck at it
Going to therapy helped me SO much with #2. My T taught me how to think critically about "warning signs" and whatnot when I feel myself spiraling down into depression or getting keyed up in a hypo episode. She also got me started on mood journaling -- just writing down how I feel at the end of each day -- but I really am terrible at it. I don't know how to talk about how I feel, not even with myself. I don't know if I have emotions but I can't process them, or if I'm an emotionless void, or what. But I can't look back at my day and say things like, "Oh I was sad today" or "xyz made me happy today." I dunno why... but hey that's why I am still in therapy!