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Old Aug 03, 2008, 02:37 AM
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I found this... looks helpful. http://www.essortment.com/all/therapyjournali_repu.htm

I use an online blogging site ... not the traditional written journal.

Basically I vent and say whatever I want without thinking about it. Most of the time what I write about is pretty depressing... sometimes it isn't. I just try to say "this is me, this is how I feel at this exact moment" and not try to excuse how I feel. I can be irrational. I can say what's on my mind. Heck, if I don't want to - I never have to read anything I say ever again. So I guess it is like a journal sometimes. Recording my failures, my successes ... my trials, my fun moments, and the moments where I've had the time of my life... it's funny to look back and see how one's perspective has changed and how your life has changed looking back a year ago or a month ago even!

There is also "Free association writing" ... put your pen to paper, and just write. Don't stop. Don't edit. Don't add punctuation or worry about spelling. Eventually you'll get an idea of what's currently on your mind.

If your T just wants a list of feelings though ... chart-form, I'd say "what you're currently feeling" and "why you're feeling that way" ... how you wish you felt/thought instead.... etc. But that's more CBTish I'd think.
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