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Does anyone do this?
Does it make you feel better? Or does it make you feel worse? I normally journal everyday, except for when I'm having a rough time because I can't stand writing out my thoughts. It just makes me feel worse. I did this the other day because I'm trying to get back into writing again and it just ended up triggering me. I triggered myself.
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I journal when I'm at my worst. When my emotions can not be channelled any other way I write them down, I unleash the torrent of angst on the page. I get a poem or two out of it later. I use paper and pen as a punching bag.
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I have a blog. I always feel better after I write
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I just don't. I can't stand my own thoughts.
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The darkest of nights is followed by the brightest of days. 😊 - anonymous The night belongs to you. 🌙- sleep token "What if I can't get up and stand tall, What if the diamond days are all gone, and Who will I be when the Empire falls? Wake up alone and I'll be forgotten." 😢 - sleep token |
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I have been journaling for many years. I rather enjoy it!
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schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin |
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I have paranoia surrounding journaling and putting my thoughts on paper but I often do, mostly when manic. It's a compulsion and must be done when the mood strikes so I guess the urgency to do it and the sense of completion when I'm finished means it helps. Sometimes I write frantically while tears fall and it feels that writing makes it worse but I don't think it actually does when considering the full picture. It lets me feel the full spectrum of what I'm going through sometimes. Writing it then reading back over what I've written does help me process confusing thought patterns.
((((Hugs Raspberry))). I hope you can get back to writing soon. I'm thinking of starting an interactive blog to process, vent, share and hopefully help some people other than myself in the process. |
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I like the way you write!
thanks for sharing. bizi
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I've tried journaling but my thoughts can never seem to make it on to the paper
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Dx: BP2 and MDD Current meds: 100mg Wellbutrin; 200mg Lamictal; 400mg Seroquel at night; Xanax 1mg/PRN; 100mg/PRN Trazodone at night for insomnia Diagnosed in May 2016 |
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I journal most days. Some prolificly but others I have nothing to say. It can be cathartic, helpful to recall details for T and pdoc and at other times I get badly triggered and lose it. It is amazing to have the last 15 years in sproradic journal fofm. On the odd occasion I have looked back I have learnt so much about myself, especially how strong I am. It may trigger me to read it so I leave it to safer times, but when I can read back I am amazed at how I survived.
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I'm technically diagnosed depressive, but I've been asked to journal as of recent because it's been suspected that I might be bipolar spectrum. I notice that, when my moods are elevated, it helps to an extent because I have a place to pour my racing thoughts and it almost acts like a compulsion for me as well. The downside I find is that my thoughts move way faster than my hand and I get impatient and mad at my hand and journal and forget things. Then I'm frustrated at myself more. Of course I usually do stream of consciousness stuff? It might be different if you're doing creative journaling like poetry.
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I journal. Everyday. Sometimes its just dribble, sometimes it's thoughtful and can help me make important decisions. I've also used a technique where I sit and write three pages of stream of consciousness just to get myself going for the day. Even if every line has "I don't have anything to say" over and over again it's a way of getting garbage out of my mind to start on being productive. I think i'll get back to doing that.
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I used to (2010, 2011,) do it loads not so much anymore, though I do still keep a journal (last time I wrote in it was august) it's good because it gets your feelings out and it's like someone to talk too bad because you run out of things to say and it gets you down after you've written you're not coping for like the 50th time (which is why I originally stopped) now though, I only write important events in it, so a lot less as my life is pretty dull |
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I recently went back over some old entries
wow things don't change much. my writing, maybe. but that's all |
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I do find that I'm beginning to repeat topics. I wonder if that means it's coming to an end? Doesn't seem possible but there are almost 250 entries.
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I journal after therapy sessions, which I just started. It helps me to work out what the therapist is getting me to see, the changes that need to be made. I think it is helping so far but I am finding it very hard to do.
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That's a good idea. I'm not in therapy right now. Getting along ok with just Pdoc. My blog is kind of my therapy.
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#17
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I used to journal, but I found myself doing nothing but complaining in it, so I stopped.
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that reminds me of my christmas entry I ended up (somehow), getting a ben 10 advent calendar (you know ben ten the cartoon?) oh did I rant about it for ever and everything else to do with christmas too |
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keep working at it... it will get easier for sure |
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Yes, to get out my thoughts and feelings, and to keep a record of my symptoms and daily life.
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Whenever I have thoughts that are stuck in my head that I must get out, I put them on the pages of my journal. Sometimes I am not seeing a T at the time, or don't have anyone I can trust with these specific thoughts, or its at a random time that it happens. All of it goes in my journal. But I rarely go back and read those thoughts. I just wanted to get them out somehow.
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Writing in a journal actually makes matters worse for me.
I am unable to not go back and read what I wrote previously. Side note writing something and burning doesn't help matters.
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#23
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I've journaled for years. I try to do it everyday, especially after therapy sessions. I find that it helps get my thoughts out. Sometimes it's coherent and thoughtful. Other times, it's rambles and nonsense.
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