A guy carrying a journal around

Therapist suggested that I should get a journal write whatever on it, what i did where i went all that stuff. A dude writing on a journal my friends would never let me live it down

[Christory77]

Why would your friends have to know? Jot it on a notepad in your phone. They’ll think you’re texting.

[Hidden in reply to Christory77]

Ok that sounds much better thanks

[Agora1 in reply to Christory77]

Great idea Christory77, Who doesn't walk around while texting on their cell phone now a days.

[HearYou]

You don't actually have to carry anything around. If you don't have a memory issue, summarize your day at home. The amount you write on certain days versus others and just the look of your actual writing can tell a therapist a good deal.

[Hidden in reply to HearYou]

I do have memory issue. Dissociative identity disorder, i didn't mind thewriting i just didn't want to carry a journal everywhere i go

[HearYou in reply to Hidden]

I have memory issues due to an accident but manage a few lines every day. Think you might want to try to do this even with your memory issues.

[blackcat64013]

Journalling (men and woment do it) is best done at night to reflect on the day past and plan for tomorrow. It's about putting away problems so they don't bother you at night. The activity is useful for the therapist to see what happened in real time rather trying to recall at a therapy session.

Using you journal, you can put in sleep details as well your appointments, medication changes and the amounts of exercise you did to track your progress.

It takes a while to get used to doing this regularly. Remember this is a private place for you and your therapist to share.

[Hidden in reply to blackcat64013]

Yeah he basically want me to writeabout my whole day. I downloaded a journal on my phone that way it would be easier

[HearYou in reply to Hidden]

How will the therapist read your phone journal? Glad this was a way for you keep a journal, but are you going to transfer it to another device so the therapist has a record to compare with what is recorded from the last session and future sessions?

[Hidden in reply to HearYou]

I can just email him the pages from my phone. He agreed as long as i write

[HearYou in reply to Hidden]

Great! You had already thought about that! Just great.