No such thing as a silly question YA.
It is what you need it to be. It can be a daily diary if a user wants it to be, it is a trauma discussion, where exactly what you have/are doing in the PTSD only forum YA, it is there for the sole use of a member to get their trauma, their fears and their past out of them, and isolate the feedback from only two people, one on each side of the fence as such, with the option for private or public viewing.
I would expect people to maintain their own diaries / journals themselves as you described, ie. a notebook of each nights occurances, days occurances, etc, which any specific points a sufferer would want to discuss, is discussed in the forums as is already. The trauma diary is more just to deal with the actual significance of the trauma/s only.
Basically, what it is about, is trying to get more people to help themselves I guess, by writing about their trauma/s, and getting it out of their systems, to come to terms with their past. Yourself, and some others have done this exact thing in the PTSD only area, which this new area of the forum would cater exactly what you are doing, but also allow the feedback of a trauma expert if he believed he needed to just comment on a particular issue.
Basically, Dr Roerich is a very busy man, and certainly doesn't have the time to respond to every trauma entry, but if he reads something here that is off noteworthy attention, he may raise it with the member themselves, or even with myself for further discussion with the member of the forum.
I guess what I am searching for, is opinions on how to get more people to start helping themselves, and push past that comfortable zone to begin dareing themselves, and using known effective techniques as exposure therapy, audio dictations, journals... etc etc. Any advice from all members would be very welcome.
If your reading this and have an idea of how you would feel comfortable in shareing your trauma, and getting it out of you, then I would like to know, so we can try and cater for everyone. I guess that is what this idea is about, in that a private or public option is available, where at present in the PTSD only area, everyone with PTSD can still read a trauma log, which means only those who are really dedicated to helping themselves now, are going too... which means others want to get better, but are continueing to suffer because we aren't catering their privacy needs... I think that is some of whats on my mind about this topic.
I am really appreciative for as much feedback on this as possible, and nut out a great solution with members to give the best possible means of trauma writing, logging, etc as possible.
I know I can't make anyone help themselves, but I also know that I can provide alternative means to try and cater everyone, so that maybe more will help themselves individually.
