Why Write Trauma Diaries?

[meander]

That’s all...

 

[Friday]

Why write what?

 

[meander]

Diaries

 

[somerandomguy]

Dead Link Removed

 

[Friday]

Diaries

Title Edited for you, & moving this thread over to Treatment & Therapy :)

 

[Kubash16]

It helps tremendously to have a safe anonymous place to let out what your feeling, thinking. It helps enormously to reduce the power of certain memories by putting them out in the world and letting others share your burden with you. It’s an incredible feeling to get support, validation, and love from this awesome community even when you feel like absolute sh*t about yourself.

 

[knuckles]

I am fairly new to using this site's trauma diary feature. I think my idea was to help myself to better see the structure of my thoughts. When it's only in my head it kinda swirls like smoke in a mist. It can be hard to get a grasp of. If I am able to write it down (some of it I can't) it's easier for me to see the underlying theme(s) and/or recognize cognitive distortions etc. And I am hoping that I can use it to keep track of highs and lows - if I use it regularly.
I started writing a diary in the members-only sub-forum, but found I wasn't ready to have other members read and interact with my diary. So I started using the private diary. I did however appreciate the feeling of standing shoulder to shoulder in the other sub-forum. So many members seem to be using their diaries on a regular basis; after less than a day I would find my own diary on page 2, due to the frequent writing of other members. I found that to be encouraging.
I have yet to write in my diary on a regular basis. For now I use it when I have a more solid sense of what's going on in my mind - or I struggle with specific thougths/situations. I'd like to try out writing every day for a while though, to see what going on (I tend to forget what I have been doing and thinking from one day to the next).
In regards to therapy I think it might prove very useful, to help me keep track of what happens in sessions, as well as between sessions.

 

[meander]

Ok. It just feels painful and pointless. Maybe I’m not there- yet. I feel like if no one reads it then it’s just the same old thoughts going round in my head. I need validation of it all. But I can’t speak audible words of it all.

 

[anthony]

I have locked this thread and removed admin questions, as this is a thread wrapped with administrative questions that are ONLY to be asked via contact us.