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| cjbdrm |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 07:44:51
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| 2scoops |
Posted - 05/04/2006 : 13:50:43
I am reading a book called Surviving A Borderline Parent by Kimberlee Roth and Freda Friedman. Although your parent may not have been diagnosed with BPD, i gives good insight into issues you may want to journal about. This is not a boo to just read thruogh, it makes points, asks you to think and write about. I would recommend the book. |
| Jim1999 |
Posted - 04/30/2006 : 21:56:45
cjbdrm,
For a description of the journaling I've done, see my posting in this thread: http://tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1135&whichpage=1
What TMS books have you read? Some have more info on journaling than others.
Jim |
| Special One |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 16:29:06
I read somewhere on this forum that journaling can include writing about anything "but" the pain. I took that advice and it is extremely helpful. I usually want to focus on the physical in my writing but I stop myself now and really try to dig deeper. I write about anything and try to find the ugliest thoughts and feelings I have and get them out. Lots of times it is about the same thing, my marriage, but I write it anyway. I can always throw the entry away. Just don't write about the symptoms. I made a list of the things that I want to go away symptomwise and when it goes away I put a star next to it. That way it is noted but not dwelt upon. Its great to look at the list every once in a while and see that about 3/4 of what had bothered me so much has greatly subsided. I hope this helps! |
| vikki |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 14:28:46
Hi cjbdrm,
I found that journaling didn't help me -- it kept me focused on finding the "magic" emotion that would take my pain away. The key for me was to stop focusing on the pain and just think about other things. My impression from talking to Dr. Schechter, though, is that I'm in the minority here.
When I did try journaling initially, I found Dr. Schechter's workbook to be helpful -- it's kind of a guided journal that you follow for 30 days. It will give you some ideas of where to go with it.
Vikki |
| Pendoreille |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 11:43:18
I'm doing therapy, but also journaling, as it's giving me outlet for lots of emotions. My therapist suggested this book Freedom from Fibromyalgia, as it has a chapter on journaling. The back and heels are my issues, not Fibro, but I'm still finding it helpful
The last few days I've journaled (is that a verb?) the way it suggests and it does provide me some structure that I'm finding helpful. It's kind of the structure that I'd gotten to, but this way makes me go back and reflect on what I've written. I just got the book from the library. |
