Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.
Has anyone felt like keeping a journal of your feelings is helping you understand your illness better? Thats what my doc wants me to do..... Whats your thoughts?
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definately..im not sure how but i can reflect on my good and bad days
deleted_user
weird, i was just thinking today i would start journaling. hmmmmm?
deleted_user
It has definitely helped me.
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Journaling is a common practice. Not only does it help the physician, it also helps the patient especially when reading a day or two later. I keep one written as well as one on here. It definitely does not hurt to write what you are feeling and how you are feeling. Follow your doctor's advise and see what happens. If you see no benefit after the first few weeks, then stop.
deleted_user
It helps me. I often can't tell one day from the next or forget when I felt bad or forget I even did feel bad...they all blur into a fuzzy haze. I like to look at the pattern those smiley faces make although I'm a terrible judge about what is good and what is really bad. I think it's getting easier to tell now though. I have a firmer basis of comparison.
dobiedots
They forced me to do that in the phosp. God was I bored.
deleted_user
Read some of my old journals when I was in real black place and it was scary..all those methodologies I looked up to off myself!!
beckyp
Writing in a journal really helped me get to know my feelings, moods each day, helped in my relationship with God because I write my prayers down, helped me to see that I need to live one day at a time.
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