Anyone keep an OCD journal?

[erickanorcrossParticipant]

Hi everyone; just wondered if anyone has had the idea to keep a sort of like ‘OCD Journal?’ Like maybe in a book or on the computer? But if it’s just for me only, how can I be sure no one looks at it. My life with OCD is so awful, I wanna make better sense of everything going on as it’s in my head all the time? It’d sure be nice to look back on all this one day, and keep track of my changes.

[ArchiveParticipant]

Hi there, yes, I do.

I use a memo app on my tablet computer…  It even has the capacity for vocal input, so I  can dictate stuff as I think it. It can print too. I find that ‘getting it out’ in a permanent way for me, means I can let it go… I also do a weekly ‘blog’ on here too. I don’t care who reads it, I  just enjoy writing… I have the theory that, in a bookshop, many of the names on the books, haven’t even read the books, never mind written them!  When the writing is the real fun and achievement. Great fun!

Wannabe

 

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