I did when I was trying out CBT and meds using specific questionnaires and charting the results. It was super helpful to figure out what worked and what didn’t and have data to back that up.
Yeah, I eventually stopped, but it took only a few minutes to go through the answers and record them in a spreadsheet each week, so I kept it up for about two years.
Rofl probably most people too busy just getting by, like surviving. But I write to relax instead of TV or video games usually, so I get pretty wild with it.
I’ve got a super subjective “emotional compass” doodle that I can quickly scratch out in the margins.
I do wish I’d started sooner, but doubt I’d have had the patience/headspace for this stuff before middle age perspective came a knocking
how many people log and graph their emotions?
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I did when I was trying out CBT and meds using specific questionnaires and charting the results. It was super helpful to figure out what worked and what didn’t and have data to back that up.
I know that you mean Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, but I will always giggle like an idiot reading the acronym as Cock and Balls Torture
troubleshooting medications is a great use case, thanks. i assume you wouldnt find it helpful once you settled on the meds?
lots of elderly track their various pain estimates, and its therapeutic for them.
Yeah, I eventually stopped, but it took only a few minutes to go through the answers and record them in a spreadsheet each week, so I kept it up for about two years.
Rofl probably most people too busy just getting by, like surviving. But I write to relax instead of TV or video games usually, so I get pretty wild with it.
I’ve got a super subjective “emotional compass” doodle that I can quickly scratch out in the margins.
I do wish I’d started sooner, but doubt I’d have had the patience/headspace for this stuff before middle age perspective came a knocking