All right, I know that many people here, keep a journal...personal, medical and whatever.

I have never kept a journal, personal or otherwise. I have a very good memory for details in my life and don't really want to go over my life, again and again and again, in writing.

I remember all the things I want to remember and am trying hard to forget the rest..

I did start a Diary, when I was a Kid, because all my friends were doing it, but got bored with it pretty fast.

Who else here, does NOT keep a personal journal?

I don't keep a personal journal. The only journal I have just lists medical information (medication, procedures, names and dates) but nothing too indepth. It's just something to keep my medical records straight. I don't write my personal feelings or how my medical problems are impacting my life or anything like that.

I've never been one to do a journal and now that I have so much difficulty with my hands there is no way I could start to do it now. I never even had a diary with I was a kid (at least one I can remember). I do often wonder, am I missing out on something by not journaling.

I love to write, and find writing my thoughts therapeutic. That said, I do NOT keep a journal, per se. I keep a "diary", a few lines that say "Really windy this morning. Carolyn called. Planted tomatoes." That kind of thing.

I am too self-conscious to journal. I feel as though someone is leaning over my shoulder, reading my words (future generations, perhaps?) so I end up sounding fake and stilted, even to myself. Plus, I'm way too conscious of the fact that what I write might hurt someone someday. Or simply come back to bite me. Chomp, chomp.

I don't but wish I had.

I have a sx journal. If I am having a bad day or big sx, I write it out on a calander type thing. it just helps me keep track should I have to report in somwhere.

I have a medical appointment book in my purse, that I write down when I go, where I go, and what happened while I was there. I have a stack of those started.

When I worked in the jail, I had a pocket calender book that i wrote which jail I was in that day, what my post or responsibilites were, and if anything out of the ordinary happened. I have a 22 year stack of those. They were admissable in court should we ever get called. simple notes it worked great.

As I grow more and more accustomed to this silly disease, and more and more comfortable with my routine, my journal is less and less filled. As the fear dies down, the writing goes with it. when the anxiety rises, so do the journal entries.

I never kept a journal or diary as a kid.

Exactly!!!

I dont journal.

I got rid of my diarys a few years ago. I shredded them as I absolutely did not want anyone reading what I wrote in my youth. Now I just keep some information as far as medical stuff.

Yeah, remember those TV trials, where someone always has a secret diary read in open court..

I'm another one who does not keep a diary/journal.

It would be pretty boring ... many mentions of coffee throughout the day


Niko