I love Eleveno's approach to doing the mood tracker. You make it sound like fun! I have not been good about keeping up with it everyday. That's going to change. Thanks Eleveno!
Wooohoooo! Even your wife is noticing how well you are doing?! Very, very nice Eleveno I hope you two celebrate this in some special way. You deserve it.
And look at you doing all this right brain thinking! Very creative way of looking at though records. Thank you for sharing.
I can write about my experience here so other people have an idea and choose their own method.
Let’s get creative here.
I see myself as a reporter who was hired to report my progress. I have to write an article (entry) everyday and submitted it to the journal (mood tracker). As a good reporter it is important to be impartial and do not make any judgments.
The topic of each article is a description of the best and worst moments of the day. Typically I describe what I was doing or what have I have done that conducted to those moments. I can also write about what I was thinking or any strong emotions I felt during those moments. I can even add any other observations that I think are relevant.
To make it a habit I chose a particular time of the day to write my articles (entries). Usually I do it in the mornings. As I need to login on the Depression Center to submit the entries I usually take this time to visit the forums to read the last posts and write something if I want to.
Because I do not lack self-motivation (on the contrary) I had to establish a limit of 30 minutes maximum to both write my article (entry) and visit the forums. But I remember in the beginning of the program when I did not have this motivation (because I was very depressed) and I had to make a deal with my editor (DC) to submit an article (entry) everyday independently of my mood.
P.S. I must be doing something correct because my wife said this week for the first time in 2 years that I was fine and no longer depressed (that’s the way I feel also). But I know depression is a serious illness and I will have to keep doing my CBT activities on the months ahead to keep the gains and prevent any relapse.
The Mood Tracker is a great tool and it can be adapted to work for each individuals needs. Is there any tips you can give some of the newbies on how you use the tool?
I do not know how other people use the Mood Tracker Tool but in my case it is the most important CBT activity that I have. It is also the only activity that I can't skip.
The Mood Tracker Tool gives me the opportunity to reflect on the best and worst moments of the day writting my observations.
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I hope you two celebrate this in some special way. You deserve it.
