Originally Posted by
jray23
I like keeping logs of everything, I think it's part of my personality. So several times I started doing it about my health anxieties and symptoms, thinking it would add some insight. Nope. Every time I would feel more anxious after a few logs and stopped.
One "log" of sorts that was very helpful though, was an app called "Thought Diary". You record your anxious thoughts, and the app takes you through the process of challenging the thoughts and deciding on new conclusions. It helps both in the moment, as well as starts building up a history that you can look back on and see your patterns. I highly recommend it if you're the journaling/logging type.
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Yep, Thought Diaries are used in therapy and as you say they are aimed at challenging the thoughts as opposed to obsessively being stuck in what it all means. Thought Records are a worksheet often seen, plenty of templates out there for them.
There are other types of journaling too but this one is very useful in CBT.