Welcome to the trauma community's diary thread :)
Healing from a traumatic experience takes time. And progress can feel slow, sometimes non existent. It can be easy to forget how far you've come, because how far you still have to go can seem so overwhelming.
So in this forum category, you're invited to set up a new thread specifically for your story, your progress, your diary. Something you can add to as you want, reflect on as you wish. You can invite support from others, or look for people with similar experiences. But however you use it, if each person wishing to keep a diary sets up their own thread, it serves as a reminder for you to see where you started, where you're going, and how you're progressing.
So just to be clear, you click on 'create new thread', choose your title, and start your diary. You can reveal as much or as little about yourself as you wish. And if you want a specific entry to be responded to, paste a link in this thread, and you'll draw more people's attention to it.
For those wishing to follow other peoples diaries, subscribe to this thread (amongst any others you're interested in), and you'll be notified of any new entries people are looking for responses to.
Let's heal together. ❤️
Would ❤️ you to join in if you wish to:
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@DeborahUK
I would like to join and make a diary. Thank you!
@DeborahUK
Nevermind! I figure it out by myself!!! :) Yay me!
@KLM3278
Yay!!!
@DeborahUK
ScarletPear1945
I would like to join
@DeborahUK
ScarletPear1945
I would like to be aprt of this group. Thank you for the warm welcome.
Hello everyone. I might have started a thread that might need labling possible triggers. Did not see that till after my thread and do'nt know how to add that. Let me know .Do't want to mess anyone up.
@scarletPear1945
Hi Scarlet, and welcome :)
Now I'm not very techie so can't help with putting a trigger warning up, but I know a couple of people who can! Thing is, I can't find the thread you're referring to. Where have you posted? Can you remember?
How do you create the diary? All I see is "Post to Thread."
@DeborahUK
This is a nice idea and I'd absolutely do this if it wasn't for the fact that this forum is public for absolutely anyone on the internet and google searchable and all. I'd LOVE to have this in a protected area that's only visible to this subcommunity. Though I guess that could give people a false sense of privacy. Hmmm I dunno.
@hereigoagain We could look into make this a locked forum with the developers for sure. Don't know if it is practicable or possible but worth asking
@hereigoagain
Good idea.
@hereigoagain
You're right what you say, about it being accessible to all. But even then, you're anonymous here. Are you worried that someone may recognise you from your story?
This is a LOVELY idea. THANK you!
@singercrystalspirit Your very welcome. We always try to think of new things to try out in the forums, and this one we thought may be welcomed by our members 
@DeborahUK
Hello, I hope you are well. I had a logistics question. Is there a way to make the most recent diary entry the top entry? Thanks in advance, Mary
@MKJart
That is a great question and a fab idea! Unfortunately I'm an IT dinosaur, but thankfully others aren't! Any ideas @dancingrainbow45 @krinkthemellowunicorn
@DeborahUK I think this is something that has been raised with the developers a few times with regards the most recent posts showing and being in order. Its something we hope they can work on for a future step with forum postings.