Coming to terms with reality

You need to weigh up both the positives and negatives of such relationships @eudemonism and if you can deal with the negatives as well as the positives then continuing that relationship is ok - if the negatives far outweigh the positives then it is maybe time to re-asses the relationship. Could you ask this friend to not come around so early - put some boundaries in place - they may not understand that you need some time to yourself in the morning and may be ok with that boundary. If they are not ok with it then tht is another negative to add to your list.

I am ok today - pretty tired this afternoon so chillin' on the couch with Toby next to me. I have had DBT and psych appointment today and that usually wears me out quite a bit. The weather is not nice here either - cold, windy and raining on and off. I did manage to get to Bunnings though on the way home and got the potting mix I needed ...and bought one more plant for my favourite corner in the garden.

What have you been up to today?

What's dbt? And what happens at psych app? You don't have to answer if it's to intrusive.
I've had a visitor who wanted a few smokes. I've parked by the sea with Misty, had a phone call with someone and just chilled for awhile. And then got filling replaced by dentist. Now going to have afternoon rest. @Zoe7 sorry i forgot to tag you in this post i wrote earlier.

@eudemonism went really well with ex, he is a great guy. Re: daughter. we are both on the same page now we have to implement some strategies to help her help herself. Easier said than done. She might be coming home from hospital tomorrow depending on what the pdoc says so will see how she is when she is at home.

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I've just read some stuff about smoking, schizophrenia category illnesses, severe mental illness and nicotine replacement therapies. Apparently the rate of schizophrenics and people who suffer from severe mental illness that try to quit smoking is really low. And apparently nicotine replacement therapy can lead to worsening of symptoms of the illness. Not good news for myself really. The researchers are have linked activity in the cortex (apart 9f the brain) to extra smoking and problems quitting. And they're trying to work out if the extra activity in the cortex is caused by the illness or the psychiatric drugs. From my experience its the psychiatric drugs that make me smoke more.

@eudemonism Haha 🙂 okay son2 has autism, psychosis, intellectual delay and epilepsy, daughter has got Asbergers (or high functioning autism) and epilepsy.

For me it is stress/anxiety @eudemonism and boredom lol

@eudemonism oops ... daughter also has chronic depression.