Night Shift

Yes, it sounds like a bit of an unsettled year weather wise.

You know, when we had the golf-ball sized hail through here a few years ago, photos started to emerge if the same thing having happened in the 1940s or 50s (can't remember which).

Stories of the early settlement of Australia demonstrate unsettled weather patterns way back then too. We were taught at an early settlement education centre that when Captain Cook first arrived, it was on the back of several years of heavy rainfall, and at least along the coastlines, this country looked like the Garden of Eden. So they loaded up the ships with colonial settlers, only to arrive to several years of extreme drought.

They lost their livestock, crops failed, and it must have been the worst real estate false advertising set-up in history !! So, with people here writing back to England telling everyone they knew how awful ur was, and not to come here, some bright spark had the idea of sending all the convicts across to populate the country.

I do know in the west there is much arid land that had been allotted as farming land at the time of settlement, where you wouldn't dream of trying to farm now. Our desert areas look so amazing after a single flood season. They must have been magnificent after several very wet years.

Ahhh ..... the stories of our sunburnt country .... known for its loods and sweeping plains even back then ....

Hi @Former-Member 😊

Yeah, posting personal stuff can be a bit daunting, and you have to find a comfort level.

It all helps us to make connections and find and give support, but we won't always get it just right ....

Its great the editing tools are there.

Enjoy the football 🏉

@Former-Member I didn't think you were nosy at all, just that you cared. Because of fighting to stay on top of depression I've been making more of an effort to socialise with the few friends I have, and between that and nights of little sleep I have to make sure I have time to rest and catch up in between. Otherwise if I get too overtired it can be a bipolar hypomania trigger for me. So it's a matter of daily managment to stay on top of things.

I'm heading out for a bit of a walk in between rain showers. Have a good day everyone 🌷

Hi @Mazarita

How strong you are to write to your therapist that you intend to end your sessions with her - and wise

My psycholigist is moving back to Sydney - and I hope to finish my sessions with her before then - I don't want to start again with someone else.

But you have taken the initiative - and for whatever reason both of you will know what the story of your next session will be -

How often we either just end - or have life move us on - and whatever might have happened never does - in your case - whatever has happened in your life - maybe a breakthrough or maybe disassificaton - or whatever -

Whew - this is awesome - if disassifcation exists or misunderstandings - sometimes the provider needs to know

So it will be a few weeks - but I will be waiting to hear how things go

Decadian