Night Shift

Anyone still around?

Just heading off here @Mazarita ......

@Appleblossom Might still be around.

G'night from me

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I'm here now @Mazarita if you still are. How's your night been?

Hi @eth. Good to see you. Awake here since about 3, editing some voice files for a music project. Was working on that most of yesterday too. Good stuff, tired hands from keyboarding though. How have you been?

Hi @Mazarita love that you find such creative outlets for your energy. I've been flat and dozy still, sleeping more at night and then again during the day. Definitely not having the energy surges I had for weeks there. Wondering whether it's still just from one weekend camping, or another longer term mood swing. I've been up since 4 when my neighbour returned with his boat from a fishing trip and was rather noisy putting it away.

@eth, great that you have been sleeping more at night. Wouldn't surprise me if the daytime sleeps were recovery from the trip. I haven't done a trip like that for quite a while but it really took it out of me physically when I used to go camping. Also all the extreme weather up there would be a big challenge. Do you have anything on this week?

@MazaritaSo far plans for the week are helping my friend de-mould a ceiling on Wednesday, staying overnight and heading out to Litchfield National Park the next day for the day, and then starting with the psychiatrist on Saturday.

How about you, do you have another busy week planned? How did your catch up with the new friend go?

@eth,

I guess mould would be a real issue up there with the humidity. It has been in some places I've lived in here too. Before that in Melbourne it was rising damp that was often the problem. Kind of you to help your friend with that job. A day trip to the national park sounds great.

Good to hear the psychiatrist is coming up again soon. How long ago did you start seeing them? Do you like your psychiatrist?

Yes, another week of at least one thing happening out of the flat every day, sometimes two. Not sure I'll be making everything but will try.

Coffee with new friend went really well. I like her very much and the feeling seems to be mutual. She suggested we make it a weekly thing but unfortunately I had to cancel next week's already because of seeing the psychologist (maybe or maybe not for the last time).

@Mazarita I first started with the psychiatrist in 2014 and saw them until early November last year. Have just had an 8 month break and will see them for the first time since that this week. I'm feeling anxious about it for some reason. I have to say he's quite impersonal and I get a bit nervous about talking with him but will see how it goes. He's very good about bulk billing me and no-one else up here will do that so it's worth a try.

Hoping your plans for the week go well and you find you can make a clear decision about the psychologist.

@eth, personally I have found the psychologists I've seen to have been far more clinical in personal manner than the many psychiatrists I have seen over 25 years. With the psychiatrists, there is often the obstacle of the 'authoritative' role, but at least they have tended to be more messily human in some way, which helps me better relate to them. That's just how I've experienced it. Perhaps I haven't found the right psychologist yet. I haven't seen that many in my life. But I think it's natural that you might feel anxious about seeing your psychiatrist again after a break. I often feel somewhat anxious in psych sessions of all kinds really. Maybe it would help you to write down some of the things you would like to talk about or explore further. It's great that he's bulk-billing you.