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Sleeping too much
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It sure does @Former-Member. I think it does help me to understand myself better when others relate & it's like an 'aha' moment. For what would be a frustrating 1/2 hour with someone else to end up not 'getting you' it just syncs. It's really a fascinating area to explore. A lot of studies have gone into it, more from back in the day, which typifies the 'stereo-type' of what ADHD is. That sounds like it was a good thing for you @Former-Member. It's nice when we connect with small fragments, in order to piece things about ourselves together. It is expensive to get the testing done, I think was it you or @Former-Member that mentioned this? I think I'd like to know because I suspect S2 has it, with S1 having elements of it also. I've learnt that getting onto it before they turn 16 allows med's to be much cheaper. I think women particularly are good at covering up their ADHD. I mentioned to my partner, his reply you definitely have the 'h' .. lol. I just view it as I'm the active,restless one! Right cup of tea time because I'm rambling. Do you ever feel unclear when you write or speak? I feel I need to clarify in order to have stuff clear in my head. Errr. Sigh! 😂
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Re: Sleeping too much
Hi @Former-Member ... 😊
Running .... get back to you a bit later .... everything is still on the rails ....
💜🌷
Running .... get back to you a bit later .... everything is still on the rails ....
💜🌷
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Re: Sleeping too much
Hi @Former-Member .... back again ....
Re D1, there are difference in how the two of them have been raised, and their outlook on life, and the contrasts in ideas hasn't emerged until now that there is a wedding to organise, and a home, and it's challenging their values .....
It's something the two of them need to work out between themselves, but they are conflicting in terms of ability to communicate and find agreement, without losing their own sense of identity. It's common to most weddings probably, but it's stressful.
And because WH's illness is unclear, his behaviours have been misconstrued as offensive.
Hopefully last nights talk has provided so e
clarity, but it hasn't yet resolved their ability to communicate and work through the decisions with a joint focus .....
Still a stressful work in progress .....
Re D1, there are difference in how the two of them have been raised, and their outlook on life, and the contrasts in ideas hasn't emerged until now that there is a wedding to organise, and a home, and it's challenging their values .....
It's something the two of them need to work out between themselves, but they are conflicting in terms of ability to communicate and find agreement, without losing their own sense of identity. It's common to most weddings probably, but it's stressful.
And because WH's illness is unclear, his behaviours have been misconstrued as offensive.
Hopefully last nights talk has provided so e
clarity, but it hasn't yet resolved their ability to communicate and work through the decisions with a joint focus .....
Still a stressful work in progress .....
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Unknown userMember
Re: Sleeping too much
Nice to see you all.
Psychologist was OK, she let me talk,
Acknowledged my distress over my family "feeling cast out of the group" - saying its primal, we're hard wired to not leave the group or we won't survive. Left for dead... I always thought it was a rejection thing, so that was a different take in it. I was pretty teary for some reason, talking about the x vindictiveness, D1 talking less (since AD increase), can't collapse D1 bed, MH admission (2011 caged animal), declutter, lonely, angry, my mum, vivid dreams, nightmares,... Hmm, we did cover a lot of ground - at least I didn't walk away stressed. But she did say she'd like to give me skills to replace medication (haven't heard that before & quite like being less social phibic). Oh, she also reassured me she's had no reason to think of me as 'delusional' at all in the 4yrs she's known me. 🙂 (my mother & sister have called me delusional).
Actually rang S1 earlier today, it went well (phew) & he's OK. Has a show holiday in Brizzy today so he was quite relaxed. Told me to stop worrying, to stop being a mum 😕
Mum sent a polite tx last night, so the ice is broke there thank goodness.
Its so hard to find that balance of guarding one's own heart while also trying to show compassion toward others.
But think I've definitely worried too much. Get irrational guilts, so learning to let go.
@Faith_and_hope: thanks for summing up my list of positives, Blackdog is pulling at me at the moment, heavy, (like the forums front page pic), so its helpful to be reminded ta of the good stuff, ta.
@Appleblossom,
Hello, the triangles on my mobile keyboard are behind numbers: Go to numbers,
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Then, tap symbols key [=\>]
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Psychologist was OK, she let me talk,
Acknowledged my distress over my family "feeling cast out of the group" - saying its primal, we're hard wired to not leave the group or we won't survive. Left for dead... I always thought it was a rejection thing, so that was a different take in it. I was pretty teary for some reason, talking about the x vindictiveness, D1 talking less (since AD increase), can't collapse D1 bed, MH admission (2011 caged animal), declutter, lonely, angry, my mum, vivid dreams, nightmares,... Hmm, we did cover a lot of ground - at least I didn't walk away stressed. But she did say she'd like to give me skills to replace medication (haven't heard that before & quite like being less social phibic). Oh, she also reassured me she's had no reason to think of me as 'delusional' at all in the 4yrs she's known me. 🙂 (my mother & sister have called me delusional).
Actually rang S1 earlier today, it went well (phew) & he's OK. Has a show holiday in Brizzy today so he was quite relaxed. Told me to stop worrying, to stop being a mum 😕
Mum sent a polite tx last night, so the ice is broke there thank goodness.
Its so hard to find that balance of guarding one's own heart while also trying to show compassion toward others.
But think I've definitely worried too much. Get irrational guilts, so learning to let go.
@Faith_and_hope: thanks for summing up my list of positives, Blackdog is pulling at me at the moment, heavy, (like the forums front page pic), so its helpful to be reminded ta of the good stuff, ta.
@Appleblossom,
Hello, the triangles on my mobile keyboard are behind numbers: Go to numbers,
1234567890@
# $ % & - + ( )
* " ' : ; ! ?
Then, tap symbols key [=\>]
tada!
~ ` | • √ π ÷ × ¶ ∆
£ ¢ € ¥ ^ ° = { }
\ © ® ™ ℅ [ ]
________
∆ ∆
=° _°=
_______
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Re: Sleeping too much
Hey @Former-Member 😏
It sounds like it did you good to talk .... and to have the positive contrast to what happens when you start believing or accepting other people's uncaring or harsh judgements ..... here was the psych telling you that the comments were unfounded.
My mum used to say, "don't wear it ...." It took me many years to put that comment into the perspective of, don't put somebody else's bad ideas onto (into) your character, the same way you wouldn't put on a piece of clothing you really, really didn't like, no matter who gave it to you. Why do we then "put on" other people's opinion of us ?
There can be a lot of reasons, and often it started to happen when we were very young. Psychologists are very good at helping us to revisit all these opinions we have owned and worn, and getting us to question their worth to us from a more mature adult perspective.
Imagine taking these opinions that don't suit us, as though they were clothing, folding them up, putting them into a bag, and giving them back to the people who presumed to put them on us, saying "thanks, but no thanks !"
Glad you had a really-real chat with your S1 and got to hear his voice in your ear .... 😊💜
Glad you got an ok-ish text from your mum ..... 😏💜
Very glad you're learning to let go ..... 😀❤️💕
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TABSenior Contributor
Re: Sleeping too much
well, got washing done, even sheets lol and got windscreen wipers take 2 .. original effort not right type dont trust them.. trying to be nice to self. Did force self to go for short walk, birds singing now, well, now, that I notice them ..so, tiny, tiny ticks for today, but tomorrow be better. Yes.
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
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@TAB
✅ ...... 😊
✅ ...... 😊
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TABSenior Contributor
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..twas, didn't really feel that way, but it was. 
@Faith-and-Hope thanks so much 
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TABSenior Contributor
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..Red Dog is better ..put the billy on lol
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
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Lots of tiny, tiny ticks add up to one big one @TAB 😊
