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  • So I've been seeing counsellors/psychs/etc on and off since I was 13. I'd get really bad, and then we'd talk and then i'd get better and then I leave and the cycle renews itself. So about 2021 I had a really shitty counsellor. All he wanted to talk about was me getting a job, when I said to him in my final session that I want to get tested for ADHD and could he do a mini test so I'm not wasting over a grand to get told no. Anyways, he asks me like more hyperactive stuff and typical of boys, and then he goes "I don't think you have ADHD because I could tell". Negating the fact that the 5 sessions I had with him I've mentioned how I forget things, I procrastinate, I would rather play video games than do anything else. Like... he sucked, I hated him.

    So, I do some Googling and find one who is close enough, schedule appointments and I've been with her ever since. She's not the type to try and "fix me", she's there for me to talk about things, she's super understanding and caring. And she also went through a diagnostic tool with me and confirmed that it is likely I have ADHD (this was before I was tested). Also diagnosed me with C-PTSD. So anyways, cut to May or so of this year, and I'm getting my appointment ready and the MHCP is wrong. Ugh, okay reschedule. Next appointment, my MHCP is not a MHCP it's actually those 5 free appointment things that I'm using for my physio so I can't use them for my psych. Next doc appointment the doc tells me that I don't have any Medicare appointments (which is wrong) but he'll get it figured out.

    I never got a call or anything. So finally today going to the doc to get some scripts (and also got my doc cert to take tomorrow off, I don't care if it's unpaid I need it), and I think telling my doc that I have some not happy thoughts, I was able to get the correct MHCP.

    Sorry for this long message, I'm just very happy I can see my psych again. I don't gatekeep here, if anyone needs a psych that's all telehealth, go see Roslyn Delrayne, she is just the bees knees!

    • Thanks so much for sharing. I've had good luck with therapists and medical people in general but I know that good referrals have been integral to that.

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    • Please please please please please put them under spoiler tags, with a warning that they are a moving gif, no matter what size they are. Some people (like me) have sensory differences and find having moving pictures on the screen to be extremely disturbing/distressing. It is the visual equivalent of hearing someone scream every time you scroll over a comment with no way to turn it off.

      • Sorry but, How do you go with all the other media? Cinema, free to air, you tube, the ads at the petrol station etc..moving images are everywhere. Has it been a lifelong issue?

        Edit: sorry if too personal, just say “secure that shit Hudson”! and I’ll shut up.

    • Thanks mate. You a hero. I was missing the first exclamation mark the whole time.

  • Image of a plate with an assortment of green vegetables, a couple of cherry tomatoes, pork and ginger dumplings, pommes and a hoisin dipping sauce.

    It was really good. The fam were genuinely confused by this dish but consumed it anyway.

  • Well work has been an entertaining shitshow and I'm choosing to focus on the entertaining part. LOL. Ahhhh. Sigh.

    • My work's shitshow is more embarrassing and banal than entertaining, so I'm now invested in yours. 🍿

      • Maybe I'm just easily entertained but partly also because I'm just getting out the popcorn and watching shit go down. People are having to fight stupid fires, make stupid decisions thinking they'd get ahead, and stabbing each other in the back following a restructure. People are leaving because they see through the bs and have had enough.

  • omg, reading about the tragedy in Hawaii. A hurricane and wild fires at the same time. I just can't imagine it. No where safe to run to.

    • It's awful.

      Beyond the human tragedy not fire adapted native flora either they're not going to bounce back.

  • 🎼Glaciers melting in the dead of night
    \ And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
    \ you set my soul alight🎶🎶

  • That winds carrying on a bit, saw a couple of trucks wobble on the Bolte Bridge coming home.

  • Unphotographed burger has been consumed. Dinner was late because I got distracted enrolling in a study that popped up on my Facebook feed. It is about the effects of A2 vs standard milk, and if I do get in I get free milk for a month, plus a gift card. Don't tell them but I'd do it just for the free milk.

  • So my Shakti mat and pillow arrived yesterday. Mother FUCKER they hurt at first. I could do my neck and shoulders and I've managed to do my feet and legs on the mat (feet I can't put my entire weight on initially). What I absolutely cannot do yet and might not be able to for a while is sit with my bum on the mat. YOW!!!

    But holy hell do my muscles feel invigorated and a million times less tight. Especially my neck and shoulders! And my right arm which had been feeling weak/numb at times last year and early this year. I can use the mat or pillow while watching TV and take them around with me anywhere. This is great!

    • The best feeling is once you get off the mat and there's a massive rush of warm blood to the stimulated areas.

      It's so, so good.

      • Yes, that's what I live for! The massage therapist I saw last week pointed out that's how it worked for her too. Only after you get ff the mat you suddenly feel everything falling into place....

    • they hurt at first

      Oh yeah, ha ha hahaha. I've had some mild panic attacks when I've stuck with it through the first minute or so, but then realised I've got to try and get off the mat at some point.

      • It really does look a bit like a torture device so it takes some getting used to. But I think I might be a closet masochist.....

    • Please send a link of your new miracle friends.

  • Day 15 + tummy exercises completed. Fitness buddy didn't feel like it this morning. I've gotten used to exercises in a cold room but I think it was a bit too much for him! Lasagna sheets for me today, and the Minipeelers have placed an order for spaghetti. Looks like Italian tonight 🤌

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  • Ugh, went to bed with a headache and have woken up with a headache. Think I might eat a little, take some panadol, and lay back down until I have to start moving for work.

  • I forget how much I hate being at the doctor's. Loud babies and people playing their things super loud. I'm going to kill myself.

  • My efforts to do more tidying are being thwarted by Zooks demanding snuggles.

  • Surprisingly warmer tonight. 14 outside right now.

    Hopefully will sleep better tonight with any luck.

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