So, I have a game plan and I feel better.

askye, Good! I'm so glad you've gotten a good doctor.

Askye, glad to hear!!!

sounds like you have a good doctor who is thinking about attacking your depression through some creative means. I'm glad.

So, I have a game plan and I feel better.

It is good to hear things went well. It sounds like you have a good doctor.

So I walked to my sister's house to be there when she got home from work. And she worked late! So I got a ride home from my step-dad because it started raining and I didn't want to hang at her house for a couple hours waiting. Tomorrow is another day.

Yeah I think I'm getting a better level of care here than when I was in Tally. Mostly it's the way this counselling center is set up - to see a shrink you also have to be in counselling . If the therapist thinks you don't need to be then that's fine, but if you don't regularly meet with a therapist then they cut you off from the shrink.

Also there's a 24 hour line to call for help. You get an answering service but someone calls you back. My previous experience was the option of trying to get through to the staff or dialing 911.

And the 2 read each others notes and stuff. Partly it's the change in technology - it's easy to send notes from the shrink to a primary care or vice versa.

The small town aspect is in play. This is the counselling center for the region but it's still a lot fewer people than live in Tally.

askye, I'm so happy that you are getting good care. That is huge. And again, I am impressed by your self-awareness.

Laura, best of luck, my dear! You know your sister best, but here are things that help me: putting on a timer and/or choosing a set number of things (Flylady calls it a "27 Fling Boogie," and does 27 buy that might be too much to start), putting on music... also, if it is a mobility thing, maybe you can go room by room and bring her a few things at a time. Have bags/boxes ready to go for donations/ebay/trash/recycling and take it out of the house when you go. Start with what's easiest for her - pieces of paper, old magazines, whatever - let her get a taste of success and freedom.

Anyway. I hope you're not feeling overwhelmed with advice. You're a good sister and a brave one.

Fuuuuuck, working for ten hours is haaaaard. I kind of forgot. My neighbor is coming to fix the ceiling in the evenings starting tomorrow, which is good but going to be odd having someone here.

Anyway. I hope you're not feeling overwhelmed with advice

Not at all, I wish I had asked about this earlier. It has been on my mind for years. As always, grateful for the Buffistas.

Start with what's easiest for her - pieces of paper, old magazines, whatever - let her get a taste of success and freedom.

Excellent advice. The big scary things are easier to tackle when there are some early successes.

Laura, here is an idea. You mentioned earlier, your sister has trouble bending over to pick up/clean stuff. Might I recomend a wheelie desk chair. Great for rolling around the room, and picking stuff up. I've also been known to keep a chair in the kitchen, to better get stuff out of the oven. Sad to say, my bathrooms have never fit a chair.

When I had my knee surgeries, I used a rolling garden seat.