Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
ASDs are not a mental illness, damn it.
It's different neurology.
(I have an ASD diagnosis. I also have mood disorder characterized by severe anxiety and occasional bouts of serious depression. One is how my brain works, the other is how it doesn't. Basically.)
ASDs are not a mental illness, damn it.
Oh, right, I meant to respond to that earlier.
And...what she said.
Laura, is there any way to re-frame the discussion as addressing the problem as something other than depression? Hormonal imbalance? Possible early dementia? A pain disorder? There is clearly something awry and any number of things COULD be causing it.
Maybe if you can take the taboo notion of mental illness off the table she can deal with the functional things that are going wrong.
I think I've gotten Hubby to stop saying "I don't deserve you." I said to him once, "So that means I should leave you and find someone I do deserve?" Men of the world, this is not a compliment!
Pete has started saying something similar, and it drives me bugnuts. I know it comes from his own self-worth issues and depression, but that doesn't make it less aggravating to hear.
Sorry to jump into the middle of this with something totally unrelated, but I might be going to Hong Kong in a few weeks for some meetings about a potential new project that might also open up a few more opportunities for my company. For all sorts of reasons I can't even mention it elsewhere, and it's crazy making waiting to hear if it is happening and trying to account for what it might mean for my business.
Hong Kong! That's a huge deal, ND, and I hope things go as smoothly as possible.
Oh wow. I hope it all connects soon.
I have some very good friends there if you like to have some local contacts.
I'm sure I will want some local contacts if this all happens. The initial trip would be probably a week long for meetings, but then if the whole project goes through I might be out there fora few weeks for installation and then possibly multiple trips back over the year after opening for maintenance.
Hong Kong! I wouldn't exactly say that Melbourne is on the way, but it is in the same hemisphere...
Hong Kong sounds like it would be cool. I hope it works out for you, ND.