My dad told me at my birthday dinner that he thinks my stepmother has multiple personalities. And then, went back to eating lasagne. My thoughts were like a. Thought it was just one that didn't like me. and 2. Shouldn't there be treatment or something?

It has become clear to me that I grind my teeth more during the day than I do at night.

I never have jaw pain in the morning, but I do notice the clenching during the day.

Today, I'm walking around with the molded trays for a teeth whitening folly I did a few years ago. It is making the grinding a much more conscious thing. Not sure it if will help in changing the habit, but data is useful.

Shouldn't there be treatment or something?

Multiple Personality Disorder is extremely rare and there's some thought lately that it doesn't exist. So, knowing your Dad, I think he's just flummoxed by a person having more than one mood.

I think he's just flummoxed by a person having more than one mood.

There is a LOT of that going around, I tell you what.

and there's some thought lately that it doesn't exist

Wait. Days of Our Lives circa 1990-something wouldn't LIE to me! (Still not the weirdest storyline they had.)

I cannot emphasize how much I HATE when the following happens:

We both need showers. We need to leave the house in less than 90 minutes. Tim is cleaning the bathtub. I say, "Can you please do that later and start showering now? I'm worried about us getting places on time. It's after 3:30."

Tim: "Okay." t continues cleaning bathtub

Raaaaaaaaaaaage.

I sympathize with your rage, Steph. Tim has ADHD, right? I suspect that "do that later" is not processed the same way, or as meaning the same thing as, "stop doing that now, yes, stop in the middle and leave that task undone in order to switch to a different task, NOW". The latter is very hard for certain brains to do... not that I would know firsthand. ahem "Please stop doing that now and take a shower now " might work better? I'm betting he was totally surprised when it was 4:00 when he was done.

I suspect that "do that later" is not processed the same way, or as meaning the same thing as, "stop doing that now, yes, stop in the middle and leave that task undone in order to switch to a different task, NOW". The latter is very hard for certain brains to do...

Task switching is particularly hard for him.

I'm betting he was totally surprised when it was 4:00 when he was done.

I'm not sure if it was surprise as much as "Eh, we have PLENTY of time to get where we need to be!" His time blindness is manifested in extreme optimism of how long it will take to get somewhere.

Tim's problems are shared by me.

My husband does that kind of thing too. In his case, he just really wants to finish what he starts, even in the face of the space-time continuum.