I love my psychologist, she’s so good. Shame I only have one more session before I have to wait til next year (or if I get a job, I can pay out of pocket lol).
Discussion Thread 🎭 Tuesday 24th June
Submitted 3 weeks ago by PeelerSheila@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I have two medicare sessions left and I’ve been postponing and postponing them because even with a decent job, I’ll be fucked paying for the rest completely out of pocket haha. Really wish there were more pathways to access at least 15 sessions a year at the MHCP rebate for diagnosed chronic complex MH issues… not just those with eating disorders who somehow get 40 (!!!) rebated psychological treatment services every 12 months as long as they’re billed under eating disorder-related services… (not to take anything away from people with EDs but damn there are some other conditions too that could really benefit from even short-term access to increased sessions esp with acute flareups).
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Eating disorders get it because they’re genuinely lethal if left untreated. Anorexia has the highest death rate of any psychological condition. By a lot.
There are some…especially pressing reasons to make treatment consistently available for that
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I can’t recall the exact details anymore but a few years ago my GP got me onto a chronic health care plan (long term depression) that got me a few more psych rebates and a few sessions with a exercise physiologist (to help with strategies for movement). Might be worth asking about especially if you have additional health things?
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Can you still get 20 on Medicare if you have a chronic condition? Or have they changed that? :(
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I get 10, and then 4 extra with another GP referral, so total 14 per calender year. That’s how they treat suicidal ideation I guess 🤷🏼♀️
Next sesh will be my 14th :(
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Proof Boyo had a deprived childhood, he doesn’t know what a Banksia man is!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie?
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I didn’t know either, but also from a deprived childhood!
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Oh no! They might kidnap and boil you 😱
SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I was deprived too, looked it up and they look like they would be terrifying for little kids!
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Probably a nice protected childhood. The Evil Banksia Men were properly scary! At least at the panto thing I was taken to at a very young age.
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Um, no.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
no banksias where I grew up, only giant old gum trees and wattles
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Ordering groceries online is easy, carrying them all to the kitchen from the front door is hard. I am exhausted just from that effort, and haven’t even put it away yet. I really should have ordered some chocolate.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Just put the cold stuff away. The rest of it can wait.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
My kitchen and living areas are upstairs 😖
i think i use the stairs at least 30 times a day
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
It would have kept your strength up
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Theory: all roads lead to Rome
My better counter-theory: all thoughts lead to apple strudel
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I just put an apple danish in the airfryer. And I’ll be forced to have it with cream. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
YES! I AM VERY HAPPY!
I have an aldi apple strudel in the oven and chocolate ice cream ready to go and I’m fuckin’ HANKERIN’ for it 🤤🤤🤤
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Excuse me this is RUDE when I have no strudel available to me and am forced to live a strudel-less existence (until I can get to Aldi).
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
That sounds like a YOU problem! I say storm your local aldi and demand your rightful STRUDEL
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I am also unhappily strudel-free
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
i am strudel and danish and pie less
but i have all the ingredients to make one, maybe tomorrow or the next day
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
My lovely colleagues dropped by campus with an age-relevant cake and moral-boosting morning tea. It’s definitely helped because i had hoped to be celebrating today but what’s a few days here and there when you’re an adult. Plus, the headache is gone and I’m pumping out insightful observations with ease, albeit without references at this point. Highway to the Paper Zone!
That said, every time I’m writing things like “Regardless, the results suggest that …” I feel tempted to add “(but does it though?)” on at the end. Reminder to self: this is a 25 point research project, not a real thesis, it ain’t gotta be so rigorous
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Happy birthday!!!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Happy birthday 🎂
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Happy Birthday!!!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
ooh it’s your b’day! Happy b’day!
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Happy Birthday!
Wishing you the best for happy and fun times!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Happy birthday!!!
tone212_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Happy birthday!
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Happy Birfday!
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Happy birthday 🎂 🥳! May you have all the motivation, and a lovely celebration once all this is over 💖
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Happy Borthday.
happy dance 😊
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Happy birthday! 🎉🎂
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Happy birthday 🎂🎉
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
🎂🎂 to get you through the rest of the day. Happy writing birthday
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s your birthday? Happy birthday!! I hope it’s as fabulous as possible, under the circumstances 🎂🎉
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Me: Stand up from my chair my back: haha fuck you!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Mr Woof has found his moose toy and has been carrying it around trying to find a safe place for it. He took it to the bed yesterday and has now bought it out onto the couch next to me. I think it means I’m entrusted to look out for the moose’s safety.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s so freakin’ cute.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yarrabyte has forsaken us again.
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Maybe caught the flu.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s disconcerting to find the back sliding glass door open when you get home.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Shit yeah. I hope everything is alright.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Everything looks in order. It’s a bit of a mystery. I have myself on camera closing and locking the door.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
OK my trip this weekend is sorted! Been hanging to see these guys. 10 years is a long time not to see people I considered family at 1 point.
Eeeeeeee!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Got accused (jokingly) by aunt that hambam gained weight under my watch.
It’s pure muscle, all I did was unleash his apex ball chasing and cheese loving genes.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
@PeelerSheila@aussie.zone has got to me. I’ve been struggling with this cold - no appetite and no brain power to even cook the most basic beans and rice. Put in a supermarket order for a couple of GG salads and Dari’s soups (I find they are pretty close to being real food) and a few tins of tuna. I hate doing that when there’s food in the pantry but I have been skipping meals and that’s not going get me better
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Going to look for a new role in the coming weeks. My manager is acting like a child throwing a tantrum.
Considering my employment directly impacts my housing, it’s best to look for an out before he forces me out.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
tired with a touch of scratchy throat, think I’ll rest today
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Ok this is weird. Lurgy day 5ish. Have tested negative to COVID a couple of times. Just completly lost my sense of smell. Like I was cleaning out the kitty litter thinking it was weirdly not smelly. Can just get a whiff of eucalyptus oil if I basically shove it up my nose. Perfume - nothing. Cleaning alcohol - nothing. 😳😳😳
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Oh boy, you know it’s cold out there when even the security guard doing his rounds is wearing a beanie tonight.
Thanks everyone for the lovely wishes, I’ve been blown away (…) by all the messages streaming in today, I don’t feel too bad about likely working into the night tonight to finish this off (brain is definitely slowing down). My body can feel the real beginnings of joy and relief in letting this thing finally go, though!
I just had a totally unrelated shower thought that I feel compelled to dump here: you know how during the era of black-and-white TV there were reports of people dreaming in black and white, which then faded away as colour TV became common?
Do you think people will start dreaming increasingly in AI-generated oversmoothed imagery and video as it starts to drown out real art and photos? Though, they will probably become almost indistinguishable in a shorter timeframe than it took for colour TV to take over b&w TV… maybe people will be having more eerie dreams of their loved ones being replaced by imposters.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
After a week off with whatever lurgy that was, I’m watching my last trashy show and will be back at work tomorrow. I figured it was time, after getting so stir crazy today I did the vacuuming in batches, sitting down to catch my breath in between
SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
So windy all day. This house rattles and creeks when it’s windy.
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Come on petrol stations, hold out for 2 more days.
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Is it just me or do EOFY deals seem thin on the ground this year?
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I went to a guy’s business that’s looking for some marketing support today. He wasn’t there but it worked out well. I asked for him and one of his employees called him and put me on the phone, that proves I showed up and was there.
He said to come back at 7:30 tomorrow morning to talk, I bet he thinks I won’t show up. I’ve been looking for a bit of extra side work like this for a couple of years now, I had some stuff going on before the boys were born and that fell away, I haven’t been able to find anything since.
I feel like I’m going to get something because this sort of side work always comes in twos for me. I’ve been talking to some other potential leads and one of them will probably come through at the same time.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I’ve made it home, but I can’t feel my fingers. I think I need a cuppa
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I have managed to put away some of my groceries and check if the order was ok. I somehow managed to order three avocados instead of one, and a single tomato instead of a kilo. They gave me much larger eggs than I ordered, but one of them was broken so I’m probably even on that one. Miss Meow will be comforted to know that we are now fully supplied with her tinned food, and have an extra bag of dry food to tide us over until I can find which box I packed her dry food in when moving.
Mr Woof has been very unsettled that I was spending time in the study instead of the lounge. I tried putting one of his beds in the study for him, but he just brought his moose toy in and left it in the bed.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
This bowl of lemon grass chicken insulates me from the cold
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
3 classes back to back at breakneck pace and got saddled with a duty right after it, this sucks.
bacon@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
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Melbcat has been crying loudly so I took her to the vet… there wasn’t enough urine to take so her meds have been upped and she’s due for another test.
I eventually got her to come to bed and cuddle but she did a little spew on the sheets. It’s blotted and covered with a towel for now. I’ve finally got her to settle down a bit so everything can just be washed later.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
One assignment is done. It makes me bury myself in a hole knowing that my work is terrible and someone’s going to read it, but at least it’s done. Time to do the rest of the assignments.
I will vow to never procrastinate again after this. I know to start assignments when I get them but I don’t do it. Next time, I shall.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Creature news…
My sister has a new cat. He’s enormous
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Don’t believe you unless we get a piccy!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Say hi to Jetson
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