Today, I am having coffee with a friend from the party on Saturday night. We have been friends for a year but she's never been privy to my illness or my trauma. Telling the walking group about my new diagnosis from the outset was relatively easy because I didn't have an emotional investment in them a friends. This woman I do. My social life in the location I moved to a year ago has pretty much solely sprung out from my friendship with this woman. Yes, she is a very wise person, I like collecting wise people as friends but there is no mental illness in her family; there is no significant traumas; just the normal ups and downs that happens in well people's lives.
I will let her know that I don't want to go too far into things and I plan just to let her know I was severely abused as a child physically, sexually and psychologically; that my entire family suffers from mental illness; bipolar and that my brother has now crossed into schizophrenia and that I have broken away a) to keep me and my son safe and b) to properly manage our own genetic conditions.
I really want to be brief and not go into details. I want to help dispell any misconceptions she may have about mental illness without losing the friendship because I am mentally ill. Will let you know how I get on. I have an appt with my employment consultant this morning and got some of those legal, telco, and housing issues to keep chipping away at this arvo.

well sounds like your day is a big one. dont let it tier u out or stress u. good luck i hope it gos well today for you hun. i hate those employment places lol. im on a med cert because well for now. cos i work but not enough and they want me to work full time but its just way to hard for me as you would understand that. so this way i can work the hours i want with out wearing me to the ground. my work pay has always been up and down. like b4 i bad my brak down 6 months ago. id make $900 a fort night and some times $500 depend on the work that came through.i need the consesion card to pay for my meds and doctors bills cos they dont bulck bill to people that arnt on it and i wasnt b4 this. but i was a few years back. now i only am earning from work around $130 to $400 a fortnight.its hard. any way i hope you day turns out good. xo.