God Bless Good Pdocs

Have I mentioned how good value my pdoc is? Ok, once or twice

Today I was a bit hypomanic... and she just listened to me prattle on. I had so much to tell her about my coping strategies over the past fortnight.

I had my "friend" try to sabotage my group two weeks ago and carry on like a porkchop since. The "friend" who supported me through that incident, turned out to not be who "she" said "she" was and the stories "she" gave me were revealed by police as false. I was really shaken and didn't sleep well.

But I still went to voluntary work in the morning. I think I have mentioned that I accepted that I was struggling and handled it in such a way that others accepted I wasn't having a good day and I made sure I avoided triggers as I was highly reaction. Outcome: Stayed engaged and didn't flip out.

I told her how I didn't want to go to my exercise class - just wanted to stay home in my jamas - but went anyway because I want to lose weight and engage with others in real life. I got the most beautifullest, warmest welcome. And I even got a possible new casual job too!

I know I've spoken about my rates too - and how I got that situ sorted. I think I've spoken about my fine, which they waived because I just didn't know I had gone onto a toll road and have a perfect payment history otherwise.

I discussed my experiences with the dodgy travel agent trying to rip me off and not replying to my emails - until I told them I had reported them - and they only replied with total garbage anyway.
I told her about how I booked with the cruise directly and then was tempted by a cheaper offer with another travel agent, cancelled the booking and then the travel agent didn't get through. It took me a day, a couple of phone calls and a lot of distress tolerance and interpersonal skills to get back to the original price - (it was going to cost me heaps more $$$$$).

Like I have mentioned before the intense issues and emotions that came up during that process were very eye-opening. My pdoc said that nothing cognitively can address those wounds, only good positive experiences will provide the evidence to undo those deeply held convictions, because they were formed by significant and very real life events.

I told her about how I went to the zoo after being stood up by my friends before accepting my friend's invitation of coffee at her house. The zoo was my treat for me, my way of changing my mood - and I was much brighter company for my friend having gone to the zoo.

She was so stoked about how this person with bipolar, borderline and ptsd managed her challenging symptoms from a challenging week, full of challenging triggers in the most challenging areas of her life .

I even gave her my show and tell of dbt book I ordered from America. She did the oooooh's and aaaaarh's one would expect from the holistic pdoc she is.

We spoke about my BPD and how with the experiences I've had in my formative years, that it will always be there, but that I am going well atm with managing those symptoms.

So that's what I told her about and I was EXHAUSTED by the end of the session!

Hypomanic Bipolars can talk!!!