• StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    7 days ago

    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).

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      4·
      7 days 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
        6·
        7 days 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
        4·
        7 days 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?

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    11·
    7 days 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.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    7 days 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!

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    10·
    7 days 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

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    9·
    7 days 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.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    7·
    7 days 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
    7·
    7 days 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.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      3·
      7 days ago

      Hmm I don’t think I’ve dreamt of people in such details. Been living with cgi from games and movies for ages and they only really present a person as a presence.

      Like you recognise it’s a person(fictional or not) and how they talk and act in a dream but that’s it for me.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      31·
      7 days ago

      I think AI will definitely influence dreams because AL will influence how people think and visualise.

      It’s just change, once people used to use references to books in their everyday language and life, now it’s tv and movies.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    8·
    7 days 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 Green Goddess 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

      • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        7 days ago

        I think so. I often get a tub of it from Colesworth for lunch, heat it up in the microwave at work, stir in a small tin of tuna and dribble on the dressing. It’s a nice veg-rich lunch that is cheap, quick and tasty.

      • PeelerSheila @aussie.zoneOP
        3·
        7 days ago

        It is, IMO. I frequently vary it by adding more crunchy things, finely shredded cabbage, nuts and seeds, a chopped pink lady apple, some lettuce leaves or more spinach, some small dried fruit pieces or any combination of those things. It’s my lunchtime staple ATM.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      1·
      7 days ago

      I normally hate packaged soups but agree - Dari’s blow the rest out of the water, it tastes like real food. One of the very rare exceptions I make for eating meat is if I am really sick I will have the Dari chicken soup. It really works. Like you say, fed is best, even if it stings when there’s food in the pantry. It’ll still be there for when you get better!

  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
    7·
    7 days 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. Wouldn’t mind a life of leisure but the bank account doesn’t agree, sadly

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    6·
    7 days 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.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
        31·
        7 days ago

        It will be a good bit of side money I can put to use. It’s down the road from my normal job, and I can apply everything I’ve learned there to help this guy out.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      3·
      7 days ago

      Sucked being outside. Said it felt like 2.4 when I was outside.

      I managed to make it home before the raining started but I hope the wind finally calms down soon