Met my new peer today

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She’s very recovery focused. She told me to make a schedule for myself, to color, and do relaxation things from an app on my phone. I guess I’ll give it a try

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Did she reccomend any good phone apps. :thinking::thinking::thinking:

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No. She just said to look on my phone @GrayBear

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What’s a peer @CoCo?

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A peer support specialist is someone who has mental illness but has overcome disability from it. They spend time with you once a month and help you. I get it through county health @Wave

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By peer, do you mean therapist?

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I have one. Thinking of canceling it.

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No. A peer is not a therapist. A peer is a person with mental illness who used to be disabled but is no longer disabled

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Cool. Sorry I missed your answer to Wave.

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It’s ok @PinCushion. It’s hard to read every post out there.

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Are you going to make a schedule for yourself?

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I guess. I’ll try it. I didn’t like that we were supposed to meet for an hour and she called it after 15 minutes

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I wouldn’t like that either. I would feel jipped.

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Yeah. She scheduled another spot with me but I may cancel. I haven’t decided yet.

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I think I would give it one more try, you know, just to see. But if she cut me short again I would say something.

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Ok. Good idea @Leaf. I guess that’s what I’ll do.

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Then you can find out why she’s cutting it short, if she does.

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I’ve had 2 other peers and it’s never happened before so it just seems so strange

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oh, I didn’t know that

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