Absolutely! Sometimes the drama over some small thing is way out of proportion. But he's not as bad as he used to be. To his credit, he recognized that as something he was not happy with in himself (along with his anger) and has been trying very hard to change it. I've seen a difference. The drama factor over insignificant stuff and the inability to kind of take things in stride has come way down. His recent move was overwhelming to him and he remarked that he had to just go sit down and breathe a couple of times.
I'm not around him all that much, but when I am and I see him becoming overwhelmed by or frustrated with some issue, I try to come up with something to say that puts whatever he's dealing with in a different light. That would be subtly trying get him to do what my IC preaches to me ... change the way you think about things and it will change the way you feel about them. Kind of like leading his mind in a different direction, I guess?? The trick is to do it as a friend and not sound like a parent.
Me: 59 and holding H: :53 Me: 1 S, 1 D, both grown M: 19 T: 23 BD: 9-23-2013
