for my fellow psychotics who struggle with thinking someone is in their house, a method I’ve found that really works are these guys:
i put them on my front door and anytime it opens they ring. that way if i think someone has broken in or i see someone who isn’t there i can think back to if the bells have rung, and if they haven’t i can assure myself it’s not real. obviously it’s not fool proof, like if you are prone to auditory hallucinations, but it has really helped me calm down in time to avoid major psychotic breaks. it’s a real lifesaver
this reminds me of the time back in 2011 or so when I went to china to visit relatives and when I got home my sixty year old father had built an ENTIRE shed from scratch, levelled out the floor and everything in a backyard that has like a 30 degree slope.
text: Artisinal woods for building things like monuments to man's folly and SHEDS