Static is static, not fluctuating. Flux is something moving, on the go, i.e. not static.
A friend can be described as having a lot of changing decisions, mood, worldviews, bahavioural patterns etc. For another person observing, this friend never stays still. But for the friend, the way they are is that.
Flux seems to be what keeps the friend going. It is not about getting rid or avoiding boredom, that does not enter their thought at all. It seems to be their chemical-biological make up; their mental state.
For something to be routine, fixed, or repetitive will raise a great sense of stagnation in their consciousness.
There are days when the friend appear to be rather in a “calm” state; watching TV, making meals to eat at set time, answering the phone, cleaning in the backyard etc.
Other days, the friend might be moving box, tables, ladders etc. from one end of the house to the other, for the interest of being more “organised”; and doing that sometimes at about 5am of the day. Rather early.
Mood swings can be alarming. A relative speaking on the phone can detect that the friend is speaking in a certain tone of voice one day, and on the next day, the friend was speaking in a very courteous manner. The relative wondered why the friend became so conscientous about what the relative had to eat and wear.
Decisions can change dramatically. An instruction on one day for a task can be negated, replaced by a different instruction following a completely different principle, the next time the task is done, even on the same day.
Anger, if not only confusion, had happened because of the flux state of my friend.
There is no answer, or “cure”, for such a condition. The friend said. It sounds like an excute. The friend is not making any effort to change. How would that be possible, when the friend perceives it is not a problem?
I remember I was told the best thing to do was answer the question this way. Two weeks later, it just happened that the same thing arose and I asked the friend since the matter was resolved that way that time, I should answer the question in the same way, practically the same answer. The friend sounded furious that the question could not be answer that way, irrespective of what it was last time, and what the friend said last time.
Immediately, I realised it is me to have to recognise a different way to relate to my friend was required.
