The idea of staying with Pissarro inspired yet another idea. Yet again, the idea of Vincent living with a friend posed to be problematic because Pissarro’s wife feared the effect Vincent would have on her children. Vincent also considered the possibility of staying with Camille Pissarro, an impressionist painter whom he had befriended in Paris. However, Gauguin was not fond of the idea of living with Vincent after Vincent’s manic self -mutilation episode. Not wanting to be alone, Vincent considered staying with Gauguin. In early 1890, Vincent decided that it was crucial to leave st remy’s for the sake of his health because He feared his stay at st remy’s was worsening his mental condition rather than improving it.