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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor23 Sept 2015, 4:13 am AEST

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor06 Aug 2016, 11:26 pm AEST

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@Appleblossom

There is very often a delay on pressing the 'like' button .... so you wait .... and then think it hasn't registered ... so you press it again, just as it registers ..... so then you wait to see whether you have just accidently 'unliked' the post ..... and yes, this all takes extra time ....

Probably one reason I have dozed off before .... ❣😆

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor06 Aug 2016, 11:40 pm AEST

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Yes I am glad one of the newbies brought that like glitch up .. I just came to expect it .. that the system wasnt perfect ...

Hearing cynical stories about the 'end-user' in my marriage did not ever engender a sense that computers got it perfect. We all are end-users now in this hi-tek world.

Had a similar conversation on the train today. The announcements and readouts were out of synch as I went in to town.

The lady I sat next to told me that a blind person had tried to take metro to court 2 years ago. not sure what happened but it is sure common still so cant be high on the metro's list of priorities.

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Unknown userMember06 Aug 2016, 11:40 pm AEST

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope

I have a bit asthma and hopefully better tomorrow.

I was thinking of going away, I was meant to leave on Thursday but decided against it I would rather save my money or buy something I need for the house.

I had friend come around this afternoon and we watched dvds together and I cooked up a stir fry for a late lunch- it was nice to have some company.

How are you @Faith-and-Hope ?

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor06 Aug 2016, 11:51 pm AEST

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I agree with @Former-Member ....

@Appleblossom your courage and strength are inspirational ❣

You are taking all the positivity at your disposal and creating with it - music, awareness, compassion, education, discipline (which literally means 'teaching'), and changing the outcomes which have beset others of your kin-folk.

You are making it count ... making them count .... and I pray that one day your D1 and D2 will come around to seeing and understanding that for themselves ....

You're sending out new ripple-rings in your pond ....

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utopiaSenior Contributor07 Aug 2016, 2:33 am AEST

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@Former-Member. Yes it is scary having to experience the pain / feelings again when going through EMDR. However, I was having panic attacks that would drop me to the ground and wet my pants. I'd have panic attacks at home at 2 or 4 am & have to wake my 12 /13 year old son up to help me (single parent). I was having nightmares that left me feeling devastated. I wasn't coping. So EMDR was an option for me. My therapist said we would try it only when or if I was ready. we had about 5 Counseling sessions before I was willing to try it & then I did a test run. We did an EMDR session on something that wasn't so scary first. Success. Then I said yes to my trigger incident.
It may be right for you. It may not be. The reality with Mental Illness, is that even if two of us have the same diagnosis, we may react positively to different medications and therapy.
My therapist was 1 & 1/2 hours drive each way - along a 110km highway. Weekly.
Whatever you decide, research and think about what's best for you. Good luck.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor07 Aug 2016, 5:33 pm AEST