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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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Unknown userMember20 Aug 2016, 5:40 pm AEST

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Hi @Former-Member,

sorry you've had the double dose of bad news about friends.💐💜

@TAB, @Former-Member My other three sons all said I freaked out too much teaching them to drive and that I was more dangerous than anything they did😳. It was my ex that actually taught them their first lessons on how to drive and then I did all the hours driving with them so I'm kind of scared with this one to do it from scratch but I guess I'll have to bite the bullet. My eldest should be able to help with some of the hours when he gets back but the others aren't qualified to.

I hope things get better @Former-Member.💜😊

@Shaz51 I missed your last post. Thanks for the encouragement💜 I hope tomorrow treats you both well and a house fairy finds your place while you are sleeping tonight, I hope it finds mine too. 💜😊

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Unknown userMember20 Aug 2016, 5:42 pm AEST

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I always find it easier to blame someone @TAB it may as well be third person 😝

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TABSenior Contributor20 Aug 2016, 5:44 pm AEST

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Haha @Former-Member apparently some very famous people did it constantly lol

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Unknown userMember20 Aug 2016, 5:50 pm AEST

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@Former-Member What I hate most about anti anxiety meds, is that they make me feel exhausted.

I tell myself, I won't take them for long. I think the psychologist will be able to help with the EMDR. I'll let you know how it goes. There are psychologists that do the EMDR on a health care plan. EMDR helps with alot of things, PTSD, anxiety, depression etc. Who knows, it might be something that helps you too, but I'll let you know how I go, if you're interested.

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Unknown userMember20 Aug 2016, 5:56 pm AEST

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Haha! I've been trying to download photos on here, haven't been having much luck. I thought this was funny though. I love a strong coffee and I do suck at poetry.

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Unknown userMember20 Aug 2016, 5:58 pm AEST

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Hmmm! Everyone seems to have disappeared, lol.

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TABSenior Contributor20 Aug 2016, 6:08 pm AEST

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Sorry @Former-Member ablutions and pfaffing around sorta cooking, saw black cat with white feet outside

shoulda excused myself lol

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Unknown userMember20 Aug 2016, 6:09 pm AEST

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Love the meme @Former-Member💜

Good luck with EMDR, I really hope it helps. Although I suffered a type of trauma I don't have PTSD, I just came completely undone from it and need to start from the ground up rebuilding @Former-Member. I don't have flashbacks but have triggers that send me backwards although this is happening less too. As I'm writing this I think I'm confusing myself as well as everyone. My therapist sometimes sees my diagnosis more along the lines of CPTSD but I guess that really just means I was in a situation that was constant and over time all the things like the personality disorder stuff was amplified and I became more dysfunctional. Anyway long story long there are some things I can relate to but others not so much. I really feel for those of you who endure the flashbacks, nightmares and fear from traumatic events in the past. So I'm crossing fingers for you that it works. 💜😊

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Unknown userMember20 Aug 2016, 6:11 pm AEST

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No not disappeared @Former-Member just taking waaayyy to long to write😁

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TABSenior Contributor20 Aug 2016, 6:11 pm AEST

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gotta love those old wordprocessors @Former-Member re font golf ball typewriter? or dot matix printer lol

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