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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor

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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TABSenior Contributor

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sounds yum @Former-Member and always good to make self 'get going' gawd I've had inertia beyond recently, and couple trips out did not feel too good at all, something seems to have ticked over now though, pheww... so trips out good , like this morning, good walk no weird thoughts good drive etc etc it was getting a life of it's own.. dunno what has changed, not looking, just gotta charge fuel tank up now to help me next time something wants me like that, so won't be so deep or hard, or perhaps not even happen or notice it..

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Unknown userMember

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Sure. No problem. Sessions always get the brain working on 'stuff' @Former-Member. ❤

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TABSenior Contributor

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ok ciao @Former-Member take it easy

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TABSenior Contributor

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har woe you @Former-Member yeah haven't tried it re chai

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Unknown userMember

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Sounds like you might be at the start of a very fruitful journey @Former-Member. 🙂 No doubt there will still be good days and not so good ones but as long as it's averaging out to an towards trend you're on a winner. I like all those beverages! As I was just saying to @TAB, I started making tea in a pot as a kind of mindful self-soothing thing, then I got to experimenting a little. Chai tea is Indian by origin. There are many different recipes (you can also buy it in bags and powders and pods and things at supermarkets but they're not as good), with the most common variety having black tea leaves, ginger, cloves, peppercorns and cinnamon. It's usually all cooked up together in a saucepan, often with milk and honey. Not bad at all. 😉

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Unknown userMember

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Haha. Yeah I was wondering what you meant about there being a term for distraction. Funny as. 😄 @TAB

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Unknown userMember

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Absolutely @Former-Member. Rest is good. 😉

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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Hello everyone xx

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TABSenior Contributor

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well, it seems everything needs a term or an acronym these days or it doesn't exist or not valid lol.. I remember going to GP years ago and feeling so put out that he suggested I go for a walk and smell the roses lol ..can work though... @Former-Member

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Unknown userMember

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Roses are pretty too! @TAB.
I've been making chocolate almond muffins, in between my son harassing the dog! We just scraped up left overs from bowl. YUM!
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