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Night Shift

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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Hi @Former-Member I sent you a message on here last night, but you might have missed it. There's alot on here.

Thinking of you and sending hugs. Are you ok?

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Hugs to you too @Former-Member ....
Sorry to hear you have been going through a rough patch ....

❤

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Sorry I did miss it @Former-Member. Thanks for responding. I am ok at the moment. Like you I've had a really difficult patch to get through where I couldn't see the light at all. I know it may come back but yesterday and today I've felt better. I hope you'll pick up again soon too although I know you are dealing with some really heavy things right now too. Be kind to yourself and give yourself time to work through everything because I believe it will get better for you.

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Oops @Former-Member 💜😊💐

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That's ok @Former-Member Just was thanking you for thinking of me.

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Hugs to you @Faith-and-Hope Wish I had more time to chat. Rush time now.

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Hi @utopia. How is your day? I hope your infection is clearing up. I'm currently on the bus on way to my therapy appointment. Thought I'd say hi while I had the chance💜😊

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Hi @Former-Member!

I'm doing pretty well thanks. 😊

Uni is super busy, and I've not managed to run into any one from my previous job which is good. I'm a bit behind at the moment, which is starting to stress me out, but I've started a new add med which has really helped with the concentration side of things, but I've started hearing things again. Nothing bad though. I don't think I'll mention it to my doc as I think it's just a side effect of the med and not anything more serious. I'm just sometimes super scared that I'll respond to the voices and someone will notice.......

How have you been? (I've deleted this thread from my feed as I was getting too overwhelmed with notificiations.)

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Hi @Former-Member,
Good to hear from you. I'm really glad you've had smooth sailing so far not running into anyone from the old job. Hoping things will ease up with the medication side effects over time. It's soo good that's it's helping though👍
I'm ok today. Had a really tough patch over the last few weeks but hopefully coming out for a bit. Managed to string 1.5 good days together so that's not too bad. Talked to my counsellor today about doing one subject back at TAFE next term. Will have to see how I go and if I can still enrol.

Maybe it's worth thinking of a good response to have at the ready if you accidentally respond to the voices. I don't have this but my friend had a son who wore quite thick glasses. When he was at school she had taught him every joke to come out with when he got bullied and throw them back at them. I know your situation is different but just feeling prepared with a one liner might make you feel more in control. Just a jump to the left thought.

Wishing you the best of luck and good study vibes to catch up and reduce some anxiety. Really fabulous to hear it's all going pretty well though. Take care💜😊

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Hi @Former-Member. Yes feeling heaps better. Still have a cough but ribs don't hurt anymore. So all good thanks for asking.
Got some great news this afternoon from my lawyers - they advised that I am able to claim against my income insurance after all & that I won't loose too much of it to WorkCover. Lawyer said if I do the claim myself it's best - otherwise they would have to charge me & so far all their hrlp and advice has been free. So I spoke to my Superannuation company and they emailed the forms straight away. Tomorrow I'll start filling in mine and send off the one to my ex-employer to fill in & give the third to my gp. Can take up to 6 months. But if I start now - I'll get it sooner. Should be enough to pay off my debts and maybe stretch to cover a weeks holiday at a caravan park with my son. And though it's too early to celebrate - I'm so relieved and rapt.
I hope your psychologist appointment went well today. When does she think you can do the therapy? Fingers crossed for you
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