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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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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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Hello @Former-Member xx

I've got chronic renal disease too --- what level is your`s ?

Will be going for my regular checkup soon , I myself thinks it is the same as it was xx

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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Hey @Former-Member

that is good that you had a reasonable night last night

we were busy today , we helped a neighbour who is moving to the city due to ill health to be closer to the specialist xx

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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Ha ha @utopia, i might have to turn over the tv instead of watching australian survivor xx

sending you hugs my friend

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utopiaSenior Contributor

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@Former-Member. I was talking to others on here last night about the EMDR. I get easily confused.
Those 2 depressions are very different I think. Major depression is the same as situational depression in that there is a stressor or trigger & then the other one you named is also called mild depression - which is a stupid name because no depression feels mild. And that one seems to be longer lasting. Please correct me if I'm wrong. My psychiatrist calls mine situational depression. The WorkCover psychiatrists call mine major depression. My mum watched Dr Phil today as he said a person on the show had Reactive Depression - which she thought sounded just like my situational depression. Far too many labels I think.
I used to have 'up' periods for only a day or two at a time. With therapy - I got that to a week at a time. Now it's been about 5 weeks straight of feeling really good. So hold onto your therapists. Your up times will improve.

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utopiaSenior Contributor

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Anything f I r a good belly laugh @Shaz51. Survivor can wait.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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YEA RIGHT ON @utopia xx

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Unknown userMember

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That sounds like a busy day for you @Shaz51, but hopefully it was satisfying for you. Lovely of you to lend a hand like that. ☺️👍

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BlueBaySenior Contributor

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Hey @utopia

i love mrs brown's boys - but i wish it was on a bit earlier. i may watch a little bit and then off to bed for me. i am still fighting this fatigue i have and headaches.

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Unknown userMember

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Yes I asked my GP on Friday and she said situational depression is known as reactive depression @utopia. Thanks for sharing your story. I have all these labels and I guess I'm just trying to come to terms with what they all mean. I go through different stages of not worrying about the labels and just focussing on me but then other times I need to understand how my labels really affect me. It also makes it hard because everyone who has seen me gives me different labels. I've never had the same diagnosis from all the health professionals that Ive seen. Today my therapist helped my try to see where she saw me and in what boxes only because I needed to know. She is always dead against putting labels on but I guess she knew why I needed to know and helped me out. I feel a bit more at peace with it now anyway but I guess there is still a long way to go. It was good to know you felt like me as well but have moved on to be doing heaps better, it gives me hope. Thanks again, it's always enlightening chatting to you💜😊

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Unknown userMember

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Hi @Shaz51 sounds like you had a busy day. Enjoy your night💜😊

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