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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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I do @eth have support people, well mostly my therapist. I will see her Monday. Once I was in the short stay unit in hospital I had good support but had a pretty horrid time in ED this time.

I hope you don't have any storms but it might be nice having a good road trip with your brother and partner and you'll get to see all that country. I don't mind big trips like that. Wishing you luck. It's lovely to see you back here. I'm more hit and miss with when I come on these days.

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How exciting @eth

Will you still be in public housing? Me and husband are: the back of the units are all hating me at the moment: but they will get over it. Golly.....for what reason?

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Dear @BlueBells

I love breaking rules.....

PeppiPatty

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Hi @eth

I daresay the others will be sharing driving, so each of you get a rest.

Everyone can drive different distances, some 100km is a long way, others can drive all day. Just make sure you stop if you need to, not worth pushing your limits 😉

Hi @PeppiPatty Yep, that's why they make them 😄

Why are the neighbours hating you? Are you noisy or something?

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Hi @BlueBells

I was definately bitten by a bad dog - a German Shepherd - without a leash - when I was riding my bike along a shared walk/bike path running beside the beach

He grabbed my calf - and I was wearing tough jeans and he got a mouthful of tough calf muscle from my running and cycling - and there was only a small tear in my skin - not enough to a anti-tetanus shot - no blood - but when the bruises came out there was one big bruise on the back of my calf from the back of my knee to my ankle

I did not get the name and address of the people who owned this beast - if I had argued with them they could have set him onto me so I thought discretion was the better part of valour - caring not at all if such an animal was destroyed - and that would have been back in the 1970's I think

But I don't believe it was the dog's fault - something made him that way - but still - since then I have been afraid of dogs unless they are on a leash - I owned one for a time but he was too much trouble - and I don't mean work-wise - he was a rescued-dog and obviously badly managed he had to go and I don't know what happened to him

Dogs require responsibiltiy - we can train cats to behave but mostly they are easy to get on with if treated kindly - dogs though need to be trained properly

Enough said - it wasn't the dog's fault but it took a long time for the bruise to go away and it hurt - that was the main thing - it really hurt

Dec

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@PeppiPatty No I won't be in public housing this time around. My brother and his partner are putting up a cabin in their back yard for me. It's going in today. They are being so good to me. Won't miss public housing.

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OMG you lucky girl. I cannot wait to hear from you how it is....

You will be around for that won't you ? Because.......here we are in public housing my 10th year.....

My Mum was saying that she was happy to pay for a cabin for us but she did'nt know where it could go?? I suggested in her front verge.....

she just laughed.....

I had a dream about someone giving my hubby and me a home, I was being shown around it, it was very cool and open but on the side, my Mum was crying.....and I was'nt bothered ........When I woke up, the dream played on my mind......

so I went on Quora and asked if anyone knew what that meant? Someone wrote that it meant that Im giving my Mum time to come to her own conclusions about me.

I should ask @Susannah

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Hi @PeppiPatty I'm Up late .. Just made berry trifles for tomorrow.

Am exhausted and brain addled.

Take care all my forum friends

@Former-Member

Extra hugzz for you in your worries about your brother. I can hear your love.

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hoot hoot

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Hi @BlueBells

I live in public housing, there are neighbours who are very broken down and sensetive, often I clean for others for free or minimal amounts of money, like $10 for a three hour clean.

My neighbours are hating me because the neighbour who is 60 year old man has been using illegal substances for many many years because he has Clinical Depression and wont take the right medication.

Some bad things happened to me and he 'borrowed,' money from me while I was caring for my son and husband in hospital and I just said, I can see what your doing. I want my money back. You are taking advantage of my good nature when I was very stressed out."

So, he told stories about me to an elderly neighbour who I go and clean her home and check up on her. She is being conned out of a lot of money ...almost every day but she is being cared for by him....I guess.......

I dont care anymore its just sad that I dont have those relationships anymore.

I am now very busy doing my new piece of artwork...

How are you ?

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