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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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yeah me and @eudemonism both on a bad day is more than the sum of its parts maybe @Sophia1 lol yeah always had ups and downs, just the last few years the downs seem more often and more real

Yeah I never really had hobbies to speak of even when things going good @plasmo anyway I dont want to go on.but cant see my why out of things last few months especially. time for some changes. sick of aches and pains and crap work and living where am living when not working etc etc time to get of A and pretend its 4 years ago lol when seemed to be a lot more going on

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yeah i'm pretty bored with things, but change confuses me

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hate to say it but same here @plasmo I prefer routines, so when routine starts stuffing me up, well I end up all over the shop, then shut myself indoors lol cos everything got too hard to deal with. Always seems to be something to worry about or something not going right that's going to bite me really badly. Have sorta shutdown here to stop stressing out. it cant last much longer. Going to have to sort it as keep on saying lol

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yeah im continually processing and ruminating over stuff.

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yeah well I blew off week and halfs work last week and I have barely worked in last 2 mths and no centrelink that was my solution to stressing lol. Well i havent smoked this year so thats something, prob kept me in work free lala land for so long lol @plasmo

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yeah still have to resolve my centrelink stuff. at least being stuffed this week i wasn't wound up about not working

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@TAB

I know about isolation which is what i think that you are referring to

I have done that for years

Yes it helps in the interim

It does not help long term though

So keep on talking

I speak from experience

if you do not have a therapist

get one or just let it all out on here

there are so many on here who are are in the same predicament we are not aware

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if Id have done that work I would have been sitting pretty now @plasmo just couldnt make myself go there lol anyway I'll be knocking on doors next week, may even apply for dole only its cashless here so its a bugger, plus if get on it here, it stays cashless til you get off it again no matter where you go Anyways ... I should have had a drink today. Could still. just not feeling it lol

Are you still around @Sophia1 ? if so, sorry for being rude. if not, thanks for saying hello and saying nice things

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sorry @Sophia1 i havent really stopped talking about it for weeks at least so am a bi t over talking about it. yes isolation. even when things all fine im pretty isolated. a couple people in real life have really cut back on contact and well, didnt really have more than a couple lol

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hello @TAB

no need for apologising at all

I have isolated for many years

I am in the process now of venturing out

understand the talking bit even though not actually saying what you want to say

talking is really just chit chat which the average person is only capable of..

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