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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor23 Sept 2015, 4:13 am AEST

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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plasmoSenior Contributor13 July 2019, 2:39 am AEST

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yeah i'm going to try and sleep in about an hour, see if i can start sleeping earlier.

i hardly slept earlier in the week, so know what it's like being wired

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plasmoSenior Contributor13 July 2019, 3:37 am AEST

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i'm gonna try sleep earlier, as tempting as it is to stay awake for some reason.

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plasmoSenior Contributor14 July 2019, 12:34 am AEST

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saturday hoot

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Unknown userMember14 July 2019, 2:17 am AEST

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Anybody on not great right now feeling frustrated, irritated and emotional but not sure that I should be.

My mother is currently crying and saying that my brother doesn't love her because he isn't thinking about her feelings all because he doesn't want to go see her on his 21st he wants to have a BBQ with friends.

It annoys me that she has insisted on making big deals out of my siblings 18ths and 21sts when she did nothing for mine. She didn't even call me on my 21st just Facebook messaged me the day after. My in-laws did more for me than she did.

Also my brother lives with a friend at the friends parents house rent free with his own bedroom so he got his friends mother some chocolates on mother's Day and he also called our mum to say happy mother's Day which for my brother is big because he never calls or answers anyone you have to Facebook message him to talk but apparently he is trying to replace her according to our mum..

I mean the biggest issue for me is that she is making such a big issue out of something that doesn't need to be. If he doesn't want a big 21st party why force him to.

It also hurts when I tried to explain my feelings to her not only about this but alot of other similar stuff too her excuse is that she made mistakes she saw what she did wrong with me and is trying to make it right with my siblings so they don't get let down like I did.....IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER!¡!¡!

I feel like I don't matter , that I'm just a guinea pig.

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plasmoSenior Contributor14 July 2019, 3:03 am AEST

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yeah i can relate to being stirred up like that, i've written off days recently from not sleeping and not being able to do things properly. just being swamped with things lately and can't get time away from it

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Ali11Senior Contributor15 July 2019, 9:52 pm AEST

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@Former-Member Sorry to hear it was such a frustrating and emotional night for you. It's tough when you gather the strength to explain your feelings and the reaction leaves you not feeling heard or supported. Know that you do matter and whether that can be communicated to you by your mother or not, you have an innate value that surpasses anyone's opinions, actions or inactions. To borrow from Dr. Suess, no one is youer than you. How is tonight going for you?

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Unknown userMember17 July 2019, 7:19 pm AEST

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Thanks @Ali11 sorry for the late reply. Last night was good tonight has been ok I made creamy chicken and bacon carbonara with I made the pasta and sauce myself.