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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 all,

glad the rain was wide spread.. we definitely needed it here. i am really not coping well at the moment. but have to go back to work tomorrow and not actually sure how i'm going to manage it. didnt sleep last night and need to do some prep tonight but hoping that i do sleep at least a bit tonight.

lj

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sigh... my messages wont post.. keeps telling me to try again in a few minutes.. so heres a few more minutes and try again..

cant remember what my orignal post had though. im not coping at all. i have work tomorrow but i dont know if i can cope. nothing is going right at all...

lj

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I am sorry @Former-Member, when it rains it pours 😞

Try to keep your chin up, maybe just go into your room and scream into the pillow, that sometimes works for me, let the frustration out.

I hope things get better soon, you are in my thoughts always.

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Thinking of you @Former-Member. Hoping you've had some time out from the kids by now and are able to get your prep done and then some sleep.

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@PeppiPatty, messages are not in the junk mail here... Pasta is my favorite meal but, being very slack about cooking, I haven't made it for a while. I'm imagining I had some of yours instead of the sandwiches I had for dinner again here. Still not getting that much exercise really so eating light helps keep weight fairly stable and also suits the crohns disease, which tends to play up if I eat too much at once.

@Former-Member, best to you for sleep tonight and work tomorrow. Sending hugs your way.

@Shaz51, love the thought of you singing in the rain. 🙂

@eth, glad to hear you've been catching up on sleep with the naps. Great that you've got a couple of good friends. I don't have many more where I am (more down south but then that gets a bit exhausting due to social anxiety even with old friends, as I found out at times on the break). Overall though, things are pretty good at the moment. Hoping I can keep it up!

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Hi @Mazarita

It's so great to have you back but anyway, so happy that you went away.

My main problem is slow internet here in Western Australia. It's really anoying and I havent been able to get on very well for about three weeks.

Don't worry about being slack...or whatever you call yourself @Mazarita

Please just practice thinking about getting support;

Looking in the mirror and thinking that you look okay (even though we have wrinkles....

Look for support.

I've been thinking that I might be coming out of a very big downer,.....I've arranged to go to one ladies home every Friday to do craft and another on Thursday to do artwork.

This is a photo of my only tattoo on the back of my neck.

It says; Now, thats all you have.

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Hi @Former-Member

I'm sending you two fish for you to smile at....Hope that they will come up on this post tonight.

We are all thinking of you honey.....It's really really hard but you are actually doing it.

I really hope that you can see these two pictures toonight. They are of some cheeky fish swimming your anxiety away.......

Please know that you can feel safe and cared for here....

PPxx

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@PeppiPatty

Thanks for the fish. I know they were not for me, but they are lovely - I will now try to recall how much I used to love scuba diving. Hopefully that will wash away all the pain and negative thoughts tonight x

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Great Tattoo @PeppiPatty

I have thought about getting a tattoo on the back of my neck - but then - I couldn't see it

But - we can all see yours now 🙂

Decadian

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