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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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deshiftSenior Contributor

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I just got home from the UMHCC and made a pot of tea, and wrote down all the things I spoke about with the peer worker at said UMHCC.

Anyone up late or can't sleep?

I slept earlier, and I can make it up later. I have a big day tomorrow, a worker from New Life Purpose is coming to help me clear out a teeny tiny amount of boxes and broken things that have accumulated in my 2nd bedroom. Thursday we're doing the garage and they are bringing a trailer. They have been amazing and so lovely thus far. I am confident I will trust the person who is coming tomorrow.

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Singer_89Contributor

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Hey I’m new here,

i haven’t had any sleep at all tonight or the night before either….stress sucks badly!!!

it sounds silly but I had a horrible gruesome and graphic nightmare that has kept me stressed the past 3 nights

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deshiftSenior Contributor

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I'm awake reading over some of the feedback channels and offering my input.

I'm experiencing levels of discomfort, but I'm okay with that currently.

I will get some sleep later when I eventually pass out. I slept a bit before, but I woke up and now when that happens I just get up and faff about.

I can relate to the nightmares, I often don't want to go straight back to sleep, especially if I am slightly unwell in regards to my paranoia, or delusions, I lack the ability to meditate and astral travel and I end up just making it worse sometimes.

keeping healthy, healthy body mind and heart each day lets me have more control at night.

😉
deshift

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TABSenior Contributor

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Hope you got some sleep @Singer_89 ..

I actually nearly slept thru last night. Staying up late can help sometimes

There's a few semi regulars on here usually. Have a good one

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Singer_89Contributor

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Hi @TAB ended up sleeping about 5:30 am or so and just woke up then, still a bit tired but I can’t be bothered going back to bed

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TABSenior Contributor

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I sometimes get up telling myself I can always have a nap later if I need to @Singer_89 lol

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Singer_89Contributor

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@TAB i usually sleep all day at the moment which is not good for me at all…this is the first day in 4 days I’ve been awake this long ( 1 hour ) I am thinking about going to sleep again soon but I’ve ignored my everyone for way too long now

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TABSenior Contributor

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gosh @Singer_89 i've done that , and recently . Really not good in long run

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plasmoSenior Contributor

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hoot

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TABSenior Contributor

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Hey 👋 @plasmo

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