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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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AppleblossomSenior Contributor19 May 2016, 11:47 pm AEST

Re: Night Shift

Hi @plasmo

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DecadianSenior Contributor19 May 2016, 11:54 pm AEST

Re: Night Shift

Aw @Former-Member

You are a bereaved parent too - I knew there must be other bereaved parents because I got into this website through the Compassionate Friends

It is so hard not to lose the plot - and I feel that it would have been easier on my daughter when my son died had I not been in hospital after a car accident - and she must have felt terrible. She told me she looked around - her brother had died and there was no one there

And as you know - it is so hard to just get through the day - for a long time - and we cannot help ourselves - how can we help anyone else at such a time

I understand

Also - I am new to this - I think the term "Mental Illness" is ambiguous. AS you say - everyone is different. But I do prefer terms like Extremely Long-Last Low Mood Disorder - or On-going High Anxiety State - for me - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Most people - maybe most - have die-ease not a disease

Of course there is Serious Mental States that qualify for a disease - but insight clarifies this in different people's minds

I suppose it becomes an illness when it takes over and everything is over-whelming - then that person is suffering badly - they are ill

I acknowledge that these dis-eases have to have names - but the labels can be misleading - nevertheless - a complaint by any other name can be just as horrible

Decadian