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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 @Mazarita how's your night? And you @Faith-and-Hope?

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Hey @eth, indulging in a late bedtime tonight, as I slept in the evening. Spending some time in between reading here collecting still images that I may include in a new video I'm slowly working on. It's time consuming finding images that are legally available for re-use, downloading and recording what they all are. But good distraction and therapy for me and hopefully might turn into an interesting video later. I have made a few videos with still images, usually edit them together in a way that gives the impression of movement. Quite into it and just checking back here on the forum in breaks in between. Sorry you haven't been able to get to sleep tonight but glad you're around too.

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Hi @eth 😊

I'm up watching old episodes of Friends. It always makes me smile. I am thinking about all the chat on Night Shift tonight. It's a very special kind of sharing, and I feel humbled to be a part of it.

D1 is out tonight, D2 is here, watching with me, D3 has gone to sleep after her late, late night last night. S2 has friends online he chats with on games at this time of night (west coast time).

Pretty quiet really.

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@Mazarita I was in bed for 45 min or so doing my breathing and relaxing but couldn't drop off and my mind got more active again. I'm over fighting it.

@Faith-and-Hope what is the time difference between west coast and east at the moment? I'm near Darwin and it's 1/2 an hour earlier than Melbourne.

Are you still with us @Former-Member?

Anyone else?

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That's me tonight too @eth Its taking me a while to wind down, which is not a surprise really. I think it's natural when you have been running with commitments.

@Former-Member, are you still awake too ?

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Then you are one and a half hours ahead of us here.

Didn't realise you're on the same time as Adelaide, but it figures 😊

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Think I might log off and start winding down now. Thanks so much for being here tonight. It means a lot to me to have all this wonderful company at odd times in the days and nights. Chat again soon.

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Nitey nite @Mazarita Happy dream time 🙂

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G'night @Mazarita.

With hubby away, I am content to just drift off whenever I do, even if the bedside light stays on low.

TV is off now. I can hear the wind outside, and D1 has just come home. She's in the kitchen now.

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What are the ages of your kids @Faith-and-Hope? I miss having mine around the home but I've been empty nesting for several years now.

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