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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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MazaritaSenior Contributor23 May 2016, 3:52 am AEST

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@plasmo, sounds like a good idea. What sort of things have you ever been interested in?

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plasmoSenior Contributor23 May 2016, 3:55 am AEST

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for employment i've wanted to get into trades, i didn't discover this til i tried studying a few things and didn't enjoy them. i've given up on getting into trade stuff though, would just like skills i can use though

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MazaritaSenior Contributor23 May 2016, 4:02 am AEST

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@plasmo, I think you mentioned you were seeing a psych. Are they able to help with focussing on what might be worth doing?

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plasmoSenior Contributor23 May 2016, 4:05 am AEST

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think you've got me confused, haven't seen one in a long while. i had a support worker type person for a while but he's moved on. if i was still seeing him i'd get him to decipher the tafe stuff

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ethSenior Contributor23 May 2016, 4:15 am AEST

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Hi @Mazarita Hi @plasmo

@plasmo I am sure there will be both a course advisor and a counsellor at the TAFE who can go through the details to enrol and help you with on-going support once you are doing the course.

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MazaritaSenior Contributor23 May 2016, 4:16 am AEST

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Sorry, @plasmo, I do get mixed up with what I've read on here sometimes. Sounds like you could use some help with this. Is there any possibility of getting a support worker again?

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plasmoSenior Contributor23 May 2016, 4:17 am AEST

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yeah i might look into it when im in the right frame of mind. feeling a bit pessimistic

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ethSenior Contributor23 May 2016, 4:21 am AEST

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@plasmo You should be able to start with just one or two subjects, not have to take on a full-time course load, if that helps.

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plasmoSenior Contributor23 May 2016, 4:24 am AEST

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@Mazarita yeah i might be able to get one.

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plasmoSenior Contributor23 May 2016, 4:28 am AEST

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@eth yeah that may be the case, i'm just not good at following through with things.

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