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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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Okay, back to bed again for me. Night night, @plasmo.

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@Mazarita i was into computers for a while, not as much these days. i still do a bit but i dont code or anything

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Oh, still there, @plasmo. 🙂 I don't code either but I think computers can be really helpful for a sense of engagement when stuck inside our own private spaces. Hope your cold gets better really fast. Now I'm really going to sleep. Night!

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yeah i'm ready to nod off, night

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Morning all 🙂 Anyone around?

@Snuchu I've been thinking about you. How are things going?

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Morning @eth
How are you feeling?

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Hi @BlueBay I'm ok thanks for asking. How are you today?

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@Mazarita and @Faith-and-Hope

We are making a new language - Sleep Police and Washing Machine Day - I so totally get the Washing Machine Day - I feel as if I have had a Washing Machine string of days - sometimes okay - other times - mopping up with tissues - and I rang Life Line - aw - the ideas come at any time and they are not all bad

But yeah - who is it that decides when and if we should sleep - well - within bounds - it's not a good idea to drive while drowsy and even lacking a good night's sleep can impair judgment - but if we are living our lives in a way that is quite different compared with lots of people -

D'uh - we know - no one has to tell us - and sometimes a few nights with a Temazapam tablet at bedtime helps - but after 4 - 5 days it wears off -

But as much as I would like to take a few days with a sleeping tablet - my pain specialist belongs in the Sleep Police - and I got the boring list of sleep hygieve - and how boring

Last night I worked on line for a while - and then eventually slept - I do remember when I was working at two jobs and studying and pacing myself with a week's cooking for 4 on a Saturday afternoon - I never had anyt trouble sleeping - but I am sure burning the candle at both ends was good either

If we are entertaining ourselves at night we know it's not the best of good ideas - if we are curvier than we would like - we know - if we eat the wrong food however often we do - we know

No one needs to tell us -

Ah - that feels better - a good rant can really help

Decadian

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I hear you @Decadian. Sometimes our bodies are just doing what they need to do, to process, to grieve, to vent. No need to tell you it gets so physical too in the aftermath of emotional storms passing through ....

Woke early this morning, dropped a couple of images onto the forums, then drifted back to sleep for a couple more hours.

Woke again with the symptoms of Backwashitis coming on (there's another word for the Firum Dictionary), but it's okay ... I fixed it !

Took myself out for breakfast after cooking eggs for others in the house who were sleeping off Stress Hangovers ... ✅

Dressed up a bit ... just because ... ✅

Walked 15mins to a local cafe ... got two birds with one stone there ... and back again ... so that was 30mins walking in there ... ✅

Now I'm going shopping to get some more food into the house ... this tick is fir one or all of the kids who would be ticking this for me if they were awake ... ✅

Take care @Decadian and anyone else who's awake 💜

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Hi @BlueBay

Thinking off you 💜
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