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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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Unknown userMember30 May 2016, 1:23 am AEST

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Hi towhoever is around😊. I hope your night is ok. I'm exhausted from packing my house up but can't sleep😔

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor30 May 2016, 1:24 am AEST

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@plasmo

Did you get out for a walk today ?

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Unknown userMember30 May 2016, 1:27 am AEST

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope. I have been meaning to mention that I love all the images you post. I'm a visual person and often download images that I like.

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Unknown userMember30 May 2016, 1:31 am AEST

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Sorry I don't mean your images but just generally. I'm not pirating your images😜

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plasmoSenior Contributor30 May 2016, 1:32 am AEST

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@Faith-and-Hope yeah had a decent walk, had to pick up some stuff from the shops

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor30 May 2016, 1:36 am AEST

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Hi @Former-Member

I love your avatar - so peaceful.

Thanks for the feedback re images. It's nice to know.

I'm in the same boat tonight - very tired but restless. I have an achey lower back that I would have thought was a soft tissue injury (hypermobility is one of our family "flavours"), but it has moved from right to left across the day. Now I am thinking that it's "Backwashitis" ... emotional stress impacting physically.

I'm guessing it will lift by tomorrow if I keep resting it up with heat packs. All the kids are a bit wiped out tonight too. It's been a full on couple of weeks. We are all down like skittles at the moment.

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor30 May 2016, 1:41 am AEST

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@Former-Member

Do you draw or paint ?

@plasmo

I try to give myself reasons to get out and walk. I'm not very athletic, but I like to be active and in the outdoors.

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Unknown userMember30 May 2016, 1:43 am AEST

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Thanks @Faith-and-Hope re the avatar. It was so hard to choose one. I'm sorry that your having back ache. Back pain is so annoying. Mine is holding up surprisingly well but I think I'm running on adrenaline at the moment. I move house tomorrow. My son is also exhausted from packing and moving boxes all day.

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plasmoSenior Contributor30 May 2016, 1:46 am AEST

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@Faith-and-Hope yeah i feel more alive when im exercising

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Unknown userMember30 May 2016, 1:48 am AEST

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@Faith-and-Hope I used to mess around with photos. I was half way through a degree in web design when my world changed and haven't don't much since. At uni I learned how to use Adobe illustrator and photoshop but I was never great at either. One day I'll get back and take photos again. I'm hoping to start an art therapy type class next term if I get accepted. What about yourself?

@plasmo. Was it a good day for walking where you are?

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