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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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Angels333Senior Contributor18 June 2016, 10:15 am AEST

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Thank you @Faith-and-Hope, your words are definitely helping. I am still in bed atm struggling to get things done.

Thank you for sharing about your daughter, I always ask, can she swim?

I think I'll sleep for 20mins then get into preparing for my art group.

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Unknown userMember18 June 2016, 10:16 am AEST

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Ive always breathed a sigh of relief as a parent at a Saturday off @Angels333. But I think @Faith-and-Hope put it best😊💜

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Unknown userMember18 June 2016, 10:19 am AEST

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Great to see @Tyler77 drop in too. I hope all is going ok. Hope to catch you on here again soon😊💜

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Angels333Senior Contributor18 June 2016, 10:20 am AEST

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Yes, @Former-Member I like Saturday to be free of commitments, I coach special olympics on Tuesdays and teach special needs on Mondays. The sad thing is, if I can't do it then the classes get canceled. There aren't enough teachers with experience or the qualifications to get a substitute teacher, do th ed kids miss out.

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Unknown userMember18 June 2016, 10:27 am AEST

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Sounds like you do a wonderful rewarding job @Angels333. As you highlighted though it's hard to find experienced qualified teachers for this so they are lucky to have you and I'm sure appreciate you. I'm sure it will be fine. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day😊💜

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor18 June 2016, 10:32 am AEST

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@Angels333

My daughter can swim, but not strongly. She is tactile defensive - which I am sure you know means she doesn't like touching things or being touched very much - although she does love being hugged.

She doesn't particularly like water, so she was extremely brave learning to swim, but chooses to just wade under all social conditions since. When I am in a pool with her and swimming laps end to end, she has chosen to swim laps side to side, so the depth she is swimming at remains constant .... she is very bright for someone with her particular intellectual and physical disability. By swimming, I mean swimming until her breath runs output, then standing up to take her next breath, then doing freestyle again.

If she is in water out of her depth, she will "doggy-paddle" to keep her head out of the water at all times, and she has a sense of panic in that situation that drives her to the nearest edge to hang on.

She is hypermobile and extremely loose in her joints, so her freestyle is reeeeaaalyyy free-style - like an octopus ❣

We call her an elastic band. Watching her take off a jumper is an experience !! You stand there wondering how she just turned herself inside out and back again !! 😆

Interestingly, she was the youngest of our kids to hold her breath and swim underwater. She was being taught in a group with her twin and older brother, and I panicked a bit when I saw her, thinking she was in trouble, but the teacher said no, she was just holding her breath and swimming completely submerged.

As she grew older, I think she developed more consciousness, and more apprehension along with it, and doesn't go completely submerged like that any more (thank God). I am much more comfortable with her swimming on the surface ......

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor18 June 2016, 10:35 am AEST

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@Teej wrote:
Sounds like you do a wonderful rewarding job @Angels333. As you highlighted though it's hard to find experienced qualified teachers for this so they are lucky to have you and I'm sure appreciate you. I'm sure it will be fine. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day😊💜

I think you said this best @Former-Member 😊

Have a good day everyone - I gotta fly now .....

💜🌷

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cometSenior Contributor18 June 2016, 10:42 am AEST

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Good morning @Angels333. Can only echo above sentiments. Please try not worry about it....Good morning @Faith-and-Hope. Another busy one for you..(when is it not?). Good luck with both the wedding dress fitting (sorry, can't help you with that one) and your trip to Sydney with your artwork. Likewise, will have my fingers crossed for you...Good morning @Former-Member. Really hope you are keeping it together & are feeling a bit better today....hope you you get that toilet done if you are able. Sending strength. Thinking of everyone here..May you all have pleasant days, at least.

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Unknown userMember18 June 2016, 11:17 am AEST

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Morning @comet, not doing too badly. I think coming back on here is helping. It gives me the nurturance I need and I get to try and give here too. Both of these help. I think I'm starting to understand my depression cycle too. Now I just need to work out how to prevent it. Mind you my therapist did a lot of work behind the scenes this time to help too. She has just taken me on at pretty much a donation level for the next three months as my mental health plan finished. That has helped too. I'd be completely neurotic by now otherwise. I am actually up and started the dishes ( I think my son has an allergy to dishes), made a coffee and taken medication. I'm outside playing with my dog who is completely nuts at the moment after spending a few days curled up on my bed with me. He never leaves my side and suffers a bit of separation anxiety if I try to shut him out. Next step is to sort the 'b*****y' toilet out. Hopefully I can fix it without having to buy a new toilet.

I hope you are feeling ok and do something nice for you today. It really is lovely to see you more active on here. I'm sorry I pushed you on the Grow thing too. I will try not to do that again. 😊💜

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Unknown userMember18 June 2016, 11:37 am AEST

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PS @comet. I saw your post re podcasts last night. I'm not sure what platform your phone is on but I'm guessing android. I just googled best podcast apps for android, I found this ( http://www.androidcentral.com/best-podcast-apps-android ) if you can download one of them I think you should get the podcasts you want on an app and manage them from there I'm on apple and use the podcast app. Let me know if you want help with this. I'm not a great techy but know my way around a bit. 😊💜

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