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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 Contributor19 June 2016, 5:45 pm AEST

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Hi @comet, thanks so much for your kind words too. Yes, please, do join our coffee club! Still waiting for compression socks and insoles, probably towards the end of next week and then I hope to get out on the beach again to try them out. I may post the recipe for the dahl recipe in the new 'munchies' thread and will tag you in on it if I do. Being in an insular small town, I feel for your difficulty in finding companionship. I wonder if there are groups (eg. mental health support) or other clubs you might be able to join where you are. I do understand how that might be limited where you are though. Very glad you have joined us here for some companionship online. I wish you the very best too!

p.s. to everyone: please forgive the excessive length of some of my posts at the moment. Although I mostly display symptoms of the depressive side of bipolar in my real life, I also have a rather manic mind. 'Pressured speech' is one of the symptoms of bipolar and I think I display that here sometimes, though I have it well under control in conversational life now. I really appreciate any patience you can have with me on this. I'm hoping that if my posts are too long, too frequent or just too much, you will simply overlook them.

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cometSenior Contributor19 June 2016, 6:09 pm AEST

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lol @Mazarita. I get it! Your posts are just fully considered. I don't think they are too long at all. We value you lots here too! Thanks for your post, I really appreciate it! Yes, if you could tag me with any recipes. Fantastic. All I know is how to pour milk on weetbix, make toast and open a packet of nuts. Strangely my 3 monthly blood tests are always fine...love your work here. You are a great community guide, a position I can never hold, like kids today becoming governor general. Don't get me started....lol. Have a peaceful rest and good luck with everything!

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cometSenior Contributor19 June 2016, 6:23 pm AEST

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Fatigue. Kids today becoming our head of state. Read the Australian Republican Movement website. Sorry if I've offended anyone with that. You can't please everyone...Goodnight all. Sweet dreams.

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cometSenior Contributor19 June 2016, 6:27 pm AEST

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Thanks very much for that @Mazarita and moderators. The great work of moderators is also greatly appreciated!!! Cheers

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MazaritaSenior Contributor19 June 2016, 7:03 pm AEST

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Hi @comet, just to clarify, I don't have any role in moderating posts. That's all the moderators job. I wasn't offended with anything you wrote but I don't engage much with politics. I've now posted the recipe for the dahl dish I mentioned earlier. You can find it in the Munchies Discussion Thread. Have a good night and sweet dreams tonight. 🙂

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cometSenior Contributor19 June 2016, 7:26 pm AEST

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Hi @Mazarita. I realise you have no role in moderating. Was thanking you for the recipe...cheers

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Unknown userMember19 June 2016, 8:48 pm AEST

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You guys are so cute with your witty jokes. Did you know that toilet humour is a category of it's own called scatological humour? Don't ask me why.....

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Unknown userMember19 June 2016, 9:28 pm AEST

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I'm just guessing @Former-Member that with animal faeces being called scats that's where the name hails from:pile_of_poo:😄

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Unknown userMember19 June 2016, 9:34 pm AEST

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😟 oh no, please don't send this thread down the toilet again...

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor19 June 2016, 10:12 pm AEST

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well I loved all the rapping and scatting about.

Re discussion about therapy

It is valuable for me to hear other people's experiences.

Late last year I considered doing DBT but thought the cost and travel would drive me mad, so didnt.

Then eventually found a clinic closer to home, but dont wont to do it there as it is run by my son's shrink. We both think he is a bit more of a business man than a real physician or doctor. I probably have put lots of the ideas in DBT in practise anyway ...

My hope is that this forum is a way we can genuinely communicate with the range of practitioners in the healing people craft/art field. If they care about their jobs then they ought care about real outcomes not just getting more people throught the door.

Glad to see you all @Former-Member @Former-Member @comet

and old friend @Mazarita a year counts as oldish right?

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