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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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plasmoSenior Contributor20 June 2016, 3:36 am AEST

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i managed to lift my mood a bit, chocolate is the answer

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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 June 2016, 3:38 am AEST

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@plasmo, I've heard that chocolate is a natural anti-depressant. Now I really will hit the hay again. Goodnight again, at least for now.

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plasmoSenior Contributor20 June 2016, 3:40 am AEST

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night @Mazarita

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Unknown userMember20 June 2016, 5:58 am AEST

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Good morning,

anyone still around in the night shift? I had a very restless night, my dreams have become very active, so I move around a lot and wake myself up... It feels like being awake and doing things, like going for a walk and waking up because the legs are moving around in bed?

Not looking forward to work today. Very worried 😞

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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 June 2016, 7:07 am AEST

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Hi @Former-Member, I'm here now if I haven't already missed you. Hope you feel better after a little while of being awake.

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Unknown userMember20 June 2016, 7:36 am AEST

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Thinking of you @Former-Member. I hope your day improves 😊💜

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Unknown userMember20 June 2016, 7:52 am AEST

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hi @Mazarita and @Former-Member

getting ready to go to work now. I did a little yoga & meditation, but still got this bad feeling in my gut. I'm sure it will be okay...

How are you both?

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Unknown userMember20 June 2016, 7:57 am AEST

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Hi @Mazarita,
It sounds like you had a rough night too. Must have been a bad one all round for us. Mine was a bit rubbishy as well. I wanted to reply to your post yesterday. Thank you for sharing more about your supports and life. It feels like you have a wonderful loving relationship that works for both of you. What more can you ask for in a relationship💜
Thanks for the support for volunteering too. I will just have to wait and see what happens re work. At the moment I receive child support and family tax so when that stops I roughly 18 months I will need to be working or I'm not sure how I will survive. I try not to think about it because I get too stressed.
I also wanted to beg you not to reduce the size or frequency of your responses. They are so thoughtful and enlightening. You also write so well they are so easy to read and flow so well. Personally I'll be putting in a protest if you change them.
I have my therapist appointment today which I'm partly dreading because I was pretty neurotic last week. She has already told me well be doing lots of hard yards today. I think I'll be exhausted after it.
Hoping that you have a nice day and that the women's group goes well. 😊💜

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Unknown userMember20 June 2016, 8:03 am AEST

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Morning @Former-Member. Sorry I didn't get back to you yesterday. My brain was all over the place. It was really nice to read that you had a good day yesterday. Hopefully this is just a glitch and the rest from the weekend will be enough to get you through work. I hope you have a good day. 😊💜

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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 June 2016, 8:32 am AEST

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@Former-Member, so glad you feel a bit better after yoga and meditation. It's great that you do that. I think both will be of benefit to you with your mental health journey over time. I have only done yoga once in my life but I use meditation techniques almost daily. I've been into that in an informal way for about 30 years now and I find it does help with the vagaries of bipolar.

@Former-Member, hugs for your rubbishy sleep too. I understand your anxiety about child support running out in 18 months. That's a good amount of time to work with though, especially if you get some focussed support from Phams with preparing through volunteering in the meantime. You also have other mental health support to help you prepare during this time too it seems. Probably best to try to 'postpone the worry' on that until there is something immediate to worry about, but I understand how hard that can be at times. I hope your therapist appointment today is much smoother and less exhausting than you anticipate. I've cancelled out of the women's group this morning as I've only had two hours sleep and need to be able to make it to another medical appointment this afternoon. I knew I might not be able to make two activities in a day quite yet. I think I made the right decision in doing this. Thanks so much for your kind words re: the posts, much appreciated. Even after a year of active forum-ing, I still get a bit paranoid and insecure at times too.

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