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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor

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 Contributor

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yeah trying to force myself into doing a course

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Unknown userMember

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Hey @plasmo @Mazarita. Toilet is fine thanks😜 Sorry just dropping in waiting for my son to say goodnight to his girlfriend. Laughed at oh only one

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Unknown userMember

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Oops oh owly one

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MazaritaSenior Contributor

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Hey @Former-Member 🙂

@plasmo I keep thinking maybe you don't have enough real life support to help you get there. What do you think about that?

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Unknown userMember

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@plasmo. The advice I gave my kids not sure how good it is but was to ask them what it is that makes time go the fastest. Then that's what they should do/study. Don't know if it helps

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plasmoSenior Contributor

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@Mazarita yeah thats right, friends and family are indifferent

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MazaritaSenior Contributor

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@plasmo, I still wonder if something like the Phams program could help you or else a disability employment agency might be able to help you get into a course of study. But I know you weren't sure about Phams before, even though you said you liked your last support worker. I just find myself that these kinds of support have been really helpful to me in now doing more of what I wanted to do a year ago, but just wasn't managing to do it on my own.

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plasmoSenior Contributor

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yeah i haven't heard of phams, kind of out of the loop

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MazaritaSenior Contributor

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@plasmo, Phams is the Personal Helpers and Mentors program. I'm not sure if it applies to Aspergers (which you've mentioned you have). I know for sure it applies to mental illness (which I'm not sure if you have as well). It may apply to both. Might be worth reading their material on the linked website here. Are you very well connected to other organisations supporting people with Aspergers? I just found this one on a Google Search. Might be worth checking our their website and/or subscribing to their newsletter. There might something in there that sparks some ideas in you.

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plasmoSenior Contributor

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yeah im looking at the phams one, might be ok
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