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Night Shift

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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@Appleblossom It had absolutely nothing to do with you💜 Just all me😔

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i'm all about that bass

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Please stay and relate just as you are @Former-Member .. its not you ... its me ... I have been thinking about it for a while ... it is important to be able to reach out to other humans and break through our psychic isolation.

I wont go for long ... I'll pop into Friday feasts or the odd night shift ...I am too attached to the people here ... but I am getting annoyed with myself ... I have to get more discipline and get off the bloody computer. I had not had much forum experience before I signed up here.

I now have a lot of psych and social support in the Reely Real. lol Hi @Silenus I have spent a large portion of this year doing my thing on this site and I really appreciate the space provided by the mods and the opportunity to share and feel connected.

I am and always will be passionate about MI issues. So the difficulty will be ... can I stay away ...

Take care my internet family.

lol Dear @Jacques and @PeppiPatty and @Mazarita and @Former-Member @Decadian all, including the lovely newbies

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hi @Appleblossom

i really hope for our sakes you can't stay away and we still see your around lots 💜 However I understand the addiction to here too. I guess I'm there a bit too. It was helpful to read @Silenus answer to my question on this for me in that this is not necessarily a bad thing except when it interferes in the Really real💜 I'm not really sure what to do about me as I am suffering foot in mouth a fair bit here at the moment and I hate to think others hurt because of it. I'd also had a difficult situation in the really real today that has thrown a spanner in my works too and made me self loath and self hate so much.

whatever you decide I wish you the very, very best💜😊

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i'm cold and too wound up to sleep, feeling average about myself.. waiting to see if a friend logs on again

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I'm still up, have been doing video editing overnight. Now I'm back and scratching my head. As far as I can see everyone has been just fine in what they've said. @Former-Member, I don't see you suffering from foot in mouth at all. @Appleblossom, I started the name dropping with my Nick Cave and the toilet humour. I always understand anyone's need for a break, but don't go because you think you said the wrong thing. Same goes for anyone else who thinks they said the wrong thing in the past 12 hours! What a strange night! Hope everyone feels better in the morning and that this will all pass like clouds in the wind. I've got to get some sleep now, but sending out good wishes in every direction. Big group hug!!

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Good morning,

I should be on the morning shift, not the night shift 🙂 I'm an early bird and was always a sound sleeper - now again thanks to the meds.

@Former-Member yeah the kids are grown and out of the house and yes, I do have a little granddaughter, but they live far far away.

Moving house is really tough. Can you make a decision which box needs to really be unpacked? Then start with that one, and if that's the only one, at least you made a start. I really need to wash my work clothes - so that is my bare minimum of functionality today. Someone once told me that the word priority has no plural, so you need to chose THE ONE PRIORITY and not set millions of priorities.

@Mazarita I love the outdoors, always have, we live in the country side. I would not go out in the city, in crowded places. And I do believe that exposure to sunlight and weather makes a difference to my well being.

@Appleblossom I understand your need to spend less time on the internet / forums. I feel similar, but guess I am not ready yet to leave and go in the big wide world on my own.

Hi @plasmo I'm here, how are you?

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Morning @Former-Member you are right about the word priority, never saw it like that before. I hope your day is relaxing💜😊

morning @comet😊💜

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Oops hit post too soon,

thanks for your support last night @Mazarita, I was swinging wildly. I hope you've slept well😊💜

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Hi @Former-Member, hope you are feeling okay after your swings last night. Hopefully a new day brings a better perspective for us all.

Hi @Former-Member, I like that idea of priority in the singular, makes sense when struggling.

Hi @plasmo, should have sent a dedicated hi to you last night when you were around but I did mean to include you in the group hug I sent out. Hope you are feeling better today.

Only had about four hours sleep so far but that's partly because I stayed up all night editing. Will be getting more sleep over the course of the day probably.

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