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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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Unknown userMember

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Edit @comet. If I am pushing you too hard on this and you don't want to talk about it then just tell me to back off. I won't take offence and I won't run either. My biggest trigger on here is when people go away and I don't know what I've done wrong. For me that triggers fear of rejection/ abandonment and I swing massively. I have very little resilience with this yet.

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cometSenior Contributor

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Hello @Former-Member. Just a bit of ataxia on a good & bad day.....seeing my go for 1/2 hr testing.... Cognitive. Then neuron psychologist...but 30 years of hard livin' take their toll... Who knows what?.....Liberal party campaign launch as we speak. I hear mental illness will get a mention...their toll, or its toll??? Happy enough drinking tea...hope you are OK!

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Unknown userMember

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I'm really sorry @comet. I guess that becomes really frustrating at times. You seem to rise above it well though. Is that what happened last night when you went offline?

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cometSenior Contributor

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Without wishing to cause offence.....@Teej. Is it really worthwhile going back their?....sorry about typos...some days are better than others. It seems everyone must be very, very careful in what they say, in case something gets misconstrued....I send positive, good wishes to you....

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Unknown userMember

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I'm guessing ICU for a week would have been very scary and horrendous. I'm really sorry you had to go through that. @comet ...another case of delayed thinking.

I'm feeling like s**t today but holding my own. Had to fight SH urges last night. I've ended up in ICU a couple of times as a result of SH mostly due to fear of abandonment but I'm usually unconscious and unaware of anything.

My mood swings last night were mostly due to an incident yesterday that I couldn't let go. I kept beating myself up over it.

Starting to pull myself together. What are your plans for today?

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cometSenior Contributor

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@Former-Member. I am truly very sorry you had SH urges last night...I was under the impression (as it turns out, wrongly) that you had a pretty good day. My misunderstanding. I am sorry.....Also very sorry you are not feeling very good today...is there anything I can do? Do you want to talk about what bothered you yesterday?, 'the incident'?.....yes, I didn't know anything about being in ICU, only being transferred from their to inpatient mental health unit....& kept there for a few weeks.....I miss my cat so much when I'm in there. This was 2013. Nothing to do today, huddling under a blanket watching the pm...

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Unknown userMember

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Probably not mood swing just poor emotional regulation. @comet Re above post of yours I understand. I guess this is going to be a long and difficult journey fraught with danger on here for many of us. Sending hugs😊💜

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Unknown userMember

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I guess I put out the message it was a good day yesterday @comet but there was one part that didn't turn out so well and it has been eating me away. Nothing anyone can do, I'll talk to my therapist tomorrow about it. It was just something that triggered a lot of stuff for me. I'm so sorry for any hurt I have caused you. I wish I had your resilience. Sending a big hug for what ever I triggered for you😊💜 And here's a heap more in advance for when I become clumsy on here and trigger stuff😊💜😊💜😊💜😊💜😊💜😊💜😊💜😊💜

Anyway enough of the crappy stuff. Not sure the PM would do it for me today. I'm not sure what I need maybe a walk in the park later might help. Probably a hug wouldn't go astray either. Hoping your day is relaxing. 😊💜

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cometSenior Contributor

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@Former-Member. I wil listen the best I can if you want to talk. I will try & help you as much as I possibly can. I don't have any experience with SH other than suicide attempts. But who knows? I definetely have mood swings & poor emotional regulation!....I really, really hope you can somehow pick yourself today....I really do. Sending respectful, gentle hugs to you....Please be kind to yourself.....have you heard of Kristen neff & Paul gilbert? You may get benefit from checking them out on the internet. I hope so.....

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DecadianSenior Contributor

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Ahhh - I tried to download Adobe and my security warns me not too

So what now?

None has to answer - just - this is enough - how this mygov thing in anyway easy

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