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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.
im so sorry I couldn't be there for you when you posted before. I was going down when I first posted to you before but then spiralled out of control, having to put in place things I'd been advocating all day. So with much of the darkness passing here is my heartfelt response.
Wohoo @comet🎉🎺🎊. I'm so pleased for you, although I believed in you all along😊 It's really great news and I hope your mind is more at rest. I hope you'll find as you start volunteering you'll get the stimulation and the self belief back too. I was blown away by your story re suicide attempt as well. I guess you'll never know what happened but hey it's worked out for the best. 💜😊A little bit of twilight zone happening for you. Life can sure serve up great mysteries🤔 Sending you joyful hugs and fond thoughts😊💜
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PS @comet, I nearly remembered in one post😝 I'm glad you got your real life hugs in today.😊💜 This evening I have so much wanted to be held until all my emotion and turmoil drains away and I'm left with a peaceful soul. I really don't understand what is happening to me at the moment but I'll just have to hang on and play along for a bit longer. Please know the struggle sometimes to be cared for is a bit of a BPD thing, it changes from day to day, hour to hour. I think I am swinging with many BPD things currently.
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@Crazy_Bug_Lady@aButterfly@sadgirl@Decadian, @Faith-and-Hope, @comet, @plasmo, @Mazarita, @peppi-paddy, and everyone. Just saying hi, keep those little red wagons chugging along, one day at a time, every little hill, mountain, downhill slide & level plane. We can do this, t o g e t h e r 🙂 ☁☁☁☁ 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃
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Try again, Hi @Former-Member, @Crazy_Bug_Lady, @aButterfly, @sadgirl, @Decadian, @Faith-and-Hope, @comet, @plasmo, @Mazarita, @peppi-paddy,... and everyone. Just saying hi, keep those little red wagons chugging along, one day at a time, every little hill, mountain, downhill slide & level plane. We can do this, t o g e t h e r !!! ☁☁☁☁ 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
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Thank you for all your kind words @comet. I feel appreciated, and I like to think I can contribute as well as receive all the positive vibes that bounce around here ..... it really feels like a caring and sharing community.
💗💕
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Thanks @Former-Member. Good to see you. I hope your little red wagon is puffing along smoothly tonight😊💜
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cometSenior Contributor
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@Former-Member. You tear me up sometimes....even when you feel like this you still have the heart to respond, and respond so enthusiastically. I can't thank you enough...it means so much to me!......you say "much of the darkness passing"....am much relieved to hear Ithat. What you go through is bloody terrible...I so wish I could help you, to give you that support, that gentle, calming, reassuring & respectful embrace you so are in need of, to tell you, in my heart, that I believe that things will get better for you, (& your son).......that you are both going through a particularly hard time at the moment....things will settle down!......teej do all you can to get a decent sleep tonight (apologies if that's a really, really stupid thing to say, which I think it is). I do recommend Swisse 'sleep' pills......I sincerely hope I haven't annoyed or upset you with my words.. Thanking you so much for your joyous hugs & fond thoughts. Mine are the same to you....take care & be safe ooo
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Thanks @comet😊💜💐
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DecadianSenior Contributor
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Thanks @Former-Member
I know I will be okay - I have lived through this for 30 years - I am sure I will survive
If only the things I have no control over would go away - I have to deal with Centrelink - tomorrow probably - and tell them that My>Gov won't work for me
And I sent an email telling my sister that I trusted her to deal with the families stuff - I don't need to interact with her
And life will go on -
But I am tired of this headache that comes and goes and comes and goes - I am chugging up that will - I'm the little engine - I know I bloody can - darn - people tell me I am strong but I'm not
But thanks
Decadian
I have to go to bed - I had a shower and put on clean jammies - I didn't have a shower last night because I went into the bathroom (starkers) and couldn't turn the hot tap on - it was working today so I have had a shower - creepy thought - nothing will grow on my skin because I miss a shower and stay in my jammies all day [sound FX - me squawking]
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