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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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And I guess I'm feeling sorry for myself. I'll shut up now

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MazaritaSenior Contributor

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@Former-Member, I'll respond to your earlier post and to that of others later. For now I just want you to know I am hear listening if you want to go into more detail. Please don't shut up. What is your diagnosis?

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Unknown userMember

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It's ok @Mazarita. I'm still not game to say. I have my reasons. I am just feeling so overwhelmed by everything and I'm spending so much time in my head then having to distract from SH.

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor

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@Former-Memberchange does happen slowly slowly .. sometimes we need to make a mess to put things on a better course to find our true potential and get the best out of life

@Mazarita Glad you are at one with your creativity. I also am trying to master my compulsions. Dont over think it too much. I had a great time at the launch of the book which feature Dust the musical and focussed on Social change and Arts Practise. Saw many people who put ideals before money it can be a hard road ...

@Kurra An alarm to stop practise lol ... we are a bit like that at my house.

@PeppiPatty My slowness to trust is my issue. Not about you. I had decided to trust others as I felt if I became suspicious I'd be paranoid the next month and down the slippery slope to the dreaded MI diagnoses I have always struggled against. I had been burned so much in that pursuit that by the time I turned to online forums I had a few raw nerves. But apparently trust isnt a decision its a feeling ...

@Decadian Starting to get into my celtic side ..

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MazaritaSenior Contributor

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That's okay, @Former-Member. We are all entitled to reveal or keep to ourselves these things as we wish. I always respect the desire for privacy. With your earlier comments about how to keep going when you see no future and wondering how things will change, I have found that life tends to change around us even when we find ourselves unable to do anything for ourselves. This may go against some of the psychological theories that tend to suggest we need to make change happen. But the way I see it, Life in its essence, is about change happening regardless of what we do or don't do sometimes.

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Unknown userMember

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Thank you @Mazarita , @Appleblossom , @Kurra
Have you all been here where you can't see how you can change or even what changes you need to make.

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MazaritaSenior Contributor

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@Former-Member, yes I've been at points in my life where I couldn't even see what changes needed to be made. At those times I just kept going moment by moment as @Kurra suggested until things became clearer. At other times like that, I found that things suddenly happened with me beyond what I could have imagined beforehand anyway.

p.s. I hope you just keep talking. I think it will help distract you with how you are feeling at the moment.

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Unknown userMember

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I guess I know some of the changes but like you @Mazarita I am struggling to make them. this week there have been a few things thrown up I don't know how to deal with or what to do about. I feel so continually messy trying to problem solve things but just going in circles

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Unknown userMember

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There is part of me that so desperately wants to put my stuff out there so if anyone else can relate it could help both of us and because I feel dishonest sometimes here not disclosing, but I am petrified of the ramifications😔

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MazaritaSenior Contributor

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Can you talk in more detail about what these messy things are, @Former-Member? Again, not a problem if you prefer not to. Perhaps they are some of the things you have mentioned on the forum already that have been happening this week. But I get the sense that there is more going on behind the scenes. If you feel it would be helpful to be able to talk in more detail with someone on the telephone and not on a public forum, remember there is always the Lifeline chat or phone lines:

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https://www.lifeline.org.au/Get-Help/Online-Services/crisis-chat

But I'm here too and would like to keep chatting with you if you think it's helpful. I've been asleep tonight and feel quite awake now.

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