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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor23 Sept 2015, 4:13 am AEST

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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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor15 July 2016, 2:07 am AEST

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@Former-Member Uh-huh 😊

I am a lateral thinker too, and join the dots very quickly .... but so do my baby dragons and my big guy too .... things get said very easily around here without being said, which is an extra dimension we take a bit for granted .... we read the emotional climate very quickly, which sounds like something natural to you too. its a form of empathy I think, which is one reason you are so empathetic to others on the forum, beautiful soul ....

Yes @Mazarita - art for art's sake .... it is as though it has its own dynamic that needs to be assisted into material existence ... if that makes sense to you 😏 There is a conflict of interest in needing to be available to my family, when truly investing in the authenticity of being a creative means distancing yourself from others as you retreat into your artistic bubble to focus on your creating .... my hubby and kids witnessed that at the beginning of this year in the production phase of this piece of work, and the non-acceptance of it in the exhibition has impacted profoundly on my husband .... I am hoping this is a break-through moment into his state of mind .... have to wait and see ....

Okay, iPad sinking towards my forehead a bit too often now ... and need to let you good folks achieve some 💤 too...

G'night 💜

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Unknown userMember15 July 2016, 2:12 am AEST

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Biggest smile from me then @Faith-and-Hope

I hope you and @Mazarita sleep well

still smiling

Goodnight💜😊😴

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor15 July 2016, 2:15 am AEST

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Goodnight

Sleep well

💜🌷

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plasmoSenior Contributor15 July 2016, 3:46 am AEST

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hoot hoot. yeah i should probably say some other stuff sometime

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Unknown userMember15 July 2016, 6:49 am AEST

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Hoot hoot @plasmo I think that is fine if that is what you want to say 🙂

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Angels333Senior Contributor15 July 2016, 8:49 am AEST

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Hi @Mazarita

Yes, I totally agree about the food. The number of people who say to us that he shouldn't eat gluten...

He is clinically lactose intolerant with a reading of 0.0 production of lactase enzymes. But we buy the lactose free cheese and he's fine with that.

He was very sick for a couple of years. But, his new infusions of an immunosuppressive medicine infliximab once every 8 weeks at the hospital has been a life saver. I am so grateful for the access to such good health care.

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MazaritaSenior Contributor15 July 2016, 8:55 am AEST

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Hoot hoot. The most suitable of all greetings for the owls here (night or day), I reckon. But yeah, @plasmo, I do like it when you say more too.

@Angels333, yeah, I find the advice on what to eat in relation to Crohns Disease from well meaning but little informed people to be wearying. I've had 36 years of it. Much more importantly though, glad to hear things are stable with your husband and that you have both worked out what really is and isn't helpful.

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Unknown userMember15 July 2016, 8:56 am AEST

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Thanks Faith and Hope.
Sorry, no, I didn't see your tag, but thanks for thinking of me, I appreciate it. 😊💜

Thanks Mazarita for including me. Much appreciated. 😀❤

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Angels333Senior Contributor15 July 2016, 3:07 pm AEST

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Hi @Former-Member

How are you? I'm Angels333, we haven't really met.

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Unknown userMember15 July 2016, 3:50 pm AEST

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Hi Angels333. 😊 Nice to meet you on here.
Having a reasonably ok day, thanks.
Every day is different, sometimes I cope better, sometimes not.
Feel like I'm wasting life, but I'm determined to get well.
How are you?
I found your message just by looking around on here. I noticed that you can tag people to get their attention, but I don't know how that works. Still working it all out. 😀
I never know if someone has sent me a message or not and I don't want amyone to think I'm ignoring them. 😊I'm loving the cooler weather. 😀 🌷🌸🌹🌻🌼

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