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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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Thankyou for making me feel welcome @Mazarita You are very kind. Looking forward to getting to know you.

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@Former-Member, insecurity is my middle name, hehe. How has your day been?

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Thats great @hope77 So good that you both could talk it through and work it out. I hope that you have a lovely time away. Staying married isnt easy at times, thats for sure. xo

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@Bridget wrote:

Thats great @hope77 So good that you both could talk it through and work it out. I hope that you have a lovely time away. Staying married isnt easy at times, thats for sure. xo


I can vouch for that @hope77 @Former-Member ....

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Hehe! @Mazarita. Im feeling a little better, thanks. Woke up extremely tired and cranky. Took my girl to school, did a load of washing and went back to bed.

Had an emotional upset (ptsd triggered) yesterday, thought I handled it well, but my body didnt think so.

Pushed myself too hard fast walking yesterday, which didnt help. Its hard to know when to push yourself and when not to. At least Ive learnt to try and have a nap when I feel exhausted, not always possible to do so though.

Im cooking beef and vegetable soup at the moment and Im starving, not much for lunch today.

How are you feeling today?

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@Former-Member, you've had a more productive than me. Only had a couple of hours sleep last night so ended up sleeping until about 2.30pm. Had good intentions of getting out of the flat to get hair cut but it didn't eventuate. I've made an appointment for tomorrow instead. Haven't got to the washing yet but plan to do that after a bit of a chat here. Glad you are feeling better now than earlier in the day and that you have a yummy soup to look forward to. 🙂

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Hehe! @Faith-and-Hope I often feel like running away. Living next door to hubby would be perfect, hehe! He doesnt like the idea though.

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@Mazarita Sorry to hear you didnt get to the hairdresser today. Sometimes we just need to sleep. Hope you feel a bit better.

I found a hairdresser who works from home. To have my hair cut and foiled with her is half the price. I can now go regularly, because shes so affordable and she cuts my hair how I like it. Im fussy with my hair.

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Im not looking forward to stopping the med Ive been taking for sleep lately, @Mazarita, but I know I need to. Medications dont seem to agree with me.

My sleep was terrible without taking anything. Had to take something to catchup. So I understand how it feels not sleeping well, its awful.

Food affects my sleep as well as stress. Ive had to stop eating quite a few things and my sleep was getting better. I cant have sugar, certain preservatives, oats and the list goes on..................

It will be interesting to see what hour of the night Im on here when I do decide to stop this med. Hehe!

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Sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you, @Former-Member. I was responding to a new contributor in another part of the forum. Sounds like you have a good arrangement with your home hairdresser. I tend to isolate in the flat so any chance to get out is something I need to take up as much as possible. I'm also a chronic night owl so if you are up late, we are likely to bump into each other. For now, I'm going to take off and do some washing. We have an undercover washing line so I'm often hanging it out at odd times of the day. Last time I was still hanging it out at 10pm, lol. Thanks for the chat. Hope you have a lovely evening and see you next time. 🙂

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