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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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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor

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Caught your message on email notification @Former-Member .... sometimes they get caught in the screening process I think .... just wait a bit and see 😏

@Kurra, he was due to .... but I spoke with him this afternoon, and it has pushed back till Thursday night ... but that's not to say it won't be pushed back again. I have heard five different return days in the last week and a half .... it's actually a bit of a relief. I don't think I was ready for him to come back tomorrow.

D3 is due back at school tomorrow, and she is going a bit wobbly already .... so I had her back at our GP today, and he has referred her to a psychologist, just to help her through her last term of school for the moment ... we will see where it goes from there.

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KurraSenior Contributor

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Hi @utopia
No matter how little sleep I've had I don't allow myself to sleep during the day because it can mess with my sleep wake pattern. The only exception to this is when I'm doing rotating 24/7 shifts.
I've found the no day time naps has helped me enormously. For some reason I'm sleeping less at the moment but it doesn't seem to be affecting me so I'm not particularly fussed about how much or little sleep I'm getting.

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Unknown userMember

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Hi all. Good to see you @Kurra. How goes things?

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KurraSenior Contributor

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@Faith-and-Hope
I can understand why you are unsettled. I'd be inclined to get on with mothering your family and with your own life. WH appears to have largely withdrawn from family involvement for the time being.
If you're going to be able to help WH when he realises the extent of his issues it's really important that you look after you first.
Keep on building your own life and try to eliminate any expectations you may have with respect to WH.

In my experience, expectations can cause a world of pain so I try hard not to expect anything from other people. Now expectations of Kurra. ..... that's an entirely different matter. I don't think we'll go there.

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KurraSenior Contributor

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Hi @Former-Member

Things are going well. I'm finding myself in a strange position. I'm completely balanced and grounded. It is an amazing pleasure to be truly well however it does make me wonder if I really belong here anymore.

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Unknown userMember

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Of course you still belong @Kurra. We need all ends of the spectrum of wellness on here. Really fantastic news😊💜🎊🎉 that you are doing well. It's what we all aspire to and it's so good when it happens. I love seeing these stories. It helps give me hope😊💜

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor

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@Kurra wrote:
Hi @Former-Member

Things are going well. I'm finding myself in a strange position. I'm completely balanced and grounded. It is an amazing pleasure to be truly well however it does make me wonder if I really belong here anymore.

I can understand that @Kurra .... but if you do feel like moving on, it would be lovely if you popped back in sometimes just to say hi ..... just sayin' .... the forums aren't just a support network if you have found friends here too.

Up to you though ...

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor

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@Teej wrote:
Of course you still belong @Kurra. We need all ends of the spectrum of wellness on here. Really fantastic news😊💜🎊🎉 that you are doing well. It's what we all aspire to and it's so good when it happens. I love seeing these stories. It helps give me hope😊💜

Well said @Former-Member ❣

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Unknown userMember

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Have you acclimatised to your hectic work schedule better too @Kurra.

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Unknown userMember

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Thanks @Faith-and-Hope. It sounds like things are ramping up for you again and you have a hectic schedule again.
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