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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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KurraSenior Contributor

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Probably the most valuable thing that has ever been said to me @Former-Member was when my pdoc told me to avoid believing I was descending into a depressive phase when I had a couple of downish days. He reminded me that everyone has down days/off days periodically and that these fluctuations are quite normal. He also mentioned that by believing that a crash was inevitable I could actually be helping the crash to happen. You know what? He was right. Once I accepted that a bad hair day could just be a bad hair day I started to relax a bit more and stopped creating the perfect conditions for my 'crash ' to become a self fulfilling prophecy.

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MazaritaSenior Contributor

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Hi all, have had a couple of hours so far tonight. Popping on here for a while before going back to it.

@Former-Member, so sorry to hear you are having such a rough time with the new medication. Hoping it resolves for you very quickly one way or the other. Nothing worse than being sick to that degree.

@Faith-and-Hope, glad to hear D3 is going to get some psychologist help with her last term. I remember her wanting that a little while back. Sounds like it might be helpful. Fingers crossed for you both.

@Former-Member, I too saw your post in email notifications. If it has been moderated for some reason, you should get an email about it. Don't worry if that's the case, happens to all of us at various times and for various reasons. Glad to hear I'm not the only one with odd washing hours!

@Former-Member, great to hear you are treating yourself to a haircut too. I'm looking forward to mine looking less straggly on the ends.

Hi @utopia, @Kurra, good to see you both. Have to admit I do not manage to go without daytime sleeps fairly often either. Quality of life is just too awful without them.

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Unknown userMember

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I think I understand that @Kurra. I have tried to not think about the crash so much but it keeps coming and stupidly I keep getting surprised when it happens but I think my attitude is still very pessimistic. I also believe you have great determination and strength of character which has seen you continue to strive and achieve your goals. You've achieved everything through hard work and should be proud of that💜😊 thanks for sharing that thought though. I'll file that in my handy things to know file😊 Finding my handy things to know file is sometimes an issue😝

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor

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

Yeah ... I have had to learn to just take recovery time when and how I find it ... WH has been calling us to travel every school holidays since "retiring" from our former business and this is one of the few school breaks I have just spent here, not doing anything much at all beyond resting and trying to restore my batteries .....

This morning was a "bad hair day" for me ...

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plasmoSenior Contributor

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hoot hoot

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KurraSenior Contributor

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Yes I have @Former-Member. Me poor old feet aren't enjoying it so much but they'll just have to quit whinging. At least my boots are finally broken in and in fact they're really comfortable.
Today is going to be hard yakka all day and at some point I should get some sleep. At least they're paying me to get fit. Getting fit is a byproduct of this job.

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Unknown userMember

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Hi @Mazarita I know about the ends. Think I need 4 or 5 inches cut off mine😔 Mum gave me money to have it cut over a month ago. It bothers her more than me. I can never justify spending money on a hair cut😮 How are you feeling. Has your headache gone?

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor

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Hoot hoot Owley - @plasmo 😊

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Unknown userMember

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Howdy @plasmo. How goes things for you too?

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KurraSenior Contributor

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I must away my darlings and get me some shut eye. If I miss the eye shut cue I'll end up doing another all nighter as I did last night.
Goodnight all. Sleep peacefully when you eventually hit the sack.
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