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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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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 12:29 am AEST

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Good you are ok @Former-Member. Sorry your boy is unwell🤒

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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 12:31 am AEST

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Nightie night, @Kurra, @Faith-and-Hope.

@Former-Member, whoa to those overthinking horses. Sounds like it was pretty good day and busy enough to keep you occupied. Maybe that can be that? Anything planned for tomorrow? Big one here for me.

@Former-Member, is it your birthday week? Mine too. 🙂

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 12:35 am AEST

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Happy birthday @Mazarita 🎉

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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 12:36 am AEST

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Happy Birthday @Mazarita🎉🎁🎈🎊💐💜

What have you got planned? My brother arises today from os and is here for 2days but I'm feeling anxious about it all. It was really good to talk to him about some family stuff though. 💜

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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 12:41 am AEST

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Hey@plasmo. Good to hear you are busy. It's better than nothing to do.

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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 12:42 am AEST

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Thanks @Faith-and-Hope, @Former-Member 🙂

Out tomorrow night for dinner with a couple who are friends we only see occasionally. Then on Sunday will be out for dinner with partner and seeing new Star Trek movie. Probably some kind of celebratory get together with friend around the corner too somewhere in coming week. It's usually pretty lowkey, sometimes years I have just stayed at home and done nothing. This year there's more planned than usual.

Good to hear you had worthwhile chats with your brother about family things, @Former-Member. Hope it all goes really well with him, much better than anxious thoughts may be imagining just now.

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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 12:48 am AEST

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Sounds fabulous @Mazarita lots to look forward to. I'm anxious because he is really caring and wants to know how I am but when I tell him it always feels wrong. I can't explain it to him and I guess I'm over invested in worrying about what he thinks of me 😁

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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 12:52 am AEST

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That didn't make sense @Mazarita sorry. I think I feel more pressure too since he bought me the house to live in

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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 12:54 am AEST

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@Former-Member, he sounds like a lovely brother. I don't have any siblings, cousins are the closest I get to it but I only catch up with them very rarely even on the net. Maybe you don't have to explain too much what's happening with you but just draw it in broad strokes and then get on to just enjoying his company as much as possible. I know it can be a bit stifling when everything becomes about us and our problems.

p.s. just saw your second message. I think the first made sense too. 🙂 Wow, he bought you the house. Sounds a bit like my mum's relationship to her brother. He didn't buy her place for her but managed her finances for the past 20 years so her gambling addiction didn't destroy everything she had worked for. I understand how it can feel like you have to be happy under those circumstances even when you're not. But maybe he'll be okay with how things truly are anyway...

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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 1:05 am AEST

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You just hit the nail on the head @Mazarita with 'it can be a bit stifling when everything becomes about us and our problems.' I get so sick of myself and feeling so self centred because I don't have anything else to talk about. I guess at one stage today we were able to connect and tried to think of childhood memories that we shared, surprisingly there is not a great deal that we shared but enough. Yes I am very lucky he bought this house for me and the kids to live in. I am renting it from him but he has helped me financially for the past year or more, he has literally put food on our table over that time. I would probably be homeless otherwise. I'm glad you have some cousins so it feels like some family.

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