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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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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 1:10 am AEST

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@Former-Member, yes, I have felt that stifling thing sometimes with my mum, who loves me very much but sometimes gets over-concerned and things have ended up being all about me and my 'problems'. Perhaps you might focus on some of the positives with your brother. Maybe the phams program is one of these and the hope you have for volunteering in the future. I do think you are very fortunate to have such a caring brother. I do feel rather alone and vulnerable in the world with mainly just my partner and my 80 plus mum who would really care for me if things came to the very worst.

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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 1:19 am AEST

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It's been a big day and I'm falling asleep @Mazarita Sounds like your mum loves you very much and I have a similar issue with my mum who cares greatly but often misses the mark with it causing chaos for me. Have a good night. I hope you get some quality 💤 tonight. 😊💜

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MazaritaSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 1:22 am AEST

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Nightie night, @Former-Member. Thanks for another late night chat. Hope you get some sweet sleep.

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utopiaSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 1:56 am AEST

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Sorry everyone. Got caught up in a movie and forgot to log back in. But it's almost 2am so I better put the pj's on and head to bed. Otherwise will never get up for school drop off in the morning. Night

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ethSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 4:12 am AEST

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Happy birthdays @Mazarita and @Former-Member. Hope you both have a special day.

Have just caught up on posts.This is the first time I've been on in the wee hours for what seems like ages.

Anyone around?

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plasmoSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 4:39 am AEST

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i'm still awake, just

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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 5:49 am AEST

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Hoot hoot @plasmo are you still awake?

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 6:16 am AEST

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Yeah ... hoot hoot @plasmo .... I'm up too early too ...

Hi @Former-Member 😊

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Unknown userMember20 July 2016, 6:30 am AEST

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope

yeah I'm up too early too, couldn't sleep much last night, too much going through my head. Too much to do before admission, my head is spinning.

How are you?

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor20 July 2016, 6:37 am AEST

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Feeling for you @Former-Member .... maybe write down everything you can think of, in the order it comes to mind, just to stop it spinning around and around in your head .... on paper you can see it and start to highlight things as you deal with them one at a time ...

Hope that helps ....

I have a ratty baby dragon who decided sometime last week that she wasn't going to school today - the first day of her last term of high school .... you could see it coming .... and it's an even shorter week with a sports carnival on Friday .... which she is exempting herself from as well. Our GP confirmed yesterday that she has a cold worthy of antibiotics, but he still declared her fit for school, so this brought on a migraine for her overnight ....

He also gave her a referral to a psychologist to help her talk through all the circumstantial stress in her life, and hopefully see her through to graduation .... for one last school term ....

I need the psychologist for her ❣

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