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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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Hi everyone. Quiet night at home. Slept all day today. Never a good thing to do for my mental health. Just feeds my depression.
Anyway, I'm sure tomorrow will be a heap better.
How is everyone tonight?

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hi @Former-Member and @utopia

I slept til 4 but then shopped and cooked and sorted a few things.

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Thanks @Faith-and-Hope for your encouragement. Hopefully I'll sort out my mi stuff to try and find my place in this world or at least an income. 💜😊

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Hi @utopia,

good to see you. I hope tomorrow is better for you. Perhaps your body was telling you that you needed sleep too although mine told me it was way too cold and wet to get out of bed this morning and I obliged it until midday too😊

@Appleblossom I hope you don't mind but I'd like to ask how you are really going at the moment. Please don't feel like you have to answer. It's just my gut is telling me things are still rough.

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BTW @Former-Member, my grandma went back to uni at 73yo .... stay inspired .... 😊

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Hi again @Former-Member

Its good that you listening to your body, and I can relate to your reluctance to do further study, and being unsure of your future prospects. I just find it really hard to get started, I really should be looking at doing some voluteer work too. I think taking one step at a time is a good approach and managing stuff in small chunks is wise.

Of course I don't mind you asking @Former-Member- having POF means that I do have hormone issues and I think that is the underlying cause of my MI but in saying that its not the only cause I don't think. I'm just trying to piece together when I became unwell and to put the links together so I can move forward.

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Hi everyone, catching up on some shoutouts that I haven't answered recently...

@eth, was good to hear from you some days ago. Apologies for taking so long to respond. It's been a huge week by my standards and some days I've just been completely wiped out recovering. Wondering how you are travelling, sending fond good wishes.

@Decadian, thanks for thinking of me too with my ro-ot canal surgery on Friday. It was the first of a two part process and went okay. Stage two of the process is coming up at the start of August. From memory of last time I had one of these, the second session was the hardest part. But I like this dentist who is treating me a lot more than the last one who was doing it. Hoping it will go smoothly, as did this first one. Glad to hear you are going okay.

@Former-Member, thanks for the birthday wishes. I didn't end up going to the movies. Went around to a friend's place instead as she had baked a birthday cake for me. Had a lovely evening with her and partner and got home in time to watch Star Trek Into Darkness on TV, from the comfort of my own chair. Turned out to be a much better birthday treat. I really enjoyed 'Into Darkness', hope you did too. Namaste.

@Shaz51, really hoping your infection clears up soon. Sending ❤️ ❤️ your way.

@Former-Member, wow, impressive weight loss, sounds like it's mostly due to exercise? That's a great walk you had today. So good to hear it picked you up like that to get out. Sounds like a good plan to keep it up next weekend too. 🙂

@Former-Member, thanks for the kind thoughts. Yes, had a really nice day today, after sleeping on and off until 3.30pm. More good things coming this week but hopefully at a less intense pace so that I can manage better without the huge sleep days needed for recovery afterwards. So glad to hear you sounding better than you were recently. 🙂 ❤️

Hi to everyone else around tonight too. 🙂

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I'm not sure why when I read your post before I didn't read about your weight loss I must be going bonkers lol. That's a huge achievement too and you should be really proud of yourself.

I found cutting down the stress and anxiety does help in making lifestyle changes but also seeing your hard work pay off, I find is a huge motivator to continue on this journey.

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@Former-Member It sounds like you've had a tough time with POF. I thought it would have to throw your hormones out. I'm not sure if the number at the end of your name is indicative of your age but it sounds rough and unfair to have young. Wishing you all the best with it.😊💜

Hi @Mazarita,

good to hear things are ok and that you have a week of good things planned.

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@Former-Member You weren't going bonkers. I edited and added it after. I get sick of seeing my posts everywhere so sometimes when I get self conscious I edit posts to add new things. Sorry to confuse you💜😊

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