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Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hi All

There is a thread operating on the Lived Experience Forum under Night Shift where members who are having trouble sleeping for any reason give a bit of a shout-out, to see if there is anyone else sleepless and looking for company. It's been such a great thing, I thought I would start one over here too.

I have had the odd few nights where I have woken up on and off, and my kids have been having a bit of trouble some nights too, depending on what has happened during the day.

Being a carer can be lonely too, so if you are making an after-midnight cup of something hot, and wonder who else might be doing that too, maybe have a look-in here and see if anyone else is about.

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@soul - I know I will be ok. Thanks for your kind words.

@Determined - lol

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Good morning everyone. It's that time of year again. Seen whilst out walking.

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Good morning everyone @Faith-and-Hope @soul @Former-Member @Determined @Former-Member @Former-Member @Smc @Spookytookims @Anony18 and everyone else 😊

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Good morning @soul @outlander and anyone else who is around ...

Sunset pic from last night ....

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@soul

Happy May the Fourth everyone, R2 has cake for all of us.

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@Determined... glad to hear I'm not the only "odd one out". The MH first aid I went to was funded by the local council.

Did they get people to role play MH scenarios at your course? I sat back to watch most of them because they were tackling MI problems that I felt were a bit too "real life" familiar, but eventually they got up to one that was removed enough for me to feel confident to put up my hand as a participant.

Often I feel like the unqualified emergency nurse when dealing with MI crises. It was encouraging finding out that my ways of approaching things were pretty much right. Tricky thing is when I can see my own MH deteriorating, and I know what I need to do about it, but someone else close to me is in an even worse spot and there is no other emergency nurse on hand, qualified or otherwise.

The Forums actually help with that somewhat. It is really good being able to chat about stuff without background concerns about "Is this TMI... Am I breaching someone else's privacy... How do I explain complex-situation-X that I've been gradually learning about for ? years in 5 minutes..." Or just to relax and say Hi and know that I don't have to explain anything beyond "Today's been a rough one..."

BTW, that bicylce meme is totally a Dad Joke!

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Image isn't through yet @Smc .... I will have to check back with you later ...,,

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Plagiarized of the internet for your entertainment:

A clone trooper walks into a pub and asks the barman, “Hey, have you seen my brother?”

“I dunno,” says the barman, “What does he look like?”

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Haha @Former-Member

Got a call today from the job interview I went to today. They asked me to get a police clearance so am unsure if that means I got the job. Tried getting out of HR. All they said was that it was a good sign. Got one pretty quickly online and sent that off. Fingers crossed!!!

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Good for you @Anony18. Things are looking up!!!!

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