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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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Just cooking dinner @Former-Member .... back a bit later .....

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I'm okay @Former-Member. Enjoying yoga and organising to see my good friend this weekend. Perhaps the markets?

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Markets sound good @soul did you have any success in the car hunt?

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Still car hunting @Former-Member - not my favourite past time.

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Hi everyone ..... 🤗💕

A not-bad day today ..... slept on Chair Island last night ..... too cross with WH to want to see him. Today he was trying to be civil. He's probably already asleep now though, and I don't fancy stumbling around in the dark getting organised for bed and having to be quiet to not wake him .... or I have the other option ..... to wake him with low light and suiting myself about my night time routine ..... and have more of an ogre to deal with tomorrow ......

Hmmmm ..... rock ..... or hard place ..... rock .... or hard place ..... rock ...... ? 😔

Third option ..... sleep on and off on Chair Island every night and wait him to become more of an ogre in response to that ......

Roll on dx and therapy ..... !!!

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@Faith-and-Hope 😥

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Dozing on Chair Island at the mo .... really cold tonight .... feeling it on my tooshie .... lol .... think I'll just play it by ear. Too tired to worry about it.

S2 hasn't come to eat his dinner yet.

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Got triggered tonight after watching

Dunkirk and the Arrested Development with son. I dont know if the sudden change from one kind of show to another yanked me out of my calm zone, but I snapped that I could stand the Arrest Dev rubbish. The show just presses all my buttons even tho I realise it is a satire ... for me it was too close to the bone today.

Then I read about a cousin who was doing a child trauma course and my stress trigger reading went sky high ... so ... took a mothers helper and sang and came on here.

Will try and sleep now.

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Hiya @Appleblossom ..... 🤗💕

I am in the process of migrating from Chair Island to Bed Island ..... slept till 11:00 in the chair, then a bathroom visit prodded me to move to the more comfortable bed.

Reheated S2's dinner and took it to him ... it was too nice to be wasted, and there are some nights I wish someone would bring my dinner to me. He has been quite aggressive lately when interupted while online gaming, but not tonight. I hope he has turned a corner between pdoc therapy this afternoon and our late afternoon walk .... not that it will be smooth sailing anyway, but at least a bit of a turn would be nice.

Hope you're settled enough to sleep now Hon ....

Mwah 😘💋

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Love your mwah ... back at ya.

One cats sits on my arm as I type, but I guess they will move from chair island to bed island soon ...

Sorry your son is tricky. I really find it difficult to justify the bad behaviour of big kids. Tonight I said I was not cooking for him for food to be taken into his room. That he had to be bit sociable. I guess its not something to force tho.

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