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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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How does your special needs daughter cope with you being away @Faith-and-Hope?

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@Shaz51 my daughter has been diagnosed with bipolar and social anxiety 😞 her first psyc diagnosed her with psychosis first episode.

I'm still trying to work out how to use the forums so will read your posts when I find them 🙂

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@Bunniekins wrote:

@Shaz51 And yet you always greet us with a smile 😄 He is a lucky man to have you.


Isn't she amazing 😀

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@Catcakes .... special needs daughter is late 20’s now, and high functioning. She has basic life skills, but has enough intelligence to be as bratty as any other kid ..... so she plays up whether I am here or not. Being away from her for small stretches is good for both of us so she doesn’t become so attached to me that she can’t function, or becomes distressed, without me.

In that sense I think it is good for her to have a set of siblings wrapped around her. She sort of bounces around in the middle a bit.

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I agree @Faith-and-Hope,
Good for both of you to be able to have time apart.❤️

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..ain't she sweet .. ref old song

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@Determined Yes Shaz51 is gorgeous through and through.

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Good morning everyone .... 💕

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Good Morning all.

@Faith-and-Hope@Bunniekins@Determined and YTT, Adge, Shaz

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@Adge, I get what you mean about the strain of supporting family. I've had the psychologist I see regularly suggest I should go back to Uni to study psychology, but it's something I've learned a lot about because I've had to know it. While I'd have the intellectual capacity to do it, it would burn me to a crisp emotionally. I think she gets that now.

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