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Shaz517 years ago

GRATITUDE

What are you Grateful for ????Gratitudeis mindset, a way of life with endless benefits for you and those around youit is such a simple habit that can spark the most incredible postive outcomes.by embracing and expressing gratitude and letting it guild you

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CheerBear8 years ago

Thumbs up Thursday - Woohoo!

Here on the forum there is so much to celebrate! Every day people are overcoming challenges, working at goals and taking steps forward.This space has been created as a place to recognise these achievements, both of others and also for us to share our own.

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BAO2 weeks ago

Welcome New Members!

Welcome to this online mental health peer-to-peer space.It's great to have you join this community.You can start a discussion by clicking "Start new disucssion", or you can "Reply" to a post.Here is the link to our Community Guidelines to guide your posti

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littlemissme4 months ago

Upcoming Webinar // Navigating civvie healthcare with Dr Alex Labanov // Wednesday 11 November, 7-8pm

Leaving the ADF comes with a lot of change. Managing your own physical health and the healthcare system is often one of the most challenging parts to navigate.Without the structure of Defence, many veterans are left trying to piece together how the civili

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Taalilast month

Morning Greetings!

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Co-design & Researchlast month

Community consultation invitation - support for Queensland fathers with young children

We want to know how we can better support fathers with young childrenSANE has been funded by the Queensland Mental Health Commission to provide specialist support to Queensland fathers with young children. As part of our planning, we would like to speak w

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TomBombadil2 months ago

We’ve been listening to your feedback about moderation decisions on the Forums.

Updates to our Forum Guidelines: We’ve heard your feedback about how our Forum guidelines are interpreted and applied. As part of our commitment to continuous improvement, we’ve reviewed the guidelines to make them clearer and easier to understand.We also

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littlemissme3 months ago

Please help us welcome new members to our Grief and Loss space

Hi Forumites,We're excited to share that, as part of Griefline's merger with SANE, we've just launched a dedicated Grief and Loss space here on SANE Forums.We've also moved discussions relating to grief and loss into this new space, making it easier for p

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c-user19994 months ago

Community Guideline Update: One Account per Person

Hey Forums Community,We wanted to share an update to our Community Guidelines: From now on, each member is asked to hold one Forums account. Running multiple identities on our Forums is not permitted. Here is the link to our Community Guidelines.This upda

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Chasingsunsetslast year

What has been your highlight today, no matter how big or small? Come share 🫶

Hi everyone! This is my first ever forum post so do hope it lands where it’s meant to 🤣 Most days, I like to find a highlight 😊. Usually, that means during a walk with my dog, I try to spot something different, something cool or something that brings

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Shaz5110 months ago

Our Gardens

Hello @TeaPositive @Ramman @Rana8 , @Determined @wermonastring @lil_green_clock @Junee @EJ , @ks @JR489 @HappyEmu @ForestBat @Farwaa123 @Cheekychick158 @Fullofhope79

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NightFury10 months ago

The Creative Writing Corner

"There is no greater power on this earth, than story," Libby Bray Why hello there! I've been discussing with @Jynx and @AuntGlow the fact that I used to write a lot as a child - pages and pages of imagination, and wonderous s

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Mum7 | New Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Supporting teen with OCD and anxiety

First time posting. My teen suffers anxiety and the GP also suspects OCD for which we've been referred to a psychiatrist (6 month wait!). GP has prescribed low dose medication to assist with anxiety and OCD. The OCD type behaviours have worsened in p

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Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 5 years ago

Supporting teen with OCD and anxiety

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Pain | Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

It’s been a while

It's been a while since iv been on but I can slowly see and feel improvement in myself and the pain is getting less every day. I received a very nasty message yesterday from ex but I noticed I didn't start crying and shaking uncontrollably I managed to re

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MDT | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Dear Forumites - Onwards I Go

Dear Forumites For some time now I have turned to this forum for support in dark moments. In moments where I felt that there was no hope and that my mental health was taking its toll on me. This much is still true and I think those moments were hard.

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daisy20202-7 | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Borders opening

Hi everyone Guess you’s heard of the borders re opening, just wondering what’s chance of the coronavirus coming to south australia and the chance of restrictions or lockdowns. Wondering because am at a life point of needing and wanti

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wild_rose | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Finding a Balance

Things are tough at the moment, losing the function of my domimant arm isn't easy. Since the fall and and subsequent surgery I've been trying to do everything left handed and breaking my left elbow earlie this year and still not regaining full movement in

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daisy20202-7 | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

careers

hi With work how do you ask for time off to have a good break and get standard annual leave when the place you work at is so understaffed and you don’t get paid standard annual leave and how do you afford the time off if you don’t get paid leave pe

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Wander | Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

New member

Hi all. I'm a 31 y/o female, diagnosed with cyclothymia 6 years ago after a very turbulent period of my life. I'm yet to talk with anyone with the same diagnosis and I'm keen to do so and to share my own experience. Over time I have questioned this

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BlueTrane | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

I don't really speak about my trauma

I talk to people about the symptoms of my schizoaffective disorder if they are interested. I practically have a routine that I have memorised. But what I hardly talk about is my trauma, the reasons why many things affect me the way they do. When someone a

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 5 years ago

Online Peer group Chat // Developing a growth mindset

Hello to all of our friends on the Forums! Our next Online Peer Group Chat will be hed on Thursday 4th November, 7 - 8.30pm AEDT. The Topic will be Developing a Growth Mindset.Summary of topic!It can be helpful for us to develop a growth mindset (i.e., un

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