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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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Daisydreamer | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Topic Tuesday // "You don't have to be isolated as a carer" // Tues 26th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

Hi Forums Community, This fortnight we are joined by one of our Peer Ambassador's talking about moving from isolation to connection as a carer. Isolation as a carer is one of the big challenges we hear about on the Friends, Family and

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Jacqui297 | Casual Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

New

Hello all👋,i am new to this forum.I am a parent of an adult who has long term mental health issues.I have no one to talk to or any support who understands my daily life struggles trying to help my son who is transgender. Hopefully this forum can give me s

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Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 5 years ago

New

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Welcome & getting startedCreated 5 years ago

wild_rose | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Struggling

I'm really struggling at the moment with everything, the admission, being alone, bring away from my partner and animals, just everything. Since coming in here I feel like what little stability I did have is gone, I'm beyond anxious, I'm so distressed

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LostAngel | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Just Feel the need to write/type

Learn to be ok with being misunderstood at times,cause noone will know the real you ,only you know yourself best,others can sometimes see you in a completely different light sometimes they can misjudge the person they see as they havnt taken your steps or

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enngem | Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Attending medical appointments as support person

After over a year of struggles with my husband, I've convinced him to see a new GP with me this week. Previously seen a GP, psychologist and psychiatrist with a PTSD and GAD diagnosis and some EMDR therapy. Not having regular sessions anymore

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Angels333 | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

FND/Conversion disorder

Is there anyone else on the sane forum who after a lifetime of trauma and mental illness has developed FND/Conversion disorder and is using a wheelchair and has non epileptic seizures?

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Sandy-66 | Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Tuesday nights topic on advocacy and tools

@Daydreamer just a question for you that hopefully you can help me with. I've recently been discussing stigma and advocacy and had positive feedback of my experiences and how I managed them. So I've been made aware of Tuesdays event. It mentio

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Pain | Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Time

Sleep slowing improving, mind slowly clearing every day the pain betrayal and the cruel words are slowly fading. I will soon try and work on believing in myself and hopefully one day I will actually like me. Iv spent a life time despising myself so I don'

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Arizona | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Taking a break from the forums

I'm taking a break from these forums. I'm not sure how long I will need. I'm just letting you know in case you are wondering where I am. I'm not sure if these forums are right for me. I'm not sure if an online environment is right for me. Maybe I nee

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