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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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Gwynn | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Finding "DBT" triggering

My psychologist (who doesn’t know me that well) has recommended that I undergo a 14 week long DBT training, to begin in August. I find even the mention of DBT triggering because I had a bad psychologist who misused DBT as an instrument of power over me in

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Olga | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Let's talk about bipolar

Hi everyone, I haven't been on the forum for a while but I am reading with great interest all your contributions. I am very grateful that you are still tagging me. Sending love and best wishes Olga

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Paladin67 | Casual Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Complaints to AHPRA and/or APS

Hi,Has anyone had experiences with making complaints to AHPRA or APS about their psychologist/mental health professional? What process did you go through? What was the result? Have you tried any other avenues to address poor or harmful mental health servi

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 5 years ago

NSW "stay-at-home order".

The NSW Government announced a stay-at-home order for the whole state, including regional areas. It's in place for two whole weeks. I don't really have much to say... I am surprised that this decision comes after only twelve cases. They say 29, but 1

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M_P90 | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Sexuality & Mental Health

Hi everyone, I'm having a difficult time. I've been going through this journey of embracing my sexuality a little later in life. Adolescence was full of abuse and trauma, and in a way, sexuality was the least of my worries. I've always known I'm bi or que

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LostAngel | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

as crazy as it sounds Sex is the one thing that's helping and healing me

good morning well here I go again talking about relationship stuff ect but yeah hopefully it doesnt breache Sane Forum Guidelines,to say some strange things are happening all at once for me lately would be an understatement one the need to see a Phychiatr

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Oaktree | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Trauma Therapy

Has anyone here tried trauma therapy? Was it helpful? Is it worth re-living the traumatic memories for? I need to do it but I am scared. Meggle

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Arizona | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

My day

I felt somewhat sad, irritable and withdrawn today. I don't feel like anything is wrong though. I just noticed my change in mood. I don't have any depression or anxiety right now. What I achieved today... I got out of bed before 12pm and stayed

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Powderfinger | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

I'm just saying hi.

Hello, I have not been here for five months. My own choice. I decided to pop in tonight and say hi. I was going to talk about something but now I don't really want to. I have changed a lot in the last five months. I also had another mental break

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ShiningStar | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Happy Birthday Faith and Hope

@Shaz51 @Judi9877 @TAB @MDT @Appleblossom @Bow @Fizz @Ant7 @bipolarbunny @Adge @Anastasia @BlueBay @BPDSurvivor @Zoe7 @Emelia8 @Schitzo @saltandpepper @Owlunar @Brav

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