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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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Unknown user | Member | Last message 7 years ago

Topic Tuesday //The pet effect: animals are good for our wellbeing! // Tues 18 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Whether you have a pet that makes a huge difference to your wellbeing or you have the pleasure of connecting with animals in wildlife on walks or nearby you! There are lots of ways animals impact our mental health and we have decided to do a whole

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 7 years ago

Does Borderline Personality Disorder mean my relationships are doomed?

Spoiler alert: the answer is no Dating can be a love-hate experience for the average Australian adult. Many of us are opting for long term relationships with Netflix and a cup of Bushell’s over the unpredictable modern era of dating. But if you do choose

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Lonelyhart | Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Suffering in silence

I'm a aussie guy 44 and live alone, I have done for a while as I lost my family members to tragedy after tragedy. I lost my wife and kids because of my inability to open up get the help I needed, now 8 years later I have been in a worse position. No frien

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ETBug | Contributor | Last message 6 years ago

When is it OK to lie....

Back story... my husband left me 3 years ago for co-worker half his age. He spent months going back and forth between the two of us. Finally he asked for a trial separation, and only after he "got her out his system", did he come home.

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Calmblueocean | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Troubling thoughts when trying to sleep.

Hi all. Haven't posted anything for ages. Just wanted to share something with you. I used to have trouble with thoughts entering my head when i was trying to get to sleep. It was usually the same thoughts relating back to when i was a kid. I w

Recovery ClubCreated 7 years ago

Jaz5 | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Cbt

Hi all Where do I start? Around October 2019 I started feeling like I needed a break from work. since my last break from work was Easter so April 2019 my son was mucking up at school,teachers ringing atleast once if not more times a week. My s

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Dino14 | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Can't find a story that came to me in my Email.

Can anyone help. I received an Email with a story from Kombibob titled "G'day from the Whitsunday Islands". Some of what he said really resonated with me and I was hoping to follow up with him but cannot find any reference to this. When I

Our storiesCreated 7 years ago

Kombibob | Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

The Gift of Depression.

“Simply Thank you” Introduction:After more than twenty years of fighting depression, many psychologists and many psychiatrists and so many cycles of medication, this simple personal insight brought me home! To all those beautiful people who have

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Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 6 years ago

i dont know what to do

a lot has been happening and i am not coping very well. i am worried that things will get worse but i dont know what to do. no one can actually help me anyway. i still dont know what to do though.

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sjpersonal | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Cant keep going on

Cant keep going on Not sure what to do as lately been having local mental health call me both Friday and today to check in on me as apparently they have me on their system as a Medium S@#@$d risk and told me I'm NDIA's responsibility. I cant

Something’s not rightCreated 7 years ago

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