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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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JS1 | New Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Coping with my sisters mental illness

Hi everyone, I’m new to the forum, I thought I’d try something different. I’ve been struggling to cope with managing my sisters mental illness. She has no formal diagnosis, however has experienced 4 severe psychotic episodes requiring hospitalisati

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Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Mania and the aftermath

May I ask if anyone else who has had a manic episode didn’t fully recover from it? I am speaking specifically about a prolonged episode of full mania not hypomania... a while ago I had a manic episode that lasted over 6 months and I was in hospital for ab

Our storiesCreated 7 years ago

Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Still very confused about the guidelines

Hi so I know myself and others have raised the issue of the guidelines and what is ok and not ok to post a number of times now and honestly I am still very confused. I have seen a number of quite frankly very triggering posts lately and one of which I rep

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FindingStrength | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

BPD daughter 18yrs

Hi. I've been a single parent for many years, several years ago my daughter was diagnosed with PTSD, Generalised Anxiety, Depression & recently BPD. She is a sweet, caring, gifted & intelligent young woman, who struggles with low self esteem, (sel

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sbmc | Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Limiting Contact with my Mum

Question: How have people here let their loved one with MI know that they can’t continue a personal relationship with them with the utmost attempts at compassion for them, despite the obvious hurt it will cause them? Background (this is long, I don’t

Friends, families and carersCreated 7 years ago

Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Feeling bad and in a tricky situation.

I really don’t know what to do. I am supposed to be traveling tomorrow to see family that lives 6 hours away and I don’t really want to go, I want to see my family but I don’t feel up to traveling and my family never even asked if I was ok to go and just

Something’s not rightCreated 7 years ago

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The-red-centaur | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

This centaurs music thread.

Imma gonna post a sing most days about how i feel/something I just wanna share that day. I have been posting it on my ED thread but I wanna keep that separate. Also feel free to share your music with me, even if don't think Ill like it.

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seagul | Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

bi polar mystery

G'day People, Firstly all the best for the christmas season. I want to touch on some of the mystery of Bi Polar it is said that you must have a manic phase at least once to be diagnosed with BP. So what is that you may ask, some of us go on unknowing /und

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meraki | Casual Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Seeking advice on how to access appropriate support

Hi all, I'm very new here; I'm reaching out because I have been struggling due to my partners sudden deterioration in his mental health. We are only a few months into what has been an extreme and unexpected change in behavior. He has been experiencing psy

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seagul | Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

pushing people away

Hello can anyone shed some light on pushing people away it never feels right and yet I find that I do it all the time as a self protection mode. Why does it seem to be a common practice are there times when this is wise? It can't always be wrong. Is

Our storiesCreated 7 years ago

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