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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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Fisho | Casual Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Can’t see help

New here so hi I have a fair few underlying mental issues that cause major problems in my relationship my partner says I need to see a councillor but I just can’t seem to get my self to do it when we fight I just switch off my emotions which is the same a

Something’s not rightCreated 7 years ago

Holly83 | Contributor | Last message 6 years ago

Bad thoughts

Any ideas to stop my mind from thinking I am not worth being here on this earth

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Bcfc64 | New Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Brother hospitalised in Thailand returned home now has psychosis

Hello. My 50 year old brother had flu in Thailand and was treated in a hospital for a few days. His behaviour in the weeks after his return became more erratic to the point he is now in an Aussie hospital with symptoms of psychosis and finds it hard to di

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2complicated | Casual Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Truancy

So what do you do when your 15yr old teenager starts not going to school and simply states that I don’t understand - he does not see the point of it and basically the majority of teachers are (bleeps). The school knows he has morbid anxiety and AD

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Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Internalized stigma

something i had been thinking about recently was that I often start to doubt myself even if it turns out i am right because i have this thing that because i have mental health issues then i have to question if i can trust myself. and then i thought well a

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outlander | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

What helps you cope with Nightmares and/or flashbacks?

Hi Everyone I know there are so many of us here who experience these unfortunatly so I thought id start a thread where we can share our strategies on how we cope with nightmares and flashbacks.

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JosRapp | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Suffocating Day

It is days like today where the loneliness just feels suffocating. Just going out, being around people, doesn't help at all, not when you feel physical and emotional deprivation. It feels like nobody really understands that, or takes it seriously at all,

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TheVorticon | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Looking for info - (possible trigger) conflicted thoughts about people who have harmed others

Hi everyone. I'm wondering if anyone has come across any articles or resources about dealing with conflicted thoughts/feelings about people who have harmed others, but were otherwise a positive influence in the life of people who hadn't been harmed?&

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Hopeful30 | Casual Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Ongoing postnatal depression

My daughter is almost 2 years old and Im still struggling with postnatal depression. Owing to less understanding drs I chose to try and let my depression run its course thinking it would get better-but its worse than ever now. Does anyone have a similar e

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2complicated | Casual Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Carers- Teenage Sibling Bad Behaviours

As Carer and full-time working mother of 3 boys - I feel pushed to breaking point. If I don’t work then I lose the roof over our head, my youngest now 15 yr old boy is making my life hell (truancy and so incredibly nasty), oldest 20 has moderate Autism an

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