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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

ABC MH Article

"Schizophrenia takes many forms, and Heidi's has its benefits"http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-21/schizophrenia-is-a-spectrum-mental-health-stigma/11129086?pfmredir=sm

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GeminiLion | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

GeminiRoar: Private versus the Public Health

Firstly, apologises for making another post. I might need my own sane category lol. I wanted to tell people but don't know if I should post my personal business on my fb account (I have a mix bag of 760 maybe something "friends" mostly who I don't know).

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Serenity1 | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

difficult mother

The mother who is not very nice to my daughter & i -& her daughter is not nice to my daughter- has been at it again- every time I give her the benefit of the doubt & hope things will get better & improve- another thing just keeps happening

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Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Not being taken seriously by family/carers

sorry to start another thread. but i was wondering if anyone else does not get taken seriously by their family or carers because they have a mental illness? No one ever took my feelings seriously while i was growing up and always said they were not valid

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Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

An honest question...

I have a very honest question that anyone can feel free to answer and I just want to say upfront I am NOT calling anyone out or placing blame of any kind here I only want to understand something so that I can either work around it better or put it to the

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Beth15 | Casual Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Having a family member involuntary treated/admitted - Bipolar

Hi All, I am very new to this forum, but definitely not new to living with the pain and challenges with a family member struggling with a mental illness. My sister was diagnosed with bipolar many years ago, but has lived out of home even longer ago

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 7 years ago

Having mi and parenting an asd child

Hi all, I normally use lived experience forums and I have posted this there as well. I have alot of mi stuff and it gets challenging being a parent but now teachers and drs believe that my Mr 6 has autism. I know what autism is like having a younge

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 7 years ago

Having mi and parenting an asd child

Hi all, Will be posting this in carers forum too. I have alot of mi stuff and it gets challenging being a parent but now teachers and drs believe that my Mr 6 has autism. I know what autism is like having a younger brother with it. But despi

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Bunniekins | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

flutterby I don't understand ....

@Zoe7 sweetheart what has happened? last time we spoke everything was looking great re job. You were cuddling up to your two babies and looking forward to a bright future. Lil pea is confused and very worried. I know you cannot talk much but please

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GeminiLion | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

GeminiRoar: Worried about the future

I am very down tonight. I am very stressed and worried and concern about the future. I had hope that things would be better after tonight, but I am now fearing the worst (being force to struggle on a stupid welfare card unable to have a normal life, not h

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