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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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BAOlast week

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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Sweet_cheeks | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

I have bipolar 1 and ocd

Are bipolar and ocd connected? Do you get OCD from childhood trauma. My son has extreme OCD as well as me. Is it hereditry?

Something’s not rightCreated 8 years ago

Roundnround | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Here we go again

I was diagnosed with anxiety 5 years ago. Went on and off medication initially because I wanted to ‘tough it out’. I accepted the medication and therapy and have been off medication for 3 years. Just before Christmas my psychologist (who I have been worki

Something’s not rightCreated 8 years ago

Dunks | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Feeling fragile after a bad day but I am still here ... just!

Today has been a bad day and yet I have survived even though I feel totally depleted right now. It takes so much energy to be constantly caring, understanding, patient and calm. I feel tonight like I just need some silence and some space. The noise

Friends, families and carersCreated 8 years ago

Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 8 years ago

Carers: Small new forum feature coming on Friday

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Social SpacesCreated 8 years ago

s-jay | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Carers: Small new forum feature coming on Friday

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Social spaceCreated 8 years ago

s-jay | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Small new forum feature coming on Friday

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Social spaceCreated 8 years ago

Claire79 | New Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Very worried about my son

My 21 year old son has Aspergers and a mild intellectual disability. He has been bullied badly in the past and has trouble making decent friends. I went away to work for 2 weeks and when I got home he wasn’t home either. I got a phone call from him the da

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Atmosphere | New Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Feeling empty

Hi everyone, I just joined and made my first post but I'm just looking for some support from my fellow people going through this. I'm in a transitional point in my life after the breakdown of a job, relationship, living situation and several deaths in the

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JaneD | New Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Trigger: possible child sex abuse

I have always had symptoms of depression and anxiety as long as I can remember. Especially health anxiety and phobias. I was so scared each night and wouldn’t sleep because I thought there were monsters until I was a teenager, and even then I needed a lig

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Zoe7 | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

What makes you happy?

Today is World Happiness Day so I thought it would be good to ask ourselves and each other What Makes Us Happy? There is so much sadness, grief and unhappiness that currently surrounds us or has surrounded us in our struggles with our Mental Health

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