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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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Jonty8 | Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Don't know how to deal with life. Don't know where to turn.

Hi, This is the first time posting here. I'm a man in my early 30's and I have social anxiety and quite severe and persistant depression. Up until early October last year, I was living with my Dad. My Dad unfortunately passed away suddenly in h

Something’s not rightCreated 8 years ago

Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 8 years ago

Depression after respite

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Social SpacesCreated 8 years ago

Sapphire | New Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Depression after respite

Hi Guys, This is my first post so I hope I am doing this right, a hopefully can get some feedback. I guess firstly I'm a 24 year of female looking after my father who is in his 70's, suffering from terminal cancer and an array of other

Social spaceCreated 8 years ago

LoneyGirl | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

I’m sick of being crazy

A little about myself, I have spent most of my adult life in and out of hospital with a number of different diagnoses which never quite fit the bill, 2 years ago I was diagnosed with BPD which I think has been the closest fit for me so far. Since this dia

Something’s not rightCreated 8 years ago

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 8 years ago

Not a real person

I’m not a real person. I’m a bad person. I shouldn’t be alive. How can I go on knowing I’m so bad I’m not real? Why was I created only to fail? What do I do now?

Something’s not rightCreated 8 years ago

Ticker | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Peer group meeting?

Hi, iHi, I was talking to a counsellor about my 24 daughter who has struggled with anxiety and depression for 10 years. She suggested a peer group meeting to openly discuss her issues with others may be some benefit. Any lea

Friends, families and carersCreated 8 years ago

OneofUs | Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Social stigma and self care

Hi all, I am new here and this is the reason I have joined. I had read some information on my diagnosis (PTSD) that informed that isolation was bad. I did not want to be bad, so I tried to be social over the Australia day long weekend. I live in a very sm

Recovery ClubCreated 8 years ago

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Learninggrowing | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Hello! Here for some advice & support

I'm here on this forum to hopefully find some suggestions on how to deal with anxiety and withdrawal symptoms from reducing my antidepressant. I feel being distracted by things, activities etc will help take my mind off my mind 🤯 I like arts a

Our storiesCreated 8 years ago

Ayisha | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

CPTSD and Anger

Hi everyone I have extreme anger problems. Can anyone suggest how to effectively address this crucifying symptom? Thanks Ayisha

Our storiesCreated 8 years ago

Audrey | Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Looking for some information :)

Hello everyone - hope you are well 🙂 I have been doing some reading on the impact of prolonged stress on a person and have found the following pieces of information: "Experience changes the brain. The more a particular part of the brain is

Friends, families and carersCreated 8 years ago

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