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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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Elin | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

How MAD are you? Number 2. Outcomes.

Forgive me but I am just going to rave on a bit here, read at your own risk:I don't know whether I need to release hidden anger, be annoyed, express bewilderment, fear and or a big X-factor i.e. something unknown.I just had the o

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Adge | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 months ago

Self-Care with major Physical illnesses

Hi @Former-Member This is an old post - it explains how medical neglect by Drs (doing no scans or tests) ended with me in hospital - the direct cause of my 1st emergency bowel surgery.I have no current GP, since mine left (months ago) - will need to find

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 8 years ago

Help

So my housemate has a friend she is worried about so has invited her over. Last week or so I have had trouble keeping my self positive and failing to distract my self from destructive ideation have sh 2 days ago. I have told no one I am struggling.Th

Something’s not rightCreated 8 years ago

Queenie | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

I don't understand people.

First and foremost I want to reiterate I am NOT entertaining suicidal thoughts. This is not a cry for help or attention seeking behaviour, its just an observation I've made over time. I don't understand people. People routinely emotionally abuse one

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MaryJane | New Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Not able to help anymore

I have been supporting my daughter with phychosis for the last 2 years but now only get frustrated, resentful and angry with her so am not help to her anymore. Any suggestions.

Friends, families and carersCreated 8 years ago

Ella_88 | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Living with a partner who has bipolar

My partner has bipolar and chronic anxiety and I’m really struggling with it at the moment. his health as deteriorated as I have got pregnant. I think the deterioration is related to the fact that he lost his job and enrolled in a uni course which

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Nay69 | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

My truth

I am an alcoholic and I am severely depressed 😔i cannot rely on family as they don’t know and don’t care anyway. My husband and daughter sense that there is something wrong but I admit it to them because I feel that I have failed them. Just telling you is

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Nay69 | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Good Evening xoxo

@Former-Member@faith-and-hope@Sophia1@boot Jist wanted to say 👋. I am pretty proud of myself today because I finally got the courage to watch the filming of my beautiful dads funeral service... it may sound morbid but it’s a journey that I

Social spaceCreated 8 years ago

bluedog | Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

not sure what to do

HI everyone, This is my first post so please bare with me. Six months ago I started to loose the plot and was voluntarily placed in a mental health facility where I was diagnosed with auditory hallucinations. After a few days I was releas

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artistmom | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

I’m new, searching for support - my story

Hello all. I’m a new friend from America and am so happy to have found this carers forum from you all in Australia. No matter where we are from we all have one thing in common, we have a loved one suffering with mental illness. My husband and I frequently

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