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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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DGoldman | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

How to make life decisions when diagnosed

Hi everyone my question is - how do you make big life decisions when you have a mental illness ? i’m not referring to decisions about health care in this case, I have to make a decision about a job. How do you know when your thoughts about the decis

Something’s not rightCreated 8 years ago

Nay69 | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Drinking already

I am feeling very unsettled and I’m drinking my anxiety away right now. My mr has hurt me emotionally to the point that I don’t know how to cope. I don’t want to feel like this anymore 💐@Faith-and-Hope @Sophia1@frog@boot and anyone else who cares

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saberur66 | New Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Step Sister Abuse

Hi, I have a step sister who is 30 years old (i am currently 23), who is not only verbally abusive but emotionally and physically as well. My father and her mother have failed to come to turns with her state of being in her younger years and failed

Friends, families and carersCreated 8 years ago

Queenie | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

I was promised and funded for support, so where is it?

I grow weary of this NDIS fiasco. Yes, I am thankful I received a package but disappointed nobody wants to support me. I've approached several (about 10) organisations and individual workers (on hire up) and nobody is interested in being my support worker

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Boo13 | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Any tips on how to help a loved one with the physical impacts of MI?

Hi, My teenage son has schizophrenia. He is doing really well at the momenta X I am so proud of him. My fear is the impact that his medication and illness has had on his physical health. Since July 2017, my son has put on nearly 3

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Sbs | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

My brother has paranoid schizophrenia and I’m terrified

Hi everyone, my brother has paranoid schizophrenia and I’m terrified for myself, my family and my brother. He isn’t dangerous to us, he actually tries to protect us. These voices he hears tell him to do horrible things and after a while of not complying t

Friends, families and carersCreated 8 years ago

CrazyJ | Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Loss of old friends

I have been coping with the way my bipolar has ruined so many friendships with me behind the wheel . I am currently confronted with the impending death of a teenage friends father. Upon hearing of his fathers illness I reached out to my old fr

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MileaP45 | Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Feeling lost

Hi all well I was on here a couple yrs ago but circumstances came up & I had to go. So I’m now 47, have multiple medical problems (PCOS, PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Barrett’s Disease, G.A.V.E), my latest battle was having surgery in November 2016, with

Our storiesCreated 8 years ago

Razzle | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Shingles AGAIN 😭😭

You know, because having it once a year isn’t enough. 😏😏 I had shingles 6 months ago, and after an itchy day yesterday and last night the tingling/burning started along with the rash. Quick trip to local hossie this morning, caught it in ti

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Anonymousi13 | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Parents

Let me start by writing the following, I’m not the perfect son, I did a lot of mistakes and to my knowledge I tried to fix and/or apologise for what I did. I’ve always been a happy bloke but recently I’ve been feeling like crap. I’m on the verg

Something’s not rightCreated 8 years ago

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