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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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Bunniekins | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

emails you would like to send to your doctor

Dear Dr Thank you for seeing me today I wasn't expecting it, it was a very nice surprise. What I haven't been able to articulate until now is how much I want to be punished for what I have done. I don't know how that will be fixed to be honest but

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Queenie | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Life fails!

So I've been feeling utterly low of late and desperately trying the fake it til you make it thing again. I am thinking of dropping out of college and giving up on my uni dreams. I haven't been to class at all this week (and now have no classes until next

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Lemonjuice | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

News item on therapies and benefits.

Just saw this and thought people might be interested or concerned. https://theaimn.com/australian-psychological-society-medicare-review-submission-betrays-members-and-clients/

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Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 8 years ago

Topic Tuesday // Understanding Mindfulness // Tues 25 Sep, 7pm AEDT

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 8 years ago

Topic Tuesday // Understanding Mindfulness // Tues 25 Sep, 7pm AEDT

For this Topic Tuesday, we thought we would revisit a coping strategy that is spoken about a lot these days - mindfulness. The practice of mindfulness can help us to maintain our wellbeing and manage overwhelming and stressful times, however it ca

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 8 years ago

Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

For this Topic Tuesday, SANE Help Centre Manager @Former-Member, will be facilitating a discussion that looks at loneliness, how it feels, your thoughts and experiences. This is a topic that comes up a lot for members and with the help of the forum

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bonty04 | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

A listening Ear.

Hi All, First time discussion poster! Life has been pretty difficult over the past few years. My fiance of 7 years has been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, bipolar and now of more recent BPD. It has taken me years to obtain a diagnosis

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Maggie | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Dissociation

he Brain in Defense Mode: How Dissociation Helps Us SurviveApril 29, 2015 • By Anastasia Pollock, LCMHC, Posttraumatic Stress Topic Expert Contributorprofile portrait with brain explosion fragmentsAccording to Ross and Halpern (2011), there are several de

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Sehnsucht | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Semantics of ableism.

Call it anxiety, and sympathisers nod, are forgiving, may even help.Call it paranoia, dare to be honest about how fearful I am, and those sympathisers quickly turn enemies. Turn fearful of me.Heaven forbid I don't make my experience palatable to the masse

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-Rayne- | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

bad space

we're in a bad bad place tonight. been waiting for qlife for 45 mins and still nobody available. our gf who is also trans got some bad health news 3 days ago. we dont really even no how bad because she wouldnt tell us. we think that she thnks its goi

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