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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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Cally | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Help is this really anxiety

Hi everybody thought i would give this a try im 50 suffer from anxiety for a long time does anybody else think there having a heart attack all the time i have pain in left arm and right sometimes chest discomfort went to er 3 times last year they told me

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Sahara | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Australian government centralizing all our health data (whether we like it or not!!)

Hello everyone, I've been away from Sane for a while due to my studies and overseas travel. Today, purely by accident, I discovered that the government is going to put all our heath care data in to one big file, so as doctors can easily access it. It will

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Janey208 | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Complex Shame

I grew up in a dysfunctional family. Alcoholic father, uninvolved mother. Married an extremely abusive man for 20 years. I have tried dealing with the underlying issues which affect my anxiety, depression and PTSD. Bit by bit I have be

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MoonGal | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

The incredible shrinking life

I awake every morning, sore and weary having tossed and turnedand dreamed of being a character in a playstation game, wandering about collectingtokens and using my wand to blast things out of the way.I spend too much time playing'obviously.I awa

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RPatty | New Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Depressed Girlfriend is pushing me away severely

Hi, im not very good at these. My girlfriend of two years has always struggled with severe anxiety and depression. She stopped taking medication for her depressive episodes before i met her, however this recent episode appears to be her worst, as in this

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MindfulGal | New Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

how do I NOT take it personally?

Hello. I'm new to this, and relatively new to the situation I find myself in recently - with a depressive partner. He "knows" he needs to do something to help himself, but he has yet to really be serious about it. In the meantime, it's like being in

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Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

I am scared that it is happening again.......

I am really scared things keep happening but I am having trouble remembering stuff and I keep spacing out for long periods of time like I will be sitting and then all of a sudden 2 hours have passed and I don't remember what happened and I don't know wher

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carebear2 | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Hi, Trying to connect to Schizophrenia sufferers in the Riverland

Hi,I am a Mum to my son who is almost 25 years old. He has been suffering with this illness since March of last year. He is on medication but it doesn't seem to work and every day, every minute of the day he has voices sreaming in his head.

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Jigsawpuzzler | Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Diagnosis

Just received my diagnosis today of schizoid affective disorder. My life feels such a waste. It appears those who have been moulding me into this damaged person have gotten away with it and living a unscathed life. Feeling really depresse

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Bluesky1 | Casual Contributor | Last message 6 years ago

Bi-polar and support strategies for families

My Dad is challenged with Bipolar disorder - has been for many many years. My Mum is amazing to have managed many challenges that this presents their relationship. We are seeing him sailing a manic high - have not seen this for many year

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