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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

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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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Whiteknight | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Acceptance of your mental illness

In the 1980’s mini series “the Bangkok Hilton” (Nicole Kidman) there is a prisoner that made this short story famous.A Scorpion wanted to cross a river. He had no means to do so. Then he saw a frog near the riverbank. He asked the frog if he could carry h

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 8 years ago

A smile doesn't necessarily mean I'm okay..

Hi all, SANE Australia recently shared a peice of writing about Declan's with his mental illness and his coping mechanism of hiding it. He say's 'one of the biggest coping mechanisms was hiding it from other people. If I'm struggling with feeling do

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j92 | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Depressed partner broke up because of trust issue

Hi all, I was with my girlfriend for almost 4 months, she was very possessive and insecure, she got jealous if my female friends comment or liked my post. We got into arguments many times because of this, I tried to reason with her those likes o

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utopia | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Chest Pain and Anxiety

Disclosure / Warning: always get checked out if you have chest pain.Hello everyone. As some of you may know I have Major Depression. I also have Anxiety. Although mine is very mild and no longer requires any medication. Most of the time

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Kel7 | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Feeling stuck..

Hi everyone <br>I am really stuck at the moment. Struggling big time and my psychologist is currently away oversees and my psychiatrist is sick in hospital and out of work for a while.. <br>I have been diagnosed with anxiety and depression a f

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Whiteknight | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Sleep

Psychiatrists have repeatedly told me to get 8 hours minimum sleep daily. So several years ago I underwent a sleep study. This involved an overnight stay in a major Melbourne hospital with several wires stuck on my chest and head.The result was medium sle

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Jackie1 | New Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Anxiety is ruining my life

Hey there. not sure where to start, I have had a very traumatic life that has involved parent neglect and another just up and leaving, a very abusive 12 year relationship, a chronic illness and the loss of two very close people to horrific tragic incident

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MoonGal | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

A beautiful problem

Hello forumy friends and neighbours,It has been a while since I posted, so much has happened in my life and I have been reeling with it all. Seems strange to say that my Total and Permanent Disability claim (via super insurance) being won and paid out wou

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Isabella_d | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Not isolating .. just .... safe...

Hi everyone, I am new to this site, however diagnosed with BPD in 2014 and it felt ... right. Unfortunately. Lol. I have fought and fought for BPD not to rule my life and I am mainly succeeding. I think. But. A week ago I got a shock when my psycchologist

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Whiteknight | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Worry and anxiety

The older I've got the more I realise how anxiety comes from all directions. Hypothetically if all people were gone from the world and there was only you left, would you be anxious? Sure we'd be lonely but anxious? These would be the things we'd be anxiou

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