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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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bekette | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Schizophrenic Baby Brother, I Am Grieving

My brother was taken to a hospital today, and I am grieving.I love my family. I love my brothers. I'm 29, and my youngest brother is 26.He's always been very different. He was diagnosed with dyslexia at age 4, and struggled to make it through school. He a

Friends, families and carersCreated 9 years ago

olyris | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Hi from olyris

Hello all, Just signed up, this forum looks like just the thing I wanted - to figure out more about voices and what to do. Does anybody have voices that affect them by touch? I get beings touching my face thru my own hands when I wake up in the morning. T

Our storiesCreated 9 years ago

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

a subject line

I haven’t been on sane for what seems like ages. I confess, I forgot it existed. Now I remember and I’ve come back at 1:30am, afraid to sleep.There are new boards and everything. I like that.I’m here at this time because I’m afraid to sleep. I have DID, P

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Queenie | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Peer-operated recovery centres

Hi everyone, Next Monday I check into a peer-run recovery centre for a week. I am just wondering if anyone out there in forum land ever been to one? I am more than a little nervous about what to expect really. I'd appreciate your opinions both the good/th

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Broken1 | Casual Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Broken

Hi, new here and have been reading lots of your stories and hope at some stage to provide some positive support to others but I'm not in a place to do that with genuine confidence right now, other than pure commiseration. I am awaiting several weeks for t

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 8 years ago

Snack attack!

So as 3pm hit us....we couldn't resist a snack and today @NikNik led myself and @Former-Member down her deep nutella path and we have found ourselves with a cookie sandwiched with nutella stack. I thought we could have a little

Social spaceCreated 9 years ago

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Violacorso | Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Schizoaffective and Pregnancy

Women with mental disorders and carrying a healthy baby. How did you manage with tapering off medication in order to fall pregnant, if possible without medication?

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Zoe7 | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Forum Etiquette (Netiquette)

This thread topic has come about through a discussion I have been having with @NikNik over some time. So what is Netiquette?Netiquette is short for ‘internet etiquette’. It is a code of good behaviour on the Internet. Netiquette covers rules to maintain c

Events and updatesCreated 9 years ago

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Borobi | Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

A question (or two)

Hi friends. I am new to this forum. I have lived with depression on and off for the past 14 years. While I no doubt have a genetic disposition to depresison, the major triggers to my depressed episodes have been significant li

Our storiesCreated 9 years ago

Saarne | Casual Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Feeling like I've run out of treatment options.

I don't know where to look next as it feels like I have exhausted all my treatment options. I know hopelessness is a hallmark of depression, but I really have tried a lot. I have done courses in CBT, DBT and mindfulness, and I really tried. I've seen so m

Something’s not rightCreated 9 years ago

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