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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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melbournegirl | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Panic

Hi everyone, I have been intermittently using saneforums, particularly on the social forums but lately I haven't been online so much. I'm yet to open up about my "story" but I thought this evening I could start somewhere. I have b

Something’s not rightCreated 9 years ago

Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

PLEASE PLEASE help me i am very scared!

I am in an absolute panic right now and i have been trying to calm down all day i saw my psychiatrist and he said i didnt have many good opptions left as far as meds go and now i am very scared because he said my next options were likely TMS or ECT and i

Something’s not rightCreated 9 years ago

Jaz4 | Casual Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

Coping with social anxiety

Hi all,I’m new here and thought this looks like I great way to engage with people who might be going through similar things. I’ve had anxiety for most of my life - social anxiety and generalised but have also been diagnosed with OCD in the past year (just

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qsin | Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

I think my treating team hates me.

I used to go to a youth health service but my time ran out there and now I'm in the adult mental health system. While I wasn't expecting the same "service" I didn't realise how terrible it is. Since October I've seen them maybe once a month and I haven't

Something’s not rightCreated 9 years ago

Unknown user | Member | Last message 9 years ago

Wrong planet

Hello all,I still remember the moments where I consciously let my life in a different direction. And walked the path I was supposed to. This is not my life. I somehow ended up on the wrong planet. All my life I’ve been prescribed how to be and what to do,

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Friendconnect | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

Caffiene and mental health

Hello EveryoneI am starting a new thread to encourage self and others keep off the daily caffiene routine/addiction.Sharing a link just to give a bit of background:http://caffeineandyou.com/caffeine-and-mental-health/ Request everyone to share their

Recovery ClubCreated 9 years ago

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 8 years ago

My journey

@Former-Member It's pretty hard when I do eventually open upI remember what happened when I did prior then too a longgggg time ago. I was attacked!!! I am attacking everyoneHence my song the other day on a music thread.I don't expect responses and I don't

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LJC1 | Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Disordered eating and psychosis

Leading up to a psychotic episode, I experienced disordered eating for about three years. Now that I don’t have an eating disorder, I feel all of these intense, anxious emotions.Has anyone else had a similar experience? Does recovery from an eating disord

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LJC1 | Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

A mothers anxiety

Hi all,I have another thread asking questions about postpartum psychosis but feel i didn’t cover majority of what I wanted to ask/say.I am wondering if any mothers out there suffer from debilitating anxiety with their babies? I have three children (6,4 an

Our storiesCreated 9 years ago

perseverer | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

If I don't get help, a tragedy is going to happen

I haven't posted in a while because I have had so little free time between dealing with the family's mental health problems and working full time. Things are not going well and continue to deteriorate. We are at a greater crisis point than we have e

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