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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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Unknown user | Member | Last message 7 years ago

Depression Dementia Dad

Is Dementia Mental Illness? It's a disease of the mind so i'm hoping i still belong here. If not for that - today at the DR he was asked if he gets depression - dad answered "yes I do get depressed" It's hard to read with dad's early vascular dementia.Aro

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The-red-centaur | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Sorry

I've been really unwell lately.I kinda stopped taking my meds (you'd think I know I need them by now) and let's say what was going was psychosis (even though I'm sure it's real, but that's another argument for another day)The psychosis was really bad and

Something’s not rightCreated 9 years ago

NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Where is a facility that treats dual diagnosis: drug addiction and mental illness?

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Greenfinger | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Where is a facility that treats dual diagnosis: drug addiction and mental illness?

Hello to all you brave battlers. I too feel brave most of the time, but feeling a little battle weary going into this next round. My daughter is in her late thirties and has been in and out of hospital over the past four and half years. Similar to a

Friends, families and carersCreated 9 years ago

merri | Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

elderly mother recently diagnosed as bipolar

Hi, I am new to this group and I have joined to seek some help in how to cope with my mum. My mother has always had mood swings but they have become very intense in the last five years. She is 91 and completely denies she is bipolar - all her life she has

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Lemonjuice | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Dreaded Wednesday is here.

Hi, The dreaded Wednesday has arrived. Follow a day in the life of this POS and then give me a reason not to end her.Sorry...not deleting anything. The above is an alter. I'm safe...don't worry. Sitting next to my mother watching tv and writing this. I'm

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Zoe7 | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Lunar Eclipse Party

Tonight there will be a blood moon, ablue moon and a total lunar eclipse so we thought it would be a great excuse for another forum party Below are the approximate times to view all these three in the major cities around Australia...MELBOUR

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Lemonjuice | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Not sleeping.

Hi, Can't sleep. School starts for my nephew tomorrow so it's an early start. I have to go to the mechanic to register my car and I am not sure it will pass inspection. Then I am going to go to park at the river. I want some quiet and alone time. I know t

Something’s not rightCreated 9 years ago

aja675 | Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

How do I get to the point of, "So it's true. Now what?"

'Cause sometimes when a fear is actually true, I've sometimes gotten to the point of acceptance. This time, I couldn't exactly do that, but I wish I could.

Something’s not rightCreated 9 years ago

MoonGal | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

I want to change my name in real life

I had an amazing day last week when I went to a day class for writers. I learned a lot and came away buzzing with all sorts of ideas for writing projects. I want to create a site that has my writing on it, instalments of a book I am writing and poetry, sh

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