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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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BAO7 days ago

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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Taali4 weeks ago

Morning Greetings!

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Co-design & Research4 weeks ago

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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outlander | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Stubborn

ok so im always trying my best to keep up with everything and being a carer and trying to do all of it isnt easy as im sure you guys understand.But one things thats getting me if my pops stubbornessits like anything I say goes in one ear and out the other

Friends, families and carersCreated 9 years ago

utopia | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Struggling with not drinking

Hi Forum family.Think today is day 13 without a drink. And the urge is pretty intense right now.I spent 11 days in a Private Psych Facility. The first 24 hours I was a bit shaky. But after that I was okay. No urge to drink when I was in hospital. There we

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Phoenix_Rising | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Calm body, calm brain

Hi all, Over the past few days I've been thinking a lot about the idea of focusing more on calming my body, than calming my brain. I am wondering if we spend way too much time focused on trying to calm the mind (e.g. mindfulness) or challenge "faulty" or

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 9 years ago

A bad night. ( Ramble)

Tonight is a bad night, and sick with the certainty that the stars are going out, and my life will never be any better than broken and empty, I feel small. Small and alone. Though somehow I feel even smaller on the inside. As cliches pour through my

Our storiesCreated 9 years ago

Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Quitting Psychiatry

I have decided i am done with all of it especially the medictions ever since i started them i have only felt worse i think they may even be causing my problems. so i have decided to tell my treatment team that i am no longer going to be seeing them but ho

Recovery ClubCreated 9 years ago

NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Falling off the deep end

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Something’s not rightCreated 9 years ago

Unknown user | Member | Last message 9 years ago

problems uploading profile pictures

Hi @NikNiki just tried to change my profile pic and have come up with the li-this error others have experienced. @Former-Member and I think @Mazarita have experienced it too. Heres a screen shot. I'm hopping it's ok to

Events and updatesCreated 9 years ago

Magneto | Contributor | Last message 6 years ago

Protecting one from themselves - credit rating

My wife of 27 years has a serious mental illness, doctors have diagnosed as organic psychosis along with other complications. While in the manic phase, all hell breaks loose. Offensive and reckless behaviour, spending out of control etc. Usually ends in v

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 9 years ago

anxiety

I'd like to talk about anxiety, how it affects others. Today abc online news featured Craig Allan story about the anxiety in his life, how its affected his work and relationships and how he's managed:http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-16/abc-canberra-n

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Millie93 | Casual Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Recently diagnosed with bipolar 2

Hi everyone, I live in a different country and I recently found this website via a local website.I'm 23 and recently got diagnosed with bipolar about a mouth ago, I pushed and pushed for a year to be seen by someone because I knew it wasn't just depressed

Our storiesCreated 9 years ago

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