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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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Unknown user | Member | Last message 6 years ago

60 tips for helping people who have schizophrenia

60 tips for helping people who have schizophrenia from schizophrenia.comhttp://www.schizophrenia.com/family/60tip.html

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Aunica | New Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

A Bad Experience - Why did this happen?

To give context, I'm a 22 y.o. Woman diagnosed with Depression and Social Anxiety. I have two phobias, one of men, which is more of a workable fear, and one of dolls. I have other things that I think I might have but this experience kind of stopped me wan

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 10 years ago

keeping younger siblings and kids amused

alright so i started this thread so its easy for me and others to find and useid love to hear what sort of things you do to keep kids and younger siblings amusedill share mine too@Former-Member @CheerBear @Former-Member @Former-Member

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JamesBluntus | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

How to get someone to open up?

On Friday, my friend posted a status on Facebook that indicated to me that she was depressed, and when she does that, it's one of my warning signs. So I messaged her asking her if she wanted to talk, and she said the standard "I'm fine" with a sad face.

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JamesBluntus | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

QUESTION: Can providing TOO MUCH support encourage depression? (PLEASE READ TOPIC)

Now, please understand here, I myself have minor depression, so I know what it's like when someone says "Oh you're just lazy" so I am not suggesting that everyone with depression is faking and please understand that I am not the greatest wordsmith and can

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Egret | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Emotional pain

Hi everyone,I'm new to these forums, and thought I would join as I wanted to see if anyone has had a similar experience to what I am currently going through. I haven't been able to find much information that sounds similar to how I am feeling.As a li

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garyking | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

On SSRI and Anti Psychotic medication

Hi guys bit new to here.I recently saw my doctor who is a psychiatrist. He is aware of my mental issues and challenges that I am facing. However he recently also prescribed me anti psychotic on top of SSRI that I have been taking. These medications has ma

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Evie1 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Everyday is a battle to live

I must fight to live suicide wants my life I have to fight and not let suicide take my life there I times I don't wanna live I fear hospitals and I'm a young youth aged person

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Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Really paranoid

i am sorry i am posting so much but i need some support. i am super paraniod at the moment and i cant make it stop. i literally think there is someone out to get me who is watching me and waiting to hurt me i have also started to hear things again. i am r

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Bellaswan | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Bipolar and voices? Anyone?

Ive struggled with mental illness all my life. Ill be 40 next week and in the last 4 years have been under the care of a psychiatrist and psychiatric nurse trialling medications and hoping they'll work.In the last 6 months Ive had my diagnosis changed fro

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