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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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BAO6 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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Snowdrop | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

A depressive, their behaviour and lack of friends - connection

I am trying to approach another of my sons problems from a different angle. As those who have read my other story will know I have a son who suffers from depression and anxiety. He has a couple of aquantainces but no friends - and so I am the one who he c

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Smc | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

D.I.D....

Wanting to know if there's anyone else in this group caring for someone with D.I.D.?We've got a family member with a very "crowded" internal world of multiple personalities. This goes along with compulsive behaviours, phobias, social anxiety, derealisatio

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vmainard40 | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Between a rock and hard place

I have been around here lately since I have been really busy. With my job as a carer for my mother and brother and working in supermarket and just before Christmas that is a lot of fun.The main reason I haven't been here is that I have been really busy wi

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notmyrealname1 | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

When BPD keeps kicking you.

I'm 35, been diagnosed with BPD for the last four years, in DBT for the last 15 months. This may sound like a crap story but I need to get it out and l don't want to have to talk to lifeline. I saw my psyche yesterday and I was in a reasonably good space.

Our storiesCreated 10 years ago

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over1t | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

I need help and don't know what to do...

HiI'm not sure what to do. I have a psyciarist but she is on holidays at the moment and I really don't feel that well.I have bipolar and I'm hallucinating. I don't want to do to a public hospital as the experience is terrible.I'm not sure I ca

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Dothemo | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Does this sound like an OCD symptom?

Hi folks,I think I have mentioned in previous posts that I suffer from OCD as well as anxiety. Well all these celebrity deaths of late I think have triggered me somewhat.I keep worrying that I won't make it to 2017, there's no evidence for this at all but

Something’s not rightCreated 10 years ago

Unknown user | Member | Last message 10 years ago

Carrie Fisher & MI

CARRIE FISHER & BIPOLAR DISORDER<br>When Carrie Fisher passed away at age 60 (2016), she left behind a legacy of being one of the first and most vocal Hollywood celebrities and actors to speak openly about mental illness. Specifically, Fisher ba

Our storiesCreated 10 years ago

Appleblossom | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Do We have Two Brains?

Model 1 - Upstairs - Downstairs Brain - good for childrenDan Siegal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0T_2NNoC68Model 2 - Limbic - Frontal Cortex - better for grown upsJohn Rigg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Pg4K1ZKws Not just Left R

Useful resourcesCreated 10 years ago

Unknown user | Member | Last message 10 years ago

Flower confused & back

Hi all,I'm so sorry to keep leaving the forum and coming back. Yes I need you all and I need this forum.If I had to put my last year in one word it would be CONFUSED. Never in my life have I made so many irrational decisions or spend such an amount of tim

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Janna | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Anxiety and Depression

My teenage son has major depressive disorder and social anxiety disorder. To date nothing has been able to help him, other than stabilise him. As a mother/carer I struggle to understand his illness because I've never had it. Getting my h

Friends, families and carersCreated 10 years ago

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