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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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Asf | New Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Sick and tired of being sick and tired

Bpd i feel the depression is getting worse and impacting my life in a major way, i have 3 children i never want to do anything i just want to stay at home or just sleep, im not doing as much around the house cause i just dont want too, i often think how m

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S12 | Casual Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

BPD

I think I have Borderline Personality Desorder and as I get older it affects my life and the people around me more to worse. Pushing people away, feeling more lonely and misunderstood than ever. I know I need to do a therapy but every time I tried I feel

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Mimm | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Does it ever change?

Hey,Sorry for posting again. Sort of feel like a bit of a bother. I just can't seem to shake my negative thoughts. I know that it's not going to change overnight. However before I use to have a day or so in between where my thoughts were okay. However lat

Something’s not rightCreated 10 years ago

BlueBay | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Smell is triggering

Can anyone help me?Lately I have been smelling cigarette smoke but there is no one smoking. The smell was in my room last night and it triggers one of the abusers. I can smell it so clearly and it reminds me of one of the guys. The smell

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Arjay | Senior Contributor | Last message 6 years ago

I'd post but cannot see my posts!

I have posted a couple of times and replied a few times but don't see my posts can anyone help?

Events and updatesCreated 10 years ago

tobeornottobe | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Terrifying mood swings

Hello, my first time here. I've suffered depression/anxiety all my adult life, am 42. The last couple of months it's much worse. Up and down with depression, anxiety and churning thoughts. But the swings are phenomenal. Yesterday I felt good, did some hou

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Pusskat | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Re: Menopause & depression

I am going through menopause and have been for 8 years. I have night sweats and mood swings and depression where I want to die but would never do it again as tried when I was 15 and know yes your pain will end but is worse for your loved ones. I can't go

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Learninggrowing | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Dealing with PMDD

Does anyone else out there experience this?I get bad anxiety in the few days leading up to my period then bam all.of a sudden a day or two before I get really badly depressed. I get suicidal, I have extreme low moods, crazy angry thoughts. I couldn't care

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_75 | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Dunno what to do

A friend of mine told me about these forums, and I thought I would highlight our struggle at the moment.My 18 year old son has been battling serious depression for more than 4 years. At age 15 he was hospitalised for 2 weeks following several self harm at

Friends, families and carersCreated 10 years ago

jayskette | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Yes or no to starting family?

Hi All, hopefully I am asking this question in the correct forum. We are at odds about whether we should start a family. We both have MI and a family history of MI. If we do, there is a very high chance the baby may have schizophrenia, anxiety and bipolar

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