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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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Maple | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

How can you get financial help when you find yourself without an income?

I am certain my husband has Bipolar but not yet diagnosed. Or else he hasnt told me. He is currently in a very depressive phase and has not worked for a year. Initially his idea was to take some long service leave after working long hard hours for over 10

Friends, families and carersCreated 10 years ago

sybill07 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

helpful articles

hiapologies if these have been posted before, but my goodness they are resonating with me at the moment so thought i would share. v helpful re centrelink forms too! wish I'd known this last year.... http://www.queenslandmentalhealth.com/caring-f

Friends, families and carersCreated 10 years ago

Acquired_taste | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Something to remember.

I just wanted to put a post up to remind everyone on here that you are all important too. I know in our lives we get into rescuing and caring roles for others or have been told but someone in our family, work or school that we are only allowed to have wha

Recovery ClubCreated 10 years ago

Ayet | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Enlighten needed

This morning I woke up feeling hopeless. Then, I started comaparing my life to my friends, they have their own houses, I don't. Theya have husbands that provided them well. I have a good husband he pay the rent and I pay the groceries, and all the bills i

Our storiesCreated 10 years ago

howdoihelp | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

When to get help

I have a friend who is going through the most terrible time in his life. He has deep depression, anxiety and says he thinks he's suffering PTSD. He often, over the last couple of weeks, says to me that he wants to die/harm himself. He refuses medication a

Friends, families and carersCreated 10 years ago

MissES | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Feeling low 😢

Just wanted to let someone anyone know that I'm feeling really alone right now. Everyone I know (including my husband) has gone to GF... I feel like a freak and I know I'm left out because I have bipolar...., sorry, but I just feel really sad.... I even c

Something’s not rightCreated 10 years ago

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lightwork | New Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Where to from here?

Hello all, I am new to the site and have spent the last couple of days reading through all your stories and experiences. I'm a 31yo male that moved in with my friend about 18 months ago. She is a single mum and was struggling to manage the day to day stre

Friends, families and carersCreated 10 years ago

Tigga19 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

nervous

This is ridiculous. My 2 wonderful children have been with their father for 9 days and in 1/2 an hour I will be collecting them and I am incredibly nervous. We are awfully close and I know my 10 year old will throw herself into my arms, my 8 year ol

Social spaceCreated 10 years ago

Unknown user | Member | Last message 10 years ago

Needing to chat, to anyone, about anything.

I've got friends coming over soon and I'm so anxious about it.Arrgghhh! Why do I get so anxious about everything and everyone! I hate hosting events.Anyone want to chat about the weather to distract me?

Our storiesCreated 10 years ago

Blitter2016 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Bipolar and deciding to stay single

Since I was a kid I knew something was wrong. I've always wanted friends and yet never been able to hang onto them. Primary school, high school, my first two jobs, I never fitted in, couldn't quite relate, was always that little bit different. Being a red

Our storiesCreated 10 years ago

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