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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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supportneeded | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Feeling Lonely

I'm 25 years old and I'm living in a small country town away from my family for work purposes. I have lived here for a while now and have fitted into the community and made some great friends.For some reason I am feeling extremely lonely at the moment. I

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Dfm04 | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Alive but dead inside

Tired of life tired of just existing tired of being alone tired of trying to dig myself out of my hole tired of doctors tired of hospitals tired of trying to end it only to wake disappointed im still here tired of the thoughts in my head tired of being pa

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janedoe2 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

mania without depression...bi polar?

I've experienced mania without a depressive episode and I'm not sure if bi polar is the correct label. Does anyone know?

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shr | New Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Husband with depression

Hi, my husband has treatment resistant depression for two years now. I'm really struggling with the effects this is having on our relationship, the social isolation it is causing and just how I can stay with him if he has it for many years to come as he i

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Bipolar2016 | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Experience of having a mental illness

Over the past five years I have had the mental illness of bipolar disorder. I wanted to share some of the things that have happened to me as I feel they are totally wrong.In hospital I have had doctors try to discharge me when I was seriously unwell.I hav

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janedoe2 | Senior Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

CPTSD resolution

I recently learnt that ptsd can be resolved but I will always have memories. I have been searching for information about living life after treating ptsd and no longer having active symptoms. I don't get flashbacks with all the sensory overload that would

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janedoe2 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Feeling better

Recovering from doing intense weekly therapy over the last three weeks. Not intentionally involved with a doctor that does talking therapy. I was only after medication review and advice. I decided to cease treatment with that doctor and now have an appoin

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Career Chat // Vicarious trauma // Friday 22 July, 10am AEST

Vicarious trauma; what is it and are you at risk? Most people have never heard of vicarious trauma, but probably many of you have heard of "burn out" and maybe even "compassion fatigue". For those of us working in the helping industries there is a

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utopia | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

What books would you recommend

Hi everyone. I wonder if some of you could recommend any self help books. I'm working with my psychologist, but would like to help myself a bit more.My MI is depression and anxiety. I've never been great at coping with stress. I'm not sure I was ever real

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unknownlady | New Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

bipolar mother in law

I live with my bipolar mother in law. She had trauma In her life. I'm really angry with my decision i made to live with her. And now my husband and i feel we can't leave her. She gossips about me in ger language right in front of ne she thinks i dont unde

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