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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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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

In my 40s feeling no hope

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Jak33 | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

In my 40s feeling no hope

Hi, I found this forum during my extensive search for help for people with MI in my situation. I am in my 40's with BPD, PTSD, ADHD and MD. I had a well paying job in the Public service then took a redundancy and started my own business. Crashed and burne

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PAL | Casual Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

PTSD has ruined my life

I was a successful professional but due to suffering PTSD in my last job I am now on the shelf. I am nearly 50 and cant work. I am running out of money. I dont know what to do to get motivated I dont even want to get out of bed in the morning. I've been l

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Bimby2 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Our experience and stories

It is, it seems, the social norm to present a 'coping well' face to friends and family when one is far fromthis situation. Find it hard to express my feelings as most people think I'm strong and independent. Doother forum members find it difficult to expr

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Flower88 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Anxiety

I am facing horrible anxiety and vertigo issues which I'm getting help on (vertigo issue is pppd) At the moment I'm going through a I don't want to socialise with anyone. My family are quite close and at the moment I have asked for some time to myself as

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Bast | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Pretending to be fine

Hi all Pretending to be fine is an acquired skill, developed to keep people from characterising you and preventing the never ending 'ambushes' that just add to your distress. I have now placed myself in the unreal and 'faking' it category to prevent

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Tiki | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Med experience

Hello, I'm just wanting to know what people's experience with meds has been. Does the washed out feeling get any better ?

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 10 years ago

Please help

I wake up every morning feeling the same. No amount of sleep changes how I feel right now. I have been like this for almost 6 months. I have a long term history of depression. And suffering a severe relapse. My psychiatrist of almost 6 years not caring at

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Decadian | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

The Anniversary

It's 30 years today since my son took his own life in Juvenile Detention I have been in Canberra on holidays for the last few days - flying home late this afternoon It is been a good break - really great hotel - I saw the War Memorial - my reaso

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ta_ | New Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Ups and downs

I can't really remember how I came across this site but I liked the idea of having a way to share what you're feeling and hearing from others without physically needing to be in the space. Something I continually struggle with is the ups and downs. H

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