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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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BAO5 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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karen1 | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Our Story

Hi all, I am new here and feeling somewhat overwhelmed with all, so I am sharing my story to try and relieve some of the anxiety I face daily as a lived experiences carer and hopefully hear from others who can relate. Each day the one fear that

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Bimby2 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Had a not so good week

Trying to be positive with my thought patterns but not having much success. Depression/anxiety seemsto 'dog' me and I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions? Bimby2 Please guide me as towhat I have written that you consider needs removing. I'm

Our storiesCreated 10 years ago

BamBam | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Social impairment and psychosis

Hi Just wondering if anyone has seen any of the ABC shows on brain training for people with serious mental illness. Apparantly one of the things psychosis affects is the social part of our brain. I knew it was common for people with psychosis to be s

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PattyK | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

1st time talking public

Hi All,ok here goes ...Here is my story ... I'm sharing this in the hope of some support and feedback as I really struggle to openly talk about my problems outside of my treating doctor. This means I'm not great at openly talking about how I am really fee

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insomnibus | New Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

not in control

I have this experience where I feel like I'm watching myself live through my own eyes. It's like a movie. I'm watching myself make choices and most of them are pretty damn sensible, but some of them are frightenenly uncharacteristic/damaging, yet eas

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Is it mental illness, or just mean-ness?

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Mish | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Is it mental illness, or just mean-ness?

My father has reently been hospitalised for the 3rd time for mental illness. Previously depression, and now psychosis. This is the first time it has been involuntary. I am struggling with this immensely, and wonder if i made the right decision to schedule

Friends, families and carersCreated 10 years ago

Mish | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Has anyone ever had to schedule someone they love, under the mental health act?

My father has been struggling with mental illness for a long time. He believes he can look after himself, but he can't. He stopped showering, caring for himself, was angry all the time, started developing conspiracy theories and showed some very aggressiv

Friends, families and carersCreated 10 years ago

BlueBay | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Mental illness and menopause

I was wondering how do others on here cope with menopause and mental illness.I am sure (no positive) that I am going through peri-menopause (50 yrs old) and I find that my moods and depression is 100 times worse when I'm at that cycle. I get very up

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 10 years ago

Doubts

Ever since I started this journey I felt like I wanted to go back in time and never do that first step to seek help. I don't feel in control of my life anymore and I am over the effects medication has on me. I feel like I got caught in a spider web and fr

Something’s not rightCreated 10 years ago

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