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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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Silenus | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 months ago

Writing As A Form Of Therapy

Hi all, I have found throughout the course of my life that writing has been a constant companion to me. It has provided me with a way to vent my frustrations, to grapple with the eternal verities of life that confound and delight me, to explore ideas and

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Silenus | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Coping Mechanisms and Wellness Strategies

Hi all,What I have been writing lately on BlueBoard and elsewhere seems to have changed slightly, just as my own journey to greater understanding of my bipolar has changed and evolved.I seem to have moved from primarily questioning and trying to understan

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Silenus | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 years ago

My Life With Bipolar

Hello everyone. I would just like to introduce myself, and give a little of my back story.I am diagnosed as bipolar type 2. My diagnosis followed a path that many people with bipolar will more than likely find familiar - initially I was diagnosed with dep

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Angels333 | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Advice about therapy

Hi saw my psychiatrist today and I didn't mention how I felt. He didn't go near the deep stuff we discussed on Friday. He just talked about my kids and focused on the positive side of things. I do feel a little bit better bu5 now I don't see him until Wed

Something’s not rightCreated 11 years ago

Unknown user | Member | Last message 10 years ago

New to bipolar

Hello,I'm in my 40s and have recently been diagnosed with bipolar depression. I have not been well for about a year now. I'm not sure what to make of this label and would just like to connect to people who live with bipolar and can share their experiences

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brockovich86 | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

HELP my head!!!

DID & PTSD suck!!!I am so confused I don't even know who I am. Who am I? What happened to me? I've switched so many times today my heads spinning.The psyc told me to stop digging for answers & triggering flashbacks (I know I shouldn't do it. I can

Our storiesCreated 11 years ago

BeeGee | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Hi, new here with dysthymia

Hi, I'm BeeGee and I thought I'd introduce myself and say hello.I'm a 49 year old guy, and I've returned to study for a life change after a career in IT. I "discovered" in 2014 that I suffer from dysthymia. I say "discovered", because looking back I think

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KitKat17 | New Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Marriage and Children for a person with schizophrenia

Hi, this is my first time posting to the forum but I am worried about my adult daughter who has schizophrenia and is marrying someone who also has schizophrenia soon. She is presently having a relapse and has never lived well with her illness for an

Friends, families and carersCreated 11 years ago

Unknown user | Member | Last message 11 years ago

phasing

hello, anyone awake? insomniac here. Every time i turn everything off i start phasing, it scares me as i've don weird things in this state. Wish i could sleep. Any 9 I'm.u

Our storiesCreated 11 years ago

etherial2 | Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

family off meds

I actually have 2 brothers diagnosed with paranoid psychoses (delusions). They are verbally aggressive & have push everyone away accept mum who enables them. Mum is a difficult person, an alcoholic recently diagnosed with slow growing terminal cancer.

Friends, families and carersCreated 11 years ago

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