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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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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Career Chat // Cover letters and resumes // CLOSED

Hi everyone, This week's Career Chat is a practical one on writing cover letters and resumes / CVs. Writing cover letters and resumes are hard work and sometimes it's hard to know what to include and what not to include. Some employers ask to respo

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Maz | Casual Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Tired of trying to holding everything together

I thought i had it tough when my youngest child was diagnosed with autism but that was just the beginning. After years of working hard to get some behavioural improvements from him. I can say I have been successful. However. I now have a husband who is de

Friends, families and carersCreated 11 years ago

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Kato111 | Casual Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Planning for the future

HiI am new to this forum. My partner has pretty much been diagnosed with schizophrenia (paronoid schizophrenia I believe from my own research I have done he fits the bill). We have a 1 year old son. This just started with a bang last year shortly after ou

Friends, families and carersCreated 11 years ago

Unknown user | Member | Last message 11 years ago

just want to tell someone!

That i'm feeling really overwhelmed by just life stuff, my head is too crowded to sort anything out and i'm struggling. I can 'see' what i 'should' be doing to get control of things but it seems impossible. Why is it that just general life stuff is so har

Something’s not rightCreated 11 years ago

Emz | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Counselling not working for you?

CBT being the current trend is used as the default counselling method by just about every counsellor and online therapy option avialable.If you're finding that therapy isn't working for you, it might just be that CBT doesn't work for you. N

Recovery ClubCreated 11 years ago

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tarhni | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

schizophrenia and not taking meds

My mum has bipolar and has schizophrenic tendencies. She has recently stopped her schizophrenia meds because she said she feels better without them. The first week or 2 were not so bad but now she has become increasingly paranoid. She thinks people are br

Friends, families and carersCreated 11 years ago

BlueBay | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Need time to myself

Hi everyone I've been suffering mental illness for a while (years) and have been doing everything for everyone over the past 30 years of my married life. If it wasn't for the kids (which I don't mind doing) it is for my husband or for his mum or for

Recovery ClubCreated 11 years ago

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Mel3 | Casual Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Re-inventing the past

I have schizophrenia. Diagnosed at age 36. I'm now 45. I am so sick and tired of old boyfriends and former friends re-inventing the past in light of my diagnosis. I have people saying I was always crazy. I was always sick.

Our storiesCreated 11 years ago

BeachsideMUM | Casual Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Stress

Life is so stressful and it really upsets me. I know that I should be doing more and be more manageable but I'm 90% a mess. It upsets me so much when I continually act out and don't look after myself. I'm in a stable place but I feel like I'm on the edge

Something’s not rightCreated 11 years ago

coffeegirl | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

ABS releases suicide rates

This week the ABS released its report on 2014 causes of death, where the number of deaths by suicide were highlighted as alarming.For those interested, you can get some comprehensive data from Mindframe. Here is a direct link

Friends, families and carersCreated 11 years ago

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