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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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CannonSalt | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Mental illness insurance exclusions - landmark WIN

After a girl had worked for two years to earn enough money to go on a school trip to New York, she became too depressed to go - and she could not get a refund from the travel insurer, because mental illness is commonly excluded from insurance policies in

Our storiesCreated 11 years ago

Zam | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Shared hallucinations

Nothing is wrong, I just thought I would first make that clear before I go on. I just didn't didn't know where else to write this and thought this might be the spot but If not I apologise .... i was wondering if anyone has heard for of people sharing

Something’s not rightCreated 11 years ago

Untethered | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

One step forward 500 back

My daughter (18) had been going well since her last hospital admission 12 weeks ago. They finally got her meds right and things had been stable, over the last few weeks I have noticed a drop kin her mood but she maintained all was ok, today though she has

Friends, families and carersCreated 11 years ago

NP0094 | Casual Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Sad story

I just watched the sad story of a man who is an involuntary patient in a mental health hospital who has been restrained in bed for 69 days and, against his will, given over 40 ETC treatments. How can one loose one's right to determine treat

Our storiesCreated 11 years ago

misstiramisu | Casual Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Not sure what to do anymore

I've been feeling depressed for a few months now and it only seems to be getting worse. I get angry with my (online) friends because I believe they won't make time for me, I feel lonely constantly, I'm anxious and I have these bad thoughts that I can't st

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Jacques | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Moodtools

Hi Everyone, I have found a great app that seems to work for me, it has been developed by Mental health professionals, to help sufferers of Anxiety, Depression, Self Harm and suicide Ideation to cope through the dark times. The app has sever

Useful resourcesCreated 11 years ago

Zam | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Motivation

I find myself having absolutely no motivation to do anything really. Everything is a huge effort and I have zero energy most of the time. I just want to stay in bed .. Anyone else have absolutely no motivation for anything? And if so, any tips how to

Recovery ClubCreated 11 years ago

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roly | Casual Contributor | Last message 5 years ago

my experience with psychiatrists

in 2008 i got into trouble with some very bad people they got bikies after me and put a 60 thousand dollar contract on my head i got very paranoid so i went to hospital to try and get some kind of help it was the biggest mistake of my life i told the doct

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Jamc | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Getting into life

Had a great weekend went to gym Sat & Sunday both days did 1&half hours workout with my biggest supporter Lynda now going to gym with her today as usual will push myself then have 30mins workout with my trainer on Friday am so loving gym everyone

Our storiesCreated 11 years ago

Zam | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Thought I would write out my experience with schizophrenia (trigger warning)

I haven't really opened up much about my life and dealing with schizophrenia but thought I would just write it out.. when I was I think around 19 I first started getting symptoms of schizophrenia. At the time it was just voices but more like hearing

Our storiesCreated 11 years ago

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