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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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Cherpieus | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Coping with Christmas

Hi All,I thought this might be a good place to share about struggles people may be having about Christmas. For many it's a great time but for a lot of people it brings a lot of stress and emotional turmoil.My struggle at the moment is that my Mum is in a

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Chris | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Feel like giving up

I feel like I just don't have the energy to keep going. Not suicidal. No energy to keep trying to connect with people, family. Group work, psychologist. It's all in the too hard basket. Well and truely stuck. My one wish would be for everyone to go away a

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habitualfail | New Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

out of control

im a 25 yr old female but this year my life has been completely out of control. ive struggled with issues like this before but not to this extent. i do not work and spend most days at home alone. i have unlimited free time but spend most of it in my head

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Shelaughsalot | Casual Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Can I refuse some medications after being switched from "involuntary admission " to "voluntary admission"

Hi all. Been a busy couple of days. I got chased and handcuffed by the police after refusing to go back to the hospital (walked out on my video conference with mental health) long story short They wanted to admit and transfer me to a bigger town hospital

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Tatsinda | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Feeling manipulated

Hi folks, I just want to share a bit of my story and see if anyone here can relate.My husband has depression and PTSD symptoms and since we had kids he has been pretty hard to live with at times. It has been a hard road and not what I expected going into

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George | Casual Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

I'm new...

Hi. This is my first attempt at introducing myself. I'm new to this forum but I'm so glad that I found it! I've been reading other people's letters for a few weeks now though and I've found it really helpful.I'm 40 and i have BPD, severe anxiety and depre

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Chris | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Do you feel detatched from everyone around you

This is me. I have only come to realize this a few months ago. Up untill this time i was on auto pilot. An unconcious sometimes concious decision to keep people out. This includes family. Strange i know. Why would my family want to hurt me. I have t

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Chris | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

On a downward spiral again

It seems to happen all to regularly. Im all out of energy. Im all out of the continual trying to make things better. things different. Im sooo tired of the constant struggle. I seem to go through this every few months. I cancel all therapy

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Jamc | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Why

I know i keep going on about gym and feling tired but as this is my only outlet besides Doctor & Psycholigist and live by myself and pretty mch isolate mysef i thank everyone who has backed me

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 11 years ago

Lost the battle

Losing the battleToday I went and saw my physiologist for my fourth meeting about life and all the stuff. He started of with how have you been since your last appointment and I told him I've had a tough week and felt very low. He was like is that because

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