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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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littleone | Casual Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Staying Strong.

Hi, I'm a new to this so here we go. My story starts off during childhood.Split parents/ family, arguements on who's side to take pretty much growing up until I was 14 a month out from turning 15. During my 9th year of high school, I was repeatedly s

Our storiesCreated 11 years ago

August | New Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

How do you get a partner to help you?

Hello everyone. For a number of years now I have lived with PTSD and BPD. I'm at the point in my recovery journey where I can see the BPD in my behaviours and understand where it's coming from. For a long time I didn't realise there was anything wron

Our storiesCreated 11 years ago

Wardy | New Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Walk off a Worry

Have we over complicated mental health? Are we anticipating technology or someone else to solve our issues maybe even in the form of a drug?Are we so disconnected from each other, our communities and our environment in modern society?Is asking for h

Friends, families and carersCreated 11 years ago

Peter_Pan78 | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Mental Health Apps

I'm interested to know who has downloaded and tried any mental health apps. I've done some research on them (some of them charge a monthly fee of $99 which is inappropriate and seemingly exploitative when the average person with a mental illness cannot af

Our storiesCreated 11 years ago

NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

life is bloody hard

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Events and updatesCreated 11 years ago

Masemu | Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Relationship in mental health ward - potential disaster!

My daughter (18) went into mental health ward thankfully after many months of trying to deal with mental illness by herself. I have posted before on some of the earlier issues we were having during her admission. But there has been a development. Somethin

Friends, families and carersCreated 11 years ago

rollercoaster | Casual Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Brave public faces - more please

It makes such a difference to me as a survivor of bipolar (and rough ups and downs over 20 years) to see people like Stephen Fry and John Brogden come out and publicly tell their story.I want to thank them for their leadership and encourage others to also

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Images of mental health and illness; what should it look like?

Hi everyone, As some of you may recall, SANE recently asked for people to respond to a survey about images that depict mental health and illness. The survey has since closed and we are crunching numbers. We are looking forward to sharing the results in th

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

ABC Q&A: Continue the discussion

Hi everyone, As some may know Sunday 4 Oct - Saturday 10 Oct is Mental Health Week. During this week, the ABC will be running programs on TV and radio that revolve around Mental Health. On Monday night we saw the focus on mental health, with panelis

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 11 years ago

Telling Others

Hello,I was just wondering what it was like for some of you guys when you told people about your bipolar.Did you tell people because you wanted them to understand you more or chose not to tell people because you feel like saying it will defin you and how

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