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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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BAO4 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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HappyOne | Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Loneliness underneath my anxiety

I'm a single mum to 3 kids. I have been single for 4 years. I rarely get a break and my family are all interstate. I'm in my 30s and it's proving difficult to make real friends. I get anxiety every night. It's not too bad and I have windows of distraction

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Melody90 | Casual Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Struggling through medication changes

In the last 4 years I have been diognosed with Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety, Primary Sleep Disorder, Restless Leg Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder. Obviosuly some of these diagnosis's are related and thus my doctors now believe O

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ChocolateBlonde | Casual Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Schizophrenia

In most of the posts I've read, it looks like most Schizophrenic people have some expectation of returning to a "normal" life - I assume that means going back to being fully, or at least mostly, functional as part of a family and a community. Th

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Hurtandalone | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Back at work

hey everyone I am back at work again at the same place for another week. I am starting at a new unit in a week I just hope I am making the right decision. The story is I have been getting bullied by a group of three woman in the workplace. I have tried to

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Janna | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

A Complicated Story

I am the mother of a beautiful 16 year old boy that is struggling with mental illness. He has been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (current episode severe) and Social Anxiety Disorder. The back story to this current situation may help peopl

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HappyOne | Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

What do you do to stay healthy?

Hi, I'm new to this but keen to learn anything I can to stay healthy. I have schizophrenia. I also get anxiety. I currently take medication and have gained a stack of weight that's not budging even though I mainly eat healthy and have been walking around

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Jacques | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Family members detrimental to my well being

Hi All, i am bringing up this topic as a way of seeing how everyone handles family members whom are detrimental to our well being, i for one have had 2 family members call me lazy, over sensitive, dole bludger, a blight on society, fat, worthless, a

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BPBear | Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Feeling Helpless

Hi, I am feeling somewhat gobsmacked and helpless at the moment. My nephew, of whom I am a reluctant carer (certainly at the moment!), was admitted voluntarily to hospital yesterday and it is evident to all around him, except the specialists it seems, tha

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PeppiPatty | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Yet another problem

.....if its not repressed dreams or my parents is this stress. Am I too sensetive? Two years ago, my childhood sweetheart and i broke up. It was very sad but i had to keep myself safe. He is diagnosed chronic ( meaning all the time...) parano

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samantha_8 | New Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Lonliness.

So fact is, I've never had any friends, I've always felt disliked by everyone I have ever met so I don't know how it feels to be supported. This has lead to a spiraling effect for my generalized anxiety and depression. I have quit everything I've ever sta

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