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BAO3 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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Shaz519 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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NightFury9 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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littlemissme3 months ago

Webinar recording // Living with grief and loss and complex mental health: a conversation about connection and hope

Some losses are visible. Others can be harder to recognise or name.Grief isn't only something we experience after the death of a loved one. It can also arise from changes to our health, identity, relationships, independence, hopes or plans for the future.

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Daisydreamer5 years ago

Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

New here? Welcome to the SANE Forums! We are so happy you found us and have joined our wonderful community. There are lots of people here like you, who can understand what you might be going through and offer valuable peer support. Yo

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Attahua | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Anyone else have a partner living with schizo effective disorder?

Hi, I have already posted on here a few times about various issues but now my only question is are there many others on here who have partners with schizo effective disorder?? Am only asking as it can be such a roller coaster of a lifestyle and of course

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sara | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Trying to find an avenue of study.

Hello all, I've been having a better day today, so i've been trying to think about the future (i'm only 31 got a long way to go yet). Over the last week the one thing I have noticed in trying to find help is that not alot is around or peopl

Recovery ClubCreated 12 years ago

Rosie | Senior Contributor | Last message 7 years ago

Quitting smoking

Hey everyone. Just reading the Sane info page on quitting smoking, and after a week of planning it, I'm going to do it.I went and saw my GP as the health pages say to do and we talked through the aids to help to stop the habit.I have bought

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Snowdrop | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

How Do I Know What To Do?

I am 65 and have a 35 year old son who is seriously depressed. He has seen psychologists, psychiatrists, is on medication. He holds down a professional job and for the most part seems ok. But then he has 'a bad day' and I just don't know what to do or say

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surviventhrive | New Contributor | Last message 4 months ago

mental health pets

Hi everyone. New on here.I have bipolar2 borderline personality ADHD depression anxiety fibromyalgia and bge eating disorder. I really find my pets help keep me calm. I take them everywhere I can but I'd like to register a service animal so I can have the

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pan | Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Living with a person who i think has an eating disorder.

Living with a person who I think has an eating disorder.It is 2 am. I am not usually up at 2 am. But for the last week I have been down. A friend of mine died last Friday, and though we had drifted apart I still felt close to him,. We used to drink and dr

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Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 12 years ago

Topic Tuesday - CLOSED - Is life not going the direction you thought? A discussion about the loss a carer experiences

This comment has been moved by a moderator to another part of the forum where it might be more easily found by the community.

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Topic Tuesday - CLOSED - Is life not going the direction you thought? A discussion about the loss a carer experiences

Coming up... Topic Tuesday, 24 March @ 7pm AEDT Do you remember when the person you care for was diagnosed? Or the first time the person you care for had to go to hospital? Or even the time you just couldn't do what you wanted to do because of your respon

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Rosie | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Getting creative energy to flow again

Hey everyone, I'm Rosie. My diagnosis of schizophrenia has me down. I have been taking meds and living again with family for nearly three years, and almost all the symptoms have gone, my delusions and hullucinations are less recurrent and I can

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730 | Casual Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

ECT treatment

HiI was wondering if anyone has tried ECT. I am going to talk to my doctors about and was just wonder if anyone has tried it and the pros and consThanks 7:30

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