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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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Shootingstars83 | New Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Support in Perth

Hey peeps I'm new to this forum and I really want to try and found a support group in Perth. I don't really want to go too much into detail about my history atm but I have depression and BPD. I don't have any friends at all, ive got an extremely dysfuncti

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fedup | Casual Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Advise needed- Father not mentally well

Hi, Iam new to this forum and don’t know where to start.My Father clearly has a mental problem and refuses to acknowledge this.It is to the point where I am fearful that he will more than likely harm my Mother (they divorced 8 years ago, was her call, and

Friends, families and carersCreated 12 years ago

Spana29 | Casual Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Living with a depressed husband

Hi everyone, Things seem to be getting worse so I am reaching out. My husband is from overseas and we moved here 3 years ago. Since the beginning he has struggled to embrace life here and struggled to get work. At the moment he ha

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kristin | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

The difference between sympathy and empathy

Dear all,I found this blog post this morning and thought I would post the link here. The context is in the loss of a child (so potential trigger warning for those who are similarly bereaved), but I feel what she says is completely applicable to Mi as

Recovery ClubCreated 12 years ago

Uggbootdiva | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Anger management

Anyone had any success with counselling/books/philosophies to how to manage one's anger?I am hurting my kids emotionally so much at the moment and hate it. I am so angry all the time, I feel like "why does everything have to be so hard? Why does nothing j

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kenny66 | Senior Contributor | Last message 10 years ago

Managing Schizoaffective Disorder

HiI thought some people on the forum might be interested in how I manage my Schizoaffective Disorder and what its like to have it.Its probably quite similar to a number of MIs but with a bit of a twist. Schizoaffective is sometimes described as Bipol

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Jan04 | Casual Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Don't know where to turn, and how to access help!

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Friends, families and carersCreated 12 years ago

Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 12 years ago

Topic Tuesday 19/01: R-E-S-P-I-T-E, find out what it means to me...

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Special EventsCreated 12 years ago