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BAO2 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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Taali3 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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Missymoo | New Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Re: Grief

Hi im. New to this im so glad. There is a place like this for support in 2011 i had. A house fire and lost everything no insurence and my dad turneagainst me as it was his house. I found out that week i was pregnant which was something positive but had a

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pie | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Mental Health Illness Depression

Hi Everyone, My User Name is Pie, But my Real Name is Kylie, I have been Diagnosed with Depression and Anxiety, Recently My Dad has Had an Accident and Totalled His Car, He wasn't Hurt, But now has Severe Depression, He had it Before in 2002 when my Mum a

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kristin | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

A huge thank you

Dear all, I just spent some time pouring something out in response to the forum "questionnaire", including editing it down to 300 words, and then realised it probably isn't really answering the question at all! But it is something I want t

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kristin | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

A huge thank you!

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tigger84 | Casual Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Synthetic Cannabis

Hi All, This is my first post, I feel lost, my husband starting using synthetic cannabis earlier this year (from normal cannabis) and it has changed everything, He turned into a completely different person, he starting becoming aggressive, and

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orangejuice | New Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Just diagnosed

Hi, I have just been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. What now? I feel as if it's confirmation things will get even worse - everything I've tried since school (work and courses to study) - I have not lasted more than a month in anything. I just ca

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Jacob101 | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Advice needed, bipolar partner

Hi, I would appreciate some advice. My partner of 9 years is bipolar / scitzoaffective disorder. While things have been bad in past we were able to revert to a period of mostly stability. But this year (due to cannabis use) it has been very bad. The last

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Goodgutz | Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

So u had an experience and ...

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JT | Senior Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

What's the difference between voices and voices?

During assessment for bipolar some of the questions I was asked were around seeing and hearing things. When asked do you hear voices I said yes, but doesn't everybody? You know like the inner voice. The last couple of days I've been cont

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Hobbit | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

What do you think of the term "carer"?

Hi Everyone, It's Hobbit here (I'm a moderator on these forums for those that don't know me). Besides these forums, I also work at Mental Health Carers ARAFMI NSW Inc. Recently we had some correspondence from the NSW Mental Health Commission regarding the

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