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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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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Friday 10th Oct: ARAFMI event for World Mental Health Day

ARAFMI WA is one of the partners of SANE Forums. To mark World Mental Health Day on Friday10th Oct, they are joining forces with the WA Association for Mental Health and other leading mental health and carer organisations, to help focus on messages

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camilia- | New Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

What are the legal rights of our loved ones

when our loved ones get into trouble with the law were can the carers go for help? Are there special courtswhere you can get consideration that the person has a mental illness.?The last time I looked up the stats for people in jail; over 38% had a mental

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Technology challenge: what works?

Hi everyone, Technology is playing a big role in health these days. Apps for smartphone are helping people with diabetes, asthma and physical health. There is also an increase in apps aimed to help our mental health. Here is an article by

Events and updatesCreated 12 years ago

kenny66 | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Treatment Options

It was interesting to listen to the discussion with patients and generally about the medication used to treat mental illness. You had to pay attention to notice it but the mention of the drugs used to treat MI patients with bipolar affective disorder

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kristin | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

"Bad" words

Dear SANE,The forum is wonderful - far better than I imagined or hoped when I joined. Thank you!Could we please have a list of the "bad" words via email to make some sensible suggestions on ammendments? R00ts and G00k? Really? I have not seen anything on

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Suggestion

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Jackson | Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Suggestion

Sane Australia,One of the challenges for less common psycho-physiological expression in the workplace might be that it is seen as something to exclude rather than to experience a particular level of its incidence.I am a first aid officer at work

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Random Acts Of Kindness - Community Challenge

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

Random Acts Of Kindness - Community Challenge

Doing something kind for someone increases our wellbeing – It’s a win-win situation really! I think this video says it all really Kindness = connection Here is your mission if you wish to accept *insert mission impossible reference here*

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Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 12 years ago

Random Acts Of Kindness - Community Challenge

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