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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 & Research3 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

Changing Minds - The inside story: Going inside the wards of Liverpool Hospital

Hi everyone, Is anyone planning on watching 'Changing Minds - The inside story: Going inside the wards of Liverpool Hospital' on the ABC as part of 'Mental As...' tonight? It's on at 8:30pm tonight & I believe it goes for the rest of the week.

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isabella | Contributor | Last message 9 years ago

BPD + ADHD + PTSD + BIPOLAR --- Who am I???

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum, site and the above diagnosis of BPD + ADHD + PTSD + BIPOLAR.. I always knew something was different about me.Counselling since I was 9 years old ... then at 39 I started a Mental Health/AOD course this year and st

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Neb | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Eating difficulties

I am wound up in a foetal position, curled around my stomach that is so painful at present. I think I have some bulimic tendencies.."oh dear God it hurts". Then it is a stagger to the loo to do the evacuation by the buccal cavity. This goes on for hours a

Something’s not rightCreated 12 years ago

Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 12 years ago

Mental Health Week Competition

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Special EventsCreated 12 years ago

NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Mental Health Week Competition

Hi everyone! We are running a competition for SANE Forum members to creatively express the concept of 'Self Care' Prize winners will recieve a $50 Myers/Coles gift card. All you need to do is submit a creation that represents 'self care'. Here is so

Events and updatesCreated 12 years ago

NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Mental Health Week Competition

Events and updatesCreated 12 years ago

Tuffsy60 | Casual Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Aspie Teacher - impossible!

I've just joined this forum thanks to MH week and ABC Moral Compass shown on Sunday night, Oct 5.In a really, really quick nutshell: After 35 years as a computer techie with no social skills and getting into lots of trouble by saying and doing the wrong t

Our storiesCreated 12 years ago

SANE-Admin | Administrator | Last message 12 years ago

Wives caring for Husbands

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Our storiesCreated 12 years ago

zipper | Senior Contributor | Last message 6 months ago

Wives caring for Husbands

Hello ladiesI am a wife who has had a husband with depression for 10 years now. He has had multiple hospitalisations, long series of ECT's, and is now not able to work. I would love to hear from ladies who have been, are in, my shoes and was w

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jamesmarks | Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Frustrated with ‘Awareness” Campaigns

As a long time sufferer of anxiety and depression in get really annoyed by campaigns like the one running on ABC etc now. Thye constantly promote the work of high profile 'depression help'organisations - my experience of these organisation is that th

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