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BAO17 hours 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 & 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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Mene | New Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

PTSD and dementia

Must say that having read a few entries I feel my problems are small. My husband is a Vietnam veteran with PTSD. He spent many years lost in an alcoholic fog and was verbally abusive to me and at times his children. I protected them as much as possible. T

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

loneliness

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Events and updatesCreated 12 years ago

selina | Casual Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

loneliness

Hello I suffer from a serious mental illness which makes me afraid to go out and enjoy my life. I hiberate at home. I feel as if im being excluded from society and im very sensative.

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JT | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

TheMHS Conference

Hi. I'm in Perth attending theMHS conference for work. It was suggested last night during the Tuesday topic that I could note some of the highlights here. I contemplated whether or not to use the carer or consumer forum (as I am both) bu

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NikNik | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Bipolar

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ROC | Casual Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Bipolar

Hi, I'm new to this so am learning as I go. I have Bipolar and I am wondering if there is anyone else out there who can relate? Unfortunately I struggle more with depressive episodes than I do with manic episodes, though I'd much rather

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greeneyes81 | New Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Feeling very low :( pnd?

Hi everyone, This is my first post to this website. I'm 33 years old and a mum to 3 children under the age of 5 and the youngest is 4 months. I am not medicated as most ssri's and ssnri's make me sick (bladder issues). I've tried the healthy eating o

Something’s not rightCreated 12 years ago

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JT | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

TheMHS Conference

Hi everyone. I'm in Perth attending theMHS conference and was wondering if any of our other forum participants are also here? It was suggested I post highlights - admin if I do it here on the LE forum I can just post something in the sam

Useful resourcesCreated 12 years ago

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waves | Contributor | Last message 11 years ago

Query: Paranoid Personlity Disorder

After 10 years of various diagnoses, counseling, up and down, my young adult son has been recently diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder. Has anyone had experience with someone with this disorder? Cannot find much information about it o

Friends, families and carersCreated 12 years ago

Denv12 | Senior Contributor | Last message 12 years ago

Responsibilities.

As a sufferer of chronic fatigue (cfs) and recovering from OCD,I found that sufferers have to responsible for themselves.Just taking care of themselves everyday to be a little better off.Simple things that can be done to get through a day.Things like:eati

Friends, families and carersCreated 12 years ago

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