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Shaz517 years ago

GRATITUDE

What are you Grateful for ????Gratitudeis mindset, a way of life with endless benefits for you and those around youit is such a simple habit that can spark the most incredible postive outcomes.by embracing and expressing gratitude and letting it guild you

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CheerBear8 years ago

Thumbs up Thursday - Woohoo!

Here on the forum there is so much to celebrate! Every day people are overcoming challenges, working at goals and taking steps forward.This space has been created as a place to recognise these achievements, both of others and also for us to share our own.

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BAO6 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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Shaz5110 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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NightFury10 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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Dream | Casual Contributor | Last message last year

Because I want to share myself

Hi, After years of trying to find someone to listen to me, I learned to give up on wanting to share my thoughts, struggles and opinions with others. But after all this time, I still wanted to do this so here I am. So if are kind enough to read it til

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Blackcloud | Senior Contributor | Last message 8 months ago

About the Certificate IV of MH Peer Work

I was looking at this certificate that’s available at my uni. They only do august intakes and seems like this certificate utilises the ‘teaching periods’ system like 3 trimesters or something instead of the 2 semesters a year. The course goes for 1 year i

Employment, education and trainingCreated last year

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Jlol | Senior Contributor | Last message last year

Can someone help me understand what "acceptance" is?

I've heard this phrase a lot, even from therapists. But no ones been able to properly explain what it means (or, more probably, I just don't understand them). To me it feels like 'accepting' a bad situation or thought. "Yep, this is how things are an

Recovery ClubCreated last year

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ArraDreaming | Senior Contributor | Last message last year

Why delete my post for being angry

I didn’t even do anything anger is a feeling

Social spaceCreated last year

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Meow-in-a-void | Casual Contributor | Last message last year

My silence is not personal and my dad thinks it's silent treatment

I'm known for being terrible at replying to things on my phone and I'm incredibly grateful that the people in my life accept this and do not hold this against me, nor is offence taken by them. Unfortunately my responding to things has been getting wo

Managing relationshipsCreated last year

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EmilyN | Casual Contributor | Last message last year

Nightmares

Hi all,Currently in a supported mental health hospital for a month...bipolar, chronic depression and anxiety but worst of all suffering the grief of my eldest son who I lost July last year to suicide. The flashbacks and nightmares of finding him are

Welcome and getting startedCreated last year

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Rainbows-HaHa | Casual Contributor | Last message last year

Need a lawyer advocate with clutzpah - NSW supreme court

I am SO desperate. PLEASE (as much as you may be well-meaning) do not respond with platitudes. I will NOT get through this without an advocate. I can pay. In am resourceful, intelligent and educated. I’m just broken and need support to move on.&

Something’s not rightCreated last year

Ed1975 | Senior Contributor | Last message last year

Guilt

Has anyone else lost friendship/relationship/marriage due to their mental health or from behaviours linked to it? I recently lost my marriage due to me confessing something to my wife, and although my now ex wife is incredibly supportive of me going

Something’s not rightCreated last year

hello307726 | New Contributor | Last message last year

Paranoia, anxiety

EXTREME PARANOIA THAT PEOPLE ARE RECORDING TIKTOKS OF ME!!! Hi, I am having a really hard time because of extremely anxiety inducing thoughts. It feels like they just keep on coming and they always end in death and I'm so scared. Last time I thought

Something’s not rightCreated last year

snowflake231 | Senior Contributor | Last message last year

Bipolar

I was just wondering if there are any people living with bipolar who would like to chat. i live with bipolar 1. It's proving to be very hard to control. I'm either in depressive episode or manic. No middle ground. ive had 6 rounds of ECT over th

Social spaceCreated last year

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