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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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Ed1975 | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Keeping it together

Does anyone else act "happier" around partners, kids, family but inside you just feel so desperate, helpless and sad? My ex partner knows about my CPTSD and childhood issues and I've touched on them with the MIL, and although they're fantastic and su

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PengTing | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Addiction and frustration

Hey, I'm not looking for advice, just needed somewhere to express my feelings. Thank you for reading. I have a porn addiction that I have battled with over the last 5-6 years. I've tried to overcome it many times and have always come up short. I go t

Our storiesCreated 2 years ago

Elepots | Casual Contributor | Last message last year

Sensory Disturbance/hallucinations and Bipolar

My adult daughter has been diagnosed with Bipolar 1, according to 2 different psych nurses, her hallucinations (for lack of a better word) doesn't fit with a Bipolar diagnosis, and has set her up with yet another psychiatrist for a proper evaluation (she

Friends, families and carersCreated 2 years ago

Ed1975 | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Therapy Efficiency

Hi all, Has anyone gone through EMDR for C-PTSD and past trauma or CBT for harmful behaviours. Was it effective/ineffective. I've been told I could be looking at anything between 2-5yrs to address my issues. That's a long time and probably a lot

Something’s not rightCreated 2 years ago

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Twilightsomniac | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Do I need to vote

I'm currently involuntary patient in mental health hospital do I still have to vote or do I get an exemption. If I do have to vote how do I do it in hospital

Social spaceCreated 2 years ago

Ed1975 | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Hello

Hi everyone. First post. Recently diagnosed with complex ptsd and depression. Never knew I had it until recently so I'm trying to navigate this mess. I have an ACE's score of 9 and am currently trying to get specific treatment for my addictions. I've

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PengTing | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Dealing with sadness and loneliness

Hey, I'm not looking for advice, just needed somewhere to express my feelings. Thank you for reading. I've currently stalled in therapy, I have a hard time connecting with others and it's translated to difficulties being truly open and vulnerable wit

Our storiesCreated 2 years ago

amonrae04 | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Having a bad/hard day

I have been making incremental progress following my pshycologists behavioural activity activation template, and I mean it helped it got me going to the gym every day meditating everyday I mean I have even been going out and bushwalking, did a 10k walk ye

Something’s not rightCreated 2 years ago

Twilightsomniac | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Well I'm in the hospital

My phone sucks and won't let me press the tw button so TW mentions self harm Well I went to the hospital and despite saying I want to be admitted they admitted me as involuntary and put me in the high security area. Apparently they have to

Something’s not rightCreated 2 years ago

TopDeck | Senior Contributor | Last message last year

Everyone in my life is abusive

People wonder, why is this guy so bitter?I don't know.Could it be that getting police sectioned to hospitals and being treated like an animal every time for the last 13 years actually doesn't work?Could it be that having abusive support workers actually d

Useful resourcesCreated 2 years ago

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