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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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Keli | Senior Contributor | Last message last year

Life goes on but I can’t

Life just keeps going on. I don’t want it to. I don’t want the firsts that are coming - the first heavenly birthday, the first anniversary of his death. I feel like I am just surviving, getting through the days almost on autopilot. Getting things done sur

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aria3 | Contributor | Last message last year

"Functional Freeze' in PTSD

Hello, I am new here and reaching out to see if anyone else with PTSD has had a "Functional Freeze" that lasted a long time and how they dealt with it. I only just learned about this particular PTSD response to stressors tonight and it explains how I

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Jlol | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Greatly saddened by the end of anonymity on SANE's support line.

Sorry for the incoming wall of text.I don't call the Sane support line often, but it's part of my "support plan" thing for when times get bad that my counsellor made me agree to. Today was one of those times and I called.I was very, very saddened to learn

Useful resourcesCreated 2 years ago

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Jlol | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Any tips for just dealing with normal life admin stuff?

I have PTSD and ADD.I am able to work and earn and income to support myself, but really struggle with other 'normal' life admin chores, like paying bills, answering emails, booking appointments, etc.The best way to describe it is that when I sit down at t

Recovery ClubCreated 2 years ago

Unknown user | Member | Last message last year

Virtual cruise

Virtual cruise here I come …. Who is coming with me? @tyme @Jynx @Shaz51 @Dimity @Oaktree @avant-garde @Till23 @Bunniekins please invite anyone else

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StanD | Senior Contributor | Last message last year

Positive Affos😊 + 1 Question ❓

pl3ase allow 5-+ m1ns 4 posts 2 appear 🙂 Hello Everyone @SANE, @Appleblossom @StuF @Shaz51 @tyme @Jynx @TAB , Everyone. Please tag😊 What things am I doing to support myself?

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starsmile | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Flashbacks

I hate how random flashbacks are. I’m just trying to go back to sleep for a little longer but no, my brain has other ideas. I keep remembering it and I don’t want to, it still hurts me. I so would’ve done things differently if it had happened to me today

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starsmile | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

I think I may have POTS…

Hey forum fam, A few months ago I noticed my hands were patchy red and tingly. I did some further research into this and found out it was blood pooling in my hands. Both my BP & HR have always run high, even when I’m doing absolutely n

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Twilightsomniac | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

Hallucinations

Anyone here deal with hallucinations and just not tell anyone till they got to the point of not being able to tell the difference between hallucination and reality. I've honestly had hallucinations since I was mid/late teens but I'm early 30s now it's so

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rusty2 | New Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

my life

hi guys, Im new to this so hello 🙂 I have recently had a motorcycle accident I broke my ribs and arm which caused me to have to take time off work as a plumber, I recently resigned and all my family and friends expect me to be perfectly fine ev

Our storiesCreated 2 years ago

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