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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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BAO7 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 & Researchlast month

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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ArraDreaming | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Three positives of today

This thread will be for reflection of the positive things in our lives, reflecting on what is good about our day can be helpful for our mental health I’ll start - currently sitting in the sunshine on a break with a coffee- I have bee

Yarning spaceCreated 3 years ago

ArraDreaming | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

National Close The Gap Day

Today is National Close The Gap Day, it is also Harmony Day. Close The Gap Day is a national day of action to pledge support for achieving better health outcomes for Australia’s First Nations people. Currently Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pe

Events and updatesCreated 3 years ago

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ZZm1 | Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Bipolar in severe depression.

Hi I have BP2 and have been trying for over a year to see a psych to change my medication which clearly is not working. Each day I am struggling to beat suicidal thoughts, which is getting very tiring. I can certainly understand when someone takes their o

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Tom263 | Casual Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

I’m struggling with anxiety

Hi I’m struggling with anxiety and talking to people in person I got no friends and never been in a relationship and trying to find ways to cope with it

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Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

being normal

so i have been realising some things and sorry if this gets long there is a lot to unpack but i appreciate anyone who takes the time to read this. anyway i have been realising that there were some messed up things from the way i grew up. my mot

Something’s not rightCreated 3 years ago

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Angelabritt | New Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Religious fixation early signs

I have Bipolar 1 and my son is 16 years old. My mum has been getting increasingly concerned by some changes in my sons behaviour. He is incredibly fixated on Catholism at the moment. He has created a prayer shrine in his room and is constantly buying thin

Friends, families and carersCreated 3 years ago

mrkibbles | Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Feeling annoyed and not supported TW SI

This morning I was having some bad thoughts built up for awhile that led me to calling the acute care team and having to go to hospital to be checked, it was quite scary and traumatising as I was under an EEA but the staff and paramedics were so kind and

Something’s not rightCreated 3 years ago

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TideisTurning | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

CANCELLED: Topic Tuesday // The Four ‘F’ Trauma Responses // 30.04.2024 // ~ Link to further topic discussion inside! ~

Update: CANCELLED This month's TT has been cancelled - but an ongoing discussion thread for this topic is located here! Come join! ~ We invite you to join us for a community discussion on the 30th of April to unpack the four di

Events and updatesCreated 3 years ago

MG_bp2 | Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Bipolar 2 diagnosis in my 30s.

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 later in life (31). How do you deal with a diagnosis this late? If I knew I had BP2 I feel like I would have made so many different choices. I have struggled with my mental health since I was 14. I wa

Our storiesCreated 3 years ago

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LostAngel | Senior Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

To Hell and Back

sorry for the heavy subject matter but heres hoping this is still a secure and safe place to share my thoughts, to start with put plainly I feel Ive been to hell and back over the last say week or so with various issues but the one situation Im about to t

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