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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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BAOlast week

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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Taalilast month

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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JustMe48 | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Is this all a way of seeking attention?

I posted a few days ago and got a couple of replies, of which were welcomed. One from someone who has lived with someone with mental illness and understood from that point of view and one who has recovered and bettered her overall outlook on life.

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Jlol | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Turned away from hospital, again

For the 2nd time both my GP and my private psychologist urged me to present at hospital. My GP, again for the 2nd time, wrote a letter for me to take to give to the hospital staff explaining my conditions and state. Again I waited at the hospital (a

Recovery ClubCreated 3 years ago

eyespy | New Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Introduction :)

Hello! Hoping to make some friends on here.

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justanotherguy | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Taking the knives out of my back

I've spent most of my life taking the metaphorical 'knives' out of my back from desperate attention-seekers. I'm so used to it it doesn't even bother me anymore. There are long-seated cultural reasons for this, but after nearly 40 years of it I'm pretty w

Our storiesCreated 3 years ago

Kintaro | Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Employee Assistance Programs - are they useful?

Has anyone got any experience using their employer’s employee assistance program for some counselling? I feel like I could do with a couple of sessions where I can unload about my current health concerns, and the stress it is causing me in managing w

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The-red-centaur | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Losing my independence

How the hell am I supposed to deal with the fact I need someone to dress and undress me, shower me, cook for me, wait on me etc. I severely dislocated my shoulder several times over the weekend and now my physio has outlined I must keep m

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Shadow86 | New Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Sick of fighting the black dog

Hi, im new here.Several years ago I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and it's been an ongoing struggle to keep myself stable. Recently all my years of hard work in therapy have gone down the drain. My relationship with my husband is in ruins

Our storiesCreated 3 years ago

florencefifty | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

ROUGH update.

This thread isn’t very well-written, but I’m tired.I’m glad to be home. Work is nice, but one of the things I hate about this job is the constant supervision. It’s not enough to be in the building on time, or logged into your computer on time, you have to

Something’s not rightCreated 3 years ago

Unsaidprodigy | Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Anxiety hey Warrior

I found this book so helpful for myself and my family

Our storiesCreated 3 years ago

Unsaidprodigy | Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Rare chromosome

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone here has ever heard of 16p11.2 deletion syndrome ?

Our storiesCreated 3 years ago

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