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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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Bugga | Casual Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Electro convulsive therapy

After having over 400 treatments of Ect during a 20 year period I now have been left alive but with over 30 years of memory loss. At 55 I have been told that this is most likely permanent as it is 2 years since my last treatment and there has been little

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Arbie_wun | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

I can feel something is still amiss...

I recently joined the forum because of mental health issues, these were brought on by side effects from a medication which I no longer take. I have existing mental health issues and had for a long time been coping without any help. That was un

Something’s not rightCreated 3 years ago

SANE-Admin | Administrator | Last message 3 years ago

Peer Guides - coming soon!

Hello everyone 😊 We held a week long consultation in September 2022 prior to launching SANE’s Peer Pathways Program – here is a link to the consultation thread. This new employment readiness program is now called the Peer Guide Program.

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Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 3 years ago

TW: I attempted suicide and I'm pretty sure it ruined my relationship

This comment has been moved by a moderator to another part of the forum where it might be more easily found by the community.

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Little_Leopard | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Looking for a mental health OT and recovery coach

Hi there. My partner was just accepted onto the NDIS. We are looking for a trauma informed recovery coach in annd also a mental health Occupational Therapist. If anyone could share the names any organisations or services that would be much appreciated. Re

Friends, families and carersCreated 3 years ago

ButterflyWings | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Friend&Me

How do you look after yourself when you are suicidal already but then your friend rings you and is also suicidal and triggering? Then says let's make a pact not to have these thoughts. So hard...and also a recent bereavement for me.

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AB1 | Casual Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Poor hygiene

My 31 year old son who has had schizophrenia since he was 19 has started showing signs of deteriorating hygiene. I’ve tried different approaches but nothing is helping. Any advice would be appreciated

Friends, families and carersCreated 3 years ago

Unknown user | Member | Last message last year

Psychologist vs psychiatrist

About 7 weeks ago my local dr referred me to physiologist for CBT for PTSD and placed me on medication. First 2 sessions with psychologist were completely taken up with going over timeline I had typed up summarising details of each event during the

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LostAngel | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

feeling very wired

Hi Friends feeling very wired due to a few stressfull situations involving family and trying to be the caring one with empathy and giving family a listening ear in the midst of it all in short a family member had a medical epsisode and another family memb

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florencefifty | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

An open description of my weekend… but not TOO open.

These last three days have been eventful to say the least.On Saturday, my niece turned one. We went out there for her birthday party. It was a lot of fun, although trying to take organised photos with two babies is extremely difficult and tiring. I got a

Something’s not rightCreated 3 years ago

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