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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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Kyle1 | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Creative Thinking and Mental Health

anxiety and depression in a situation or chemical imbalance then intervention maybe self imposed decision or external supports like a ladder might go up or is a thread unwound and torn its trauma when you're born a time to cry a time to smile a time to sw

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TopDeck | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Thinking of going to AAT

I am considering going to AAT to change my case manager and possibly my community health region. I do not think I am getting therapeutic treatment from there but I'm interested to hear responses from people that have gone to AAT. I've tried health ca

Something’s not rightCreated 3 years ago

Ballard1891 | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Depression and IBS

I’ve been suffering from depression for many of years. I also suffer from IBS which is really hard to live with and control. My IBS creates the severe depression for me. I can’t believe I’m sharing this on this forum but I need someone to talk to. I’

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creative_writer | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Feeling lonely around people

Does anyone else feel lonely around people? A continuation of https://saneforums.org/t5/Something-s-not-right/I-don-t-like-feeling-obliged-to-explain/m-p/1311069#M304137 @tyme @Former-Member

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sadboyhours | Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

better then worse then better…

hi everyone. it’s been a while. i’ve been in hospital for about half of the year so far and had a few rounds of ECT last month. i was doing really well and although the undercurrent of illness was still there, i was sleeping better, my mood was more under

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pommygirl1993 | New Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

any one else just want a break from mental illness?

does anyone else just want a break from their mental illness? it just feels like everyday is a challenge and honestly I'm exhausted. I'm in the process of getting help for the anxiety and depression, its just waiting for the appointments and trying t

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Kyle1 | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Melt

I recall a scene in a movie where to a character water was added and, presto, they disappeared!It didn't take long, either. Just a matter of seconds, really.All that remained was the hat.And a hat, I suppose, can say a lot. When there's no way that words

Something’s not rightCreated 3 years ago

mrt01k52 | New Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Living with Bipolar II - A Painful Secret

Hi All, It's recently come up in therapy that it's taken years for me to come to terms with 'having' bipolar II. I was diagnosed 7 years ago and it's still sinking in. My father has mental health issues and he was raised with a lot of shame around it

Our storiesCreated 3 years ago

Reggiethecat | Senior Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Medication question

Good morning. (Please see my past posts for the back story) Does anyone have any experience with *** [removed med name by moderator] injections for bipolar mania and psychosis? My husband had one, then another 5 days later (9 days ago) and has been discha

Friends, families and carersCreated 3 years ago

CatherineT | Casual Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Psychotic episode

Hi there - just looking for some advice please. My beautiful 19 year old daughter unfortunately had a psychotic episode around 6 weeks ago. She has suffered with anxiety since Grade 6 but really got on top of that over the years. She made us aware from th

Friends, families and carersCreated 3 years ago

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