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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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Unknown user | Member | Last message 4 years ago

Not coping and there is no help. I’m trapped

I’m not doing well. I’m doing stuff you’re not supposed to talk about on these forums to try and cope.I can’t get any help because I can’t go into public places at the moment. If I reach out to a helpline, I get told “just go to your doctor”. Well I can’t

Something’s not rightCreated 4 years ago

Unknown user | Member | Last message 4 years ago

How can I repair things with my son after a BPD episode?

Hi everyoneI had a really traumatic event happen back in February and it has exacerbated by condition. I already wasn't doing well as it is, but, things got considerably worse. I resorted to self medicating again and I have just created so much chaos for

Our storiesCreated 4 years ago

NoBS | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Bad OCD Contamination episode I need tips to get through the next days

Hi I’m new. I have OCD and anxiety, sometimes depression. My OCD is related to health and bug infestations. someone from beyond blue sent me here. I have bedbugs so all the years of OCD around avoiding them really didn’t help! It’s extremely tri

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Belle5 | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Exhausted and need someone to vent to....

My daughter just turned 20, she has BPD, complex ptsd, major depressive disorder, adhd and addiction issues.Recent admission (again) New to the mix ice..... which has devastated us. 😢 We have been on this journey for a long tim

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Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 4 years ago

Exhausted and need someone to vent to....

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

Welcome & getting startedCreated 4 years ago

Aaliyahv_21 | New Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Truma and turning that emotion switch off

I've gone through alot of truma and huge life changing experiences such as (short version) drug addict parents who couldn't look after me, living in a poor family where there was literally no hot water, electricity and bare minimum of food, 3 years o

Friends, families and carersCreated 4 years ago

AloiseCat99 | New Contributor | Last message 3 years ago

Advice on BPD feelings

I have been diagnosed with BPD (boarder line) for close to a year now and while it has helped to understand why I am like I am and the countless mis-diagnoses of bipolar, I still feel so lost and alone. I am currently crying my eyes out wishing I could ju

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Jlol | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Close to throwing in the towel

Sorry all. I just can't do it for much longer. I feel I am getting very close to ending it. I've asked for help, so, so, so many times and in the last month I've been to hospital and got refused admission and approached a new psychologist who abandon

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Oaktree | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Our Special Space!

@Sophia1 @Zoe7 Hi Sophia and Zoe,I have made this space just for us!I was re-reading through some historical stuff and we wanted to have our own thread to come together and share our special friendship. So here it is… Zoe, we were won

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mazarine | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Support is great, until it's gone

And not because you don't need it any more but because your time is up. The worst part is that they gave me an end date and then blindsided me by "exiting" me three weeks earlier with no warning or explanation. It's like I was preparing to climb down

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