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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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SecondHandSmoke | New Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Husband smokes

Hi my husband is a very heavy smoker. We’ve been married for 22 years and he was always going to give up but never has despite trying different methods, but he hasn’t tried for 5 years now He now spends over $20000 per year on smokes

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Sonny1 | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Caring for an aging mother with BPD - narcissistic traits

Hi. Just needing a little support. I moved back home last January to help care for my aging parents. In June last year my father passed away. I am now just caring full time for my mother. She has a personality disorder- I’m suspecting BPD with narcissisti

Friends, families and carersCreated 4 years ago

LordLeonidason | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Over Eating

I don't think i am currently depressed, however i seem to be bored and for whatever reason i only seem to want to eat and sleep even though i can't sleep as much as i would like. idk what this means anyone got any ideas?

Recovery ClubCreated 4 years ago

Yipoet | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

How do you still enjoy your life?

I've recently supported a friend through an acute mental health crisis ... everyday I was worried about her mentally, physically, financially, socially. For many reasons, she was at high risk of serious harm. The police and ambulance were involved multipl

Friends, families and carersCreated 4 years ago

ClockFace | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Overwhelmed and used

Im feeling pretty overwhelmed today. Pain wise is pretty hard. I tried to call my Pain Specialist but their office is shut Thursday's and Friday's so I rang my GP Clinic and they were able to squeeze me in. One of the reasons I like them is they kn

Something’s not rightCreated 4 years ago

Jlol | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Suggestion: "work mode" to hide MH references

Hi Forum owners. Just thought I would make a suggestion. As someone who can only really access the Sane forums at work it would be great if there was a way to hide the MH references on the site (like how some site's had a dark mode). Just things

Events and updatesCreated 4 years ago

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AnonymousEmpath | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

TW BPD how to live with it and it’s symptoms

TW suicidal and SH urge and intentions i got diagnosed with BPD and so I have issues in numerous parts of life which happened when I was growing up. There’s the abandonment problem, the emotion regulation and distress tolerant to na

Our storiesCreated 4 years ago

amber22 | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Peer Group Chat // The Place of Perfectionism // Thursday 30th March 2023, 7-8:30PM AEDT

Hey everyone! On Thursday 30th of March 2023, we will be holding a Peer Group Chat on the topic of The Place of Perfectionism. Perfectionism can seem like a positive quality, such as when it motivate u

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ClockFace | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Someone like me

Im finding it hard tonight with diagnoses. I mean Im officially diagnosed Bipolar 2 with Psychotic Features, Anxiety and Depression. But I might not have BP2 etc but it could be Schitzoaffective Disorder according to a Psychiatrist I used to see. Most of

Our storiesCreated 4 years ago

Gillie1 | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

I'm trying to stay positive but...

I feel this immense pain in my heart and trauma in my body that sucks me down to oblivion very quickly.I have people who care but...the stress is too great for them,or they don't get it, they just feel helpless to change anything,or they just have th

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