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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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mamabear88 | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

The trauma I never shared TW:violence, suicidal thoughts

Hi everyone, I am new here. I've started this message half a dozen times already! So I'm just gonna say my story as brief as I can. TW: AbuseContent/trigger warning (Highlight to read)My father is an alcoholic and very abusive. He started being

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john74 | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Not coping

Hello l, m back after a break from the forum. I have settled in a new location since being separated and being subjected to domestic violence ( not physically) in my marriage. I feel she still has control over me by stalling the property setlement a

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Pushbutton | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Nephew with Schizophrenia

Until his late teens I had an absolutely fantastic relationship with my nephew. Unfortunately my sister (his mother) was unable to take good care of him due to her drug and alcohol issues, and involvement in mostly petty crime. For this reas

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Wondersoft | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Support adult child living at home with severe adhd

Any advice please on supporting a much loved but completely dysfunctional 27yo adult child living at home with severe adhd and refusing to engage with mental health support? Current situation not helping him, nor my wife and I. We're all sinking, going no

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Eden1919 | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

struggling

i am not managing anything at the moment there are so many things i need to do but i am not able to do any of them and i just want to cry heck i am not even managing to shower or brush my teeth i cant feed myself properly i am not managing at all but ther

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Simba142 | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

A holistic approach to healing and recovery.

TW: mentions violent crime Where do I begin? I was diagnosed around 17 years ago with Schizophrenia. At that point I stayed in bed for months, I didn’t want to socialise. I wanted to die. Many months later it occurred to me that I either die here i

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Twilightsomniac | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

I want to curl up and disappear

Struggling mentally with the opportunity to move somewhere better for me but hubby wants to wait till June because he and our son thrive here and something could come that can help ...... 3 YEARS I have been struggling and barely being able to keep it tog

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Upndownnupndown | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Against the odds.

(trigger warnings: mentions of abuse without graphic detail, mental health system systemic negligence and a serious un-alive attempt without going into detail) I feel shame and guilt for being where I am in my 39 years of life; particularly in my jou

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Ocean2 | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

New member

Hello.I've just joined so I'm a bit nervous about writing stuff about myself but want to be able to connect with people who understand. I have GAD (can get depression too) and OCD and currently my therapist thinks i have BPD (or quiet traits of it).&

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ClockFace | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

I dont know what to call it.

My sister is in hospital, she started off in rehab, got her home to try and get her mental health help. A week later we got her into ER and eventually into a facility. She harmed in there. Eventually, she had a medical issue and was admitted to hospital s

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