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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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Littlepiglet | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Hey everyone!

hi all just feeling a bit down and just joined this service today. Tell me some fun facts about yourself or some funny stories. I would love some cheering up hahah and i would love to get to know you all!

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Littlepiglet | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

self harm thoughts

hi all im 18 and i have discharged from a private psych ward a few days ago. I have no been coping well. I have been struggling with very strong intrusive thoughts of self harm. I am feeling so along and missing a relationship I had once. My trauma is com

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Littlepiglet | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Inspiration

please give me advice or inspiration as to how you handled things when you felt like nobody cared.

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LonePhoenix | Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

DID & how to make virtual/video therapy work when you don't live alone?

Today I have two problems I want to talk about. The other day, I decided to have another browse for therapists. I found one that seems promising, they stated explicitly on their site that they work with DID and have lived experience with overcoming trauma

Something’s not rightCreated 4 years ago

MissKate | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

What do you do

My partner is currently going through something. How do you encourage them to get help when they think they are fine. Basically we are on a week of little sleep to the point he is no having visual and auditory hallucinations. Culminating in an A & E v

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Desert2023 | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Making mistakes and falling out with friends

Hi everyone, I’ve found myself here because lately my mental health hasn’t been great. When I have conflict with people it puts me in a very negative head space about myself thinking there is something ‘wrong’ with me and I’m a bad person. So

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steveaustin | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Advice Needed

Hello, Last year I was homeless, and struggling, and I went to a university building to leave my stuff there, even though I wasn't a student. I tried to go back another time to pick up my stuff, but the room I went to was locked. I'm worried if

Useful resourcesCreated 4 years ago

Butternut | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Pedophilic disorder dsm-5

I only just found out pedophiles are being told they have a mental illness. There in the dsm-5. All this time i had no idea they we're being labelled as a mental illness. Oooooooh this has made my blood boil. In no way shape or form do they have a me

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Anoushka | New Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Dissociation

I often dissociate after intense emotional outbursts and cannot feel emotions in my body. I lose sense of my hunger signals, start eating unconsciously and also scratch my face, because my body is not responding to stimuli. Does anyone experience this?

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Grace50 | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Exhausted

Hi am new here. I'm in a hole and can't get out. I think about not being around. I'm in pain, I never get anything right...just one failure after the other. I wonder what the point is... I don't have a funeral plan and my son's would have to pay and

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