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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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Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 4 years ago

OCD and relentless intrusive thoughts

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BookWorm1 | New Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

OCD and relentless intrusive thoughts

Hi folks - I have a 17 year old with OCD, diagnosed about 12 months ago. So far the biggest problem is non-stop intrusive thoughts and the associated anxiety with this. This affects sleep, school, social settings and leaves them exhausted. They are seeing

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martha_ingrid | New Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Newbie - caring for husband with major depression

Hello, I'm new here after caring for my husband for the last 5 months with a major depressive episode, and general anxiety disorder which he's lived with all his life. He's been off work since August and has deteriorated over the Christmas period.

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Ru-bee | Moderator | Last message 4 years ago

Newbie - caring for husband with major depression

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Loz_3647 | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Realisation

What is there to live for when you feel like you don't actually exist anyway....can't take it anymore

Something’s not rightCreated 4 years ago

Hhorse | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Miserable

Just miserable cannot seem to get a break nothing's going my way. Its like an overwhelming sadness just can't see much point just so so sad.

Something’s not rightCreated 4 years ago

Loz_3647 | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

TW: Self-harm, SI and drug dependancy

I suffer from MDD, Anxiety, C-PTSD and BPD. I am also dealing with with withdrawing from medications so im finding myself supplementing it with other things. I am not coping very well at all. I've got racing thoughts and it's such a dark place to be. I'm

Something’s not rightCreated 4 years ago

NeurospicyPixie | New Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Drowning and Deterioration

I’m 32 and autistic with adhd (no formal supports yet as still getting reports to have my own Ndis plan) I have 3 children who are very boisterous and also autistic (2 of which are also adhd’ers) . All 3 children have pda profile, partner is in a mental i

Friends, families and carersCreated 4 years ago

Willy | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Finally Found- A CBT-p Practitioner- Part 5a

Link to part 4 This is my fifth and last post about my experiences with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-p). I started this therapy in February this year (2022) and finished it at the end of 2022 after 20 sessions.CBT-p is a collection

Something’s not rightCreated 4 years ago

Willy | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Finally Found- A CBT-p Practitioner- Part 5b

Unexpected outcomesThe chart above show a significant peak around mid October 2022. There was a lot of things going on in my life at the time creating a lot of stress. If I had been using my previous medication regime, I would have started ramping up the

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