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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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BAO2 weeks ago

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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Shaz51 | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Helpful tips for Financial stress and hardship

Hello Everyone Looking for some wonderful tips and hints to share with each other to copy with the financial stress and hardship which we all seem to be facing at this present time love to hear lots of suggestions on how we can keep on keeping o

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Emmabentley | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Abusive men

Don’t know why I keep attracting them. Starting with my Dad. can I actually speak to anyone or is this a purely text thing? If so, doesn’t help anyone like me. Would like to talk to actual people.

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aureliusrae | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

TW: Abuse. I don't know how to talk about it

I never speak about it but I have decided to try my best Last year I was working in child protection when I found out one of the children I was case managing was being sexually abused by her father. My Team Leader did not agree. She and I ha

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petrichor | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Help with flying

Hi, i need to take an interstate flight on my own. I don’t know how. I don’t know how I can deal with all the people, the stress … I can’t even manage shopping in a small supermarket. I live in a small town so getting to the airport itself will be hard. T

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Rabbitohs2022 | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Family Situation

Hi All, I am a single father. I am finding it difficult to cope with only seeing our three year old son twice a month at a contact centre. My ex-partner left me in December, 2020 and did not want to give me any access at all. I had to go through th

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Willy73 | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

I confronted my uncle and now he committed suicide

Hi everyone I’m a 48 yr old woman, who has gotten through life ok. I have two lovely boys, a good job and nice house. I’ve realised for a long time that my unhappy childhood and various traumas effected my self esteem and self worth. I have been a he

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Historylover | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Thinking out loud to my online 'family'.

I've been realizing something recently and it had come from the lifetime-ago utterances of the woman my ex-husband ran off with. Her prior, second husband's and her unit had been burgled and when asked if she thought it was because they were on the end of

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Fabe | New Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Help me understand my friend

Hi all, I have got a close friend who has borderline Personality disorder. I have tried several means to try and engage with him however I feel like am doing the wrong thing. He is also reluctant to seek further medical help and sometimes I feel li

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ArraDreaming | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Had enough of this

that’s pretty much it

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chibam | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Thought provoking article about ECT (TW: suicide, medical procedures)

I stumbled upon this article this afternoon about one woman's experiance as an ECT patient, and I found it very thought-provoking. https://www.msn.com/en-au/lifestyle/shopping/im-a-mum-of-2-toddlers-going-through-ect-heres-what-its-like/ar-AA11piMr

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