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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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BlueBay | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

How to talk to family

How do you talk to family about your mental health; your suicidal thoughts and how you’re not coping? I’m in my 50’s and married for 35 yrs. Three adult children. hubby and I have never been great communicators. We can talk about general stuff e

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Christheart | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Scared/concerned/anxious

Yesterday I started a new medication prescribed the the psychiatrist, I after I few hours I felt like I could feel it working and I got really excited. I started getting really hopeful and thankful. Then I slept really badly and woke up with a headache, I

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psychedelic66 | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

First post!

Hi everyone I’m new to this, duh. After 35 years of therapy, private and group, misdiagnosis, 3 kinds of antidepressants, I was finally diagnosed with Complex PTSD and level 1 Autism. Hurrah!My life now makes sense! So never give up on therapy,

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Maryam | Casual Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

What is IED?

Is IED a mental illness?Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is a mental health condition marked by frequent impulsive anger outbursts or aggression. The episodes are out of proportion to the situation that triggered them and cause significant distress.I

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Unknown user | Member | Last message 4 years ago

Peer Group Chat // Dealing with Failure // Thursday 14th July 2022, 7-8:30PM AEST

Hey forums folk! Our next Peer Group Chat on Thursday 14th July 2022 will be on the topic of Dealing With Failure Dealing with failure can be a big part of everyday life and recovery. However, our perception of failure can sometimes

Events and updatesCreated 4 years ago

Anon3112 | New Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Self harm

I’ve been on antidepressants for the past few months and things have been really good. Regardless I feel like all the years I struggled with depression on my own have become this strange secret that’s holding me down. Especially my past self harm. I feel

Something’s not rightCreated 4 years ago

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ArraDreaming | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Survivors guilt?

Is that even a thing, maybe there is another term for it? For context I spent a lot of time when I was younger looking after all of my younger siblings, in a pretty effed up family situation which I won’t get into, and later on ended up spending a l

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LostAngel | Senior Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

feeling Fatigued

feeling Fatigued pretty much sums it up,things have felt flat to tireing,anyway I did still mange to acheive a few things today despite feeling guilty for treating myself,tomorow is gonna be the start of yet another big weekend of looking at houses to mov

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confused_nomad | Contributor | Last message 2 years ago

therapy group has just made things worse

Hi again so this morning I tried a group therapy thing for the first time in my life. I had to leave within the first half an hour. hearing other people's stories of getting the treatments and support that I've been asking for and being turned away from w

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Hibiscus1 | Contributor | Last message 4 years ago

Resources for Carers

Hi - I’ve had some time out, visiting family 💕 far far away from the reality of living in very close quarters with BPD. I read this site and struggle 🤔 surely all people with BPD are different? Can I carefully ask our BPD what areas he struggles wit

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