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Has anyone done the MH First Aid Course? There's a good online writeup today on ABC news today:http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-26/mental-health-first-aid-encouraged-for-all/8981062Why don't they teach this stuff in schools?
Hello, First time poster here. I just was looking for a space online to talk to people online, just to connect. I have recently moved to live remotely and the summer is setting in. It is so hot and on my days off I feel a little lost, stuc
I have been sitting on @Hope4me 's lap in her cubby house on her thread, drinking her Milo, playing with her Transformers and her My Little Ponies, having lots to say about myself, but like every self respecting 2nd born barges in and takes over
To all my forum family. As this difficult year draws to a close, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all who have given me guidance, support, love and understanding during the darker days. Your friendships and knowing has helped lighten the lo
Wanting to know if there's anyone else in this group caring for someone with D.I.D.?We've got a family member with a very "crowded" internal world of multiple personalities. This goes along with compulsive behaviours, phobias, social anxiety, derealisatio
Hi, wanting to know if there are any forums or groups for parent(s) caring for their son/daughter who has been diagnosed with psychosis/schizophrenia? It would be helpful and useful to share and support our lived experiences:)
Hello lovely forumites. I'm helping out the Community Managers with some new threads and I thought it might be useful to talk about why self-care can be so hard at times. Self-care is anything we purposely do to support our health and wellbeing, an
Hi everyone Over the past little while, I’ve noticed that more members of our community have been reaching out to the forums in search of resources that they can use to support some of the younger members of their families As such, I
Hi all, A couple of months ago my sister was diagnosed with BPD. She has been hospitalised twice since June for suicidal ideations/actions. I have lost count of how many near misses we've had. She is waiting for DBT treatment in the New Year but curr
Hi all, I'm new to all this I have never talked to anyone about my husband's mental illness. My husband of 4 years of Marriage and 11 years in a relationship suffers from OCD and Anxiety. The anxiety is mainly when having to travel a distance
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Help us push aside the stigma and discrimination surrounding complex mental health and change the way people talk about, and care for, mental illness.
SANE acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.
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