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Hi All, I’m very new here. Would like to start getting into making denim bags as a way to start an old hobby again for various reasons - coping with anxiety, taking my mind off things, getting rid is some “stuff” I no longer need around the house! Any ide
Is it like. Bad. To befriend someone that’s a kid when you’re 20? For context I like whilst online when I was younger befriended someone that’s at the time was 13 when I was 20 I at the time when first meeting them didn’t know they were 13 unti
Hi there again Had a draining few days. Not real sure, well I suppose I really am sure why.? ‘So I’m trying to tell a lie. Just joking I wouldn’t lie to save myself Well that reminds me of a memory 🥲 I had this older brother My mother would say Who done t
I hate working out, but am trying to get into the habit of doing some form of exercise every day. I walk either with a friend or on my treadmill, and lift small weights. Does anyone else have this problem? I feel as though most people feel good afterwards
Content warning: This post is very long and contains references to family trauma, violence (not in detail), gender discrimination, and complex cultural dynamics. We were talking about this in the recovery group yesterday, and I said I’d follow up aft
I recently came across this graphic of the 8 dimensions of wellness and wondered if anyone would like to join me in discussion around these tackling one topic a week going clockwise starting with "Environmental" @MDT, @Snowie , @Fa
Hi SANE Forums I'm keen to know if many of you listen to music, play music or use music as a tool for coping, processing stuff, making sense of recovery or for other things like managing stress - particularly whether for any of you who are parents - does
I’m gonna have my very first phone appointment with the counsellor that also has autism (like I do) tomorrow evening, so I hope it goes well and that shes the right fit for me 🙏 @MissGremlin @rav3n @Jynx @Cuddlebear @AuntGlo
I really wanna be able to touch the people I care about again or at least make the process of working up to it faster its so fucken isolating which is even more so with how hard it is for me to leave the house
Does anyone here believe they are destined to not being in a relationship? I feel this way a lot as I feel like I’m not a desirable person. I’ve worked hard to be content and satisfied in life but I feel like that’s just gaslighting myself to think t
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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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