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Welcome and getting started

Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

New here? Welcome to the SANE Forums! We are so happy you found us and have joined our wonderful community. There are lots of people here like you, who can understand what you might be going through and offer valuable peer support.

You may see members reaching out to share their stories, asking questions about mental health, looking for others who get it, seeking support and offering support. We hope you find this a supportive and welcoming space to be.

We want to get to know you, and introduce you to other members of the SANE Community.

To get started, you can simply post here by clicking "reply" to introduce yourself and a fun fact or two about you.

Or, you can introduce yourself to the community by starting a new discussion thread! How to do that you ask? Follow the below steps to create your first post.

  • Click back into the Welcome & Getting Started topic area
  • Click the ‘New Discussion’ Button
  • Type in a subject title
  • Enter your post (there are some helpful tips on how you can introduce yourself below)
  • Then click post!

Feel free to check out our "how-to" video here: https://youtu.be/y9y-b7q43eQ?si=79nIOvHs5Qxm7w0j

You may see our Peer Support Workers welcoming new members in this space, so please reach out if you have any questions, or if we can help you get started 🙂 We are always happy to help! To reach us, @moderator or email us at team@saneforums.org. We look forward to getting to chatting soon

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

I have writing and reading. I love observing things. I wanna be out in nature more. I wanna get back to writing,

gotta fix my laptop first.

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Hey @Soireethepanda , that's so great to hear! You may want to have a look at The Creative Writing Corner . Feel free to share over there. Also, where is your favourite place to go? I love the beach. I could spend all day there.

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Hey, I'm Exceptional !

Hope all reading this are well.

I found these forums as I am searching for housing options as I experience a mental illness, have a NDIS package and am currently in crisis accommodation. Hoping to join Mind [location edited by moderator] but we'll see how that unfolds.

I live with bipolar disorder that has completely disrupted my 20's (I'm 29 now). Looking to stabilise with proper medication, strategies to cope and deal and hopefully strive for a life where I thrive and am happy, I know it's possible.

All the best !

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Hey…

uhh I’m in my late-ish 30’s.. main diagnoses are cPTSD and BPD, there’s a lot more though.
ny nervous system is completely fried

i am so burnt out

life just seems to be one traumatic event after another

Umm nice to meet you..?

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Hi there @LilithLucy ,

Welcome to the forums. It's great to have you share some of what has been going on for you.

Please know you are not alone.

I know first hand what it is like to live with BPD. I'm mindful of the ups and downs as well as the traumatic events.

What keeps you going?

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@tyme What keeps me going right now is music, my caTs, and spite…

that’s all I can think of

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Hey @LilithLucy , that's great that you can recognise even a few things that keep you going. If you don't mind me asking, what is spite?

You may be interested in Raising Awareness of BPD - Flipping the Script

Do you have supports you can lean on?

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@tyme @Hi again!!

spite is kind of like defiance. If everyone expects me to fail then hang on, no, I’ll prove them all wrong kind of thing 🙂

kind of immature I know lol

Thank you so much for the link!

I don’t really have a support system, no. But that’s okay I’ve been doing this alone my whole life!

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Hey @LilithLucy ,

I'll post in the other thread you started. See you there!

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Hahaha @LilithLucy . Spite! Yes I know what spite is, but I thought it was the latest term for some hobby or something! LOL.

I actually have my own insight into 'spite'. I'll go share it on your other thread.

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