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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 🙂

Hello I am Thomas3

I guess there are other Thomas' here so hello to you.

I am new here and just wanting to share where I can thank you to all the people who have welcomed me to the group I hope your all able to share with me when needed.

Cheers

Thomas3

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Hi,

About me

  • Middle age male
  • Grew up with a bullying sibling
  • Shy since a kid
  • Parents passed away as a teen and adult
  • Got depressed over a breakup
  • Thought I might've been hypomanic at one stage
  • Was on antidepressants for a long time
  • Only found about about anxiety disorders 10 years ago (e.g., social, generalised) that I could relate to
  • More recently learned about complex PTSD and that maybe I have attention and obsessive tendencies
  • Have been working on my mental health but still trying to work out "what I have" or what's the best way to get better

Fun fact

  • I used to play a massive multiplayer online game that was entirely text based (known as a multi-user dungeon or MUD)

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hi, I'm new to this type of communication. I look forward to joining and contributing. Shout out to all who engage it's courageous and brave. Also a look after you to those who can only view conversations and may not be ready to contribute, you are important too.

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hi @Blackbird11 !

What a lovely welcome from you so I want to reach out right back and give a big welcome!

I'm glad you found us here. I'm one of the peer moderators here at SANE.

If you have any questions about our guidelines or navigation please don't hesitate to ask, someone will always be on hand to help out. This is such a friendly and welcoming community, I'm sure you'll find lots of like-minded souls.

Warmest wishes

Hanami

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Thank you @hanami so very much!

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hi there @Thomas3 and @Streetspirit

I just came across your posts and noticed you are both new around here. I wanted to give you a big welcome. Feel free to share as much or little as you like, or just read along for now. It's a great little community for like-minded souls. While we all are very different, we can all relate to the world being a hard place at some stage on our own or a loved-one's mental health.

Again, welcome to you both!

Hanami

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hello and welcome @Blackbird11 , @Streetspirit , @Thomas3 🙂

Here for you ❤️

Hello @hanami

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Thank you @Shaz51 💚

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hey @Shaz51 !!! ❤️

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

How are you going today @Blackbird11 , @hanami

I am waiting for my telehealth appointment with my kidney specialist 🙂

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