Connect with people who understand what you are going through, seek advice and surround yourself with support. We're free, anonymous, and professionally moderated 24/7.
LemonjuiceSenior Contributor
In response to: About Moderators.
NikNikSenior Contributor
HI @Lemonjuice 🙂
Great question 
The moderators are certainly here to ensure Community Guidelines are not breached. They also do things like:
- Ensure discussions are posted in the most relevant areas
- Encourage discussion between peers in threads that don't have a lot of responses
- Work with members to keep discussions on topic
- Keep across any technical issues / bugs in the Forums and help members out who are having any technical difficulties
- Run Topic Tuesday (Which is an information we run once a month - check out 'Special Events')
- Drop in and say hi where possible (Friday Feast is a mod fave 
)
They also are here to ensure the safety of members. So while we do not provide one-to-one counselling through the Forums (as this is a peer support service, not professional support), we will touch base with members who share that they be at risk of harming themselves.
Does that clarify your question?
Nik
PS: I hope you don't mind, but I moved your discussion here to 'About the forum, including feedback and news' because other members might come to this section to ask the same question 
In response to: About Moderators.
LemonjuiceSenior Contributor
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.
SANE values diversity. We are committed to providing a safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive service for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.
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.
SANE values diversity. We are committed to providing a safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive service for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.
You’ll soon be able to use one secure login to access all SANE services.
For added security, members are now required to log in with their email address and password - member names are no longer supported for logging in.
If you had a Forums account before 19 May 2026 and haven’t set up your new login yet, you'll be prompted to set up your new secure login when you sign-in.
Fields marked * are required
