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Sophie_M Big Blue Table - Right here on the Forums!
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Hello to our wonderful forums community! We have decided to run an ongoing Big Blue Table thread ‘Forums Edition’ until the end of October! What is a Big Blue Table? Big Blue Table is Beyond Blue's signature event held during October, Mental Health M... View more

Hello to our wonderful forums community! We have decided to run an ongoing Big Blue Table thread ‘Forums Edition’ until the end of October! What is a Big Blue Table? Big Blue Table is Beyond Blue's signature event held during October, Mental Health Month. Big Blue Table encourages people host a meal with their friends, family or colleagues while fighting the stigma that surrounds mental health. So why are we running one here? The reason we are doing this is so people have an opportunity to connect with others and have the experience of sharing their thoughts and feelings over a meal, no matter where they are in Australia. We know Mental Health Month can be a vulnerable time for many and believe this thread could be a safe space for people to be heard and learn from others’ experiences. Our community champions will be here to support you along the way, and our moderation team will be around to answer any questions you may have, as well as to ensure the thread remains respectful and safe for everyone. We encourage you to choose from the following questions to start a conversation: What do you do to look after your mental health? Are you comfortable sharing your feelings and emotions? If not, why? What are you passionate about, and why? Who would be your dream Big Blue Table guest, and why? After you have shared your answers, we would love to hear about what you are eating or bringing to the table. You can even tell us a little bit about your setup and what you can see around you to really immerse us into your world. This is your opportunity to be as creative as you’d like! But remember, there is no pressure or ‘right’ response, whatever you bring to the table will be more than enough. We hope this thread allows you to feel connected, supported, and a part of the Big Blue Table initiative. Now… get cooking!

Sophie_M Welcome to the BB Social Zone - guidelines for posting in this section
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Hi everyone, This section of the forum is a little different to the others, as you may have noticed in looking around the threads. Elsewhere on the forums, we discuss some pretty heavy topics: mental health issues, thoughts of suicide, trauma, abuse,... View more

Hi everyone, This section of the forum is a little different to the others, as you may have noticed in looking around the threads. Elsewhere on the forums, we discuss some pretty heavy topics: mental health issues, thoughts of suicide, trauma, abuse, relationship breakdowns. Here is the place to come to get away from that and have a bit of fun. Distraction can be an important tool to draw on if you're finding yourself overwhelmed by distressing thoughts and feelings. As this is a section for respite from difficult topics, we will remove posts made in this section that attempt to discuss personal issues. Please use a support thread in the appropriate section for these discussions. Happy posting!

Kazzl The BB cafe
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The BB cafe is open for business! Welcome all to a new chill and chat place for everyone on the forum. The BB cafe is whatever you want it to be. There are comfy sofas, tables and chairs, coffee machines, a kitchen stocked with everything. There's a ... View more

The BB cafe is open for business! Welcome all to a new chill and chat place for everyone on the forum. The BB cafe is whatever you want it to be. There are comfy sofas, tables and chairs, coffee machines, a kitchen stocked with everything. There's a pool outside, a bbq area, an annexe with comfy beds for a quiet sleep, tv, dvd, books and whatever else you would like to have here. Most of all, it's a place to meet friends and fellow travellers for a bit of company. Talk over problems, tell jokes, share your day, escape into a world of your making. Grab a coffee and pull up a chair ... So, with a nod to the wonderful Carole King (Hard Rock Cafe) ... Now if you're feeling just a little bit lonely Don't sit at home just mopin' Come on down to where the friendship flows freely You know the door is always open At the BB cafe Come to the BB cafe They will help keep your blues at bay At the BB cafe Important Message from ModSupport: The main intention of the BB Cafe is to encourage light conversation. Please look after your fellow community members by nuturing the BB Cafe as a place to escape some of the more pressing issues in life and save those conversations for personal threads.

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Lonewog89 Random Thought
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Hi just wanted to know if this is just me or do other people feel this way to lol. I feel like I’m an amateur at life. With my car my job my phone my house. Feels like everyone is on a different level in life and what I do isn’t the same. If that mak... View more

Hi just wanted to know if this is just me or do other people feel this way to lol. I feel like I’m an amateur at life. With my car my job my phone my house. Feels like everyone is on a different level in life and what I do isn’t the same. If that makes sense lol. Is this just me?? Chris

MelanieL What's a question you wished you got asked at school?
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How are you? that's a question I wish I was asked at school...And I wish there was time to ask it and give time and space to explore it in our schools from an early age and the resources, human and otherwise to address it. What's a question you wishe... View more

How are you? that's a question I wish I was asked at school...And I wish there was time to ask it and give time and space to explore it in our schools from an early age and the resources, human and otherwise to address it. What's a question you wished you were asked at school?

kanga_brumby Kanga's virtual garden.
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Well this is a place to give each other gardening tips. Or plant your own virtual garden. Put what ever plants you wont in here, keeping it legal please. Lets get a nice one to wonder through.

Well this is a place to give each other gardening tips. Or plant your own virtual garden. Put what ever plants you wont in here, keeping it legal please. Lets get a nice one to wonder through.

Just_another_guy Weird Name Game
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As the title of this thread states this thread's going to be a weird name game. The rules of the game are as follows: 1) You can't use real/generic names 2) You can't use words that are adjectives, verbs. No 'Red Queens' or 'Giant Turtles'. 3) Get we... View more

As the title of this thread states this thread's going to be a weird name game. The rules of the game are as follows: 1) You can't use real/generic names 2) You can't use words that are adjectives, verbs. No 'Red Queens' or 'Giant Turtles'. 3) Get weird, give me your best names. I'll start us off then. Dutty Perf

Speak Your Truth Anyone there .... ?
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Hello to you all from me ... This is my first post and it feels like a good place to start, as I am really soooo tired of ‘my stuff.’ Sometimes there seems to be no end to one part of it in particular. As I’m a newbie I think I’ve misunderstood how t... View more

Hello to you all from me ... This is my first post and it feels like a good place to start, as I am really soooo tired of ‘my stuff.’ Sometimes there seems to be no end to one part of it in particular. As I’m a newbie I think I’ve misunderstood how this all works and most of this post I’ve put in a reply to White Knight, so I’m starting again Croix might not know about The Legend of 1900 but I do. I’ve got it on DVD and last saw it a long time ago. I must watch it again - it is a great movie Does anyone else ever think to themselves “no one thinks like I do, no one understands ... “ ? I do, but online recently I came across someone who does think like me, but unfortunately we don’t know each other . This is some of what I read ... ”I find myself lost in admiration for the things human beings can build. The urban landscape is an incredibly complex combination of architecture, engineering and science. Where has the mysterious human mind come from? Things like giant gravity defying bridges and skyscrapers amaze me. Buildings in cities have lifts moving up and down inside them, and electricity and water flowing through pipes in the walls. Every room has machines and appliances running on this electricity. People are in these rooms communicating with others across the world on their computers. Jets fly across the sky and cars fill the roads, stopping and starting at traffic lights run by computers. All of the building materials that make a city are taken out of the Earth. By some sort of magic concrete, bricks, steel and glass are sculpted into all sorts of interesting shapes. For millions of years the night was dark on this planet but now it is alive with colour and light. Cities are visible from space in this age. Everything from the smallest house to the most massive skyscraper has been dreamt up and designed by a person, engineered by someone else and then constructed by a builder. If you were born one thousand years ago you could never have imagined what this modern world be like. The story of our civilisation amazes me and ... “. Very eloquent words by the writer don’t you think ? Celebrity news and reality tv doesn’t cut it for me. Where are the people who think like the writer of these eloquent words ? Are you out there in this forum ? bye for now everyone

LaserBeamOCD Favourite movies and what they mean to you.
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We all have our favourite movies. Let's list our favourites and what you found in them that made them special to you.

We all have our favourite movies. Let's list our favourites and what you found in them that made them special to you.

Zaccy77 Thank You Anzacs
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I would just like to take a moment of my time from sitting in hospital worrying about myself and my pain to say thank you to our fallen and living veterans for their service to our country and making it a great place for us to live in. Your serve to ... View more

I would just like to take a moment of my time from sitting in hospital worrying about myself and my pain to say thank you to our fallen and living veterans for their service to our country and making it a great place for us to live in. Your serve to our country will never be forgotten. THANK YOU!

lisa1987 New here
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New here just checking it iut

New here just checking it iut

startingnew Easter
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Hi Everyone Im just wishing you all a safe long weekend and a Happy Easter xox

Hi Everyone Im just wishing you all a safe long weekend and a Happy Easter xox

geoff Geoff
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I am having a great deal of trouble with my laptop at the moment, as I'm sure you all know, so how long I don't know, Geoff,

I am having a great deal of trouble with my laptop at the moment, as I'm sure you all know, so how long I don't know, Geoff,