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    <title>topic Re: TOO much to deal with. I NEED Advice. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS Girl, &amp;amp; Everything else!!! in Depression</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;I definitely don't have as much payed work history as most people my age or even as much as people in their 20's, but I have a small amount. I was working as a cleaner (light cleaning)/replenishing (things like coffee and milk) at an office for 3 years and I stopped working there about in February. It wasn't a government job though, so I wasn't making a lot of money. I also worked for 2 or 3 months, 3 days a week at another office as a paper shredder/copier), at a candle store for a Christmas job and for a week at a salvos store, but I couldn't keep up. I also have done a lot of work experiences with the help of my job recruiter. Even then, I know that's not a lot in comparison to what most people do. I would be happy to work in retail or in a supermarket though. I have had more luck with retail jobs though because I've gotten to the interview stage with a lot of them, but I've never gotten to the interview stage with supermarket jobs, and I applied for many of both of them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I can't drive because I have an eye condition where sometimes, when a lot of sun light gets into my eyes, I "blank out"/go into a trance and see "pictures", usually of trees for about 5-10 seconds so it would be dangerous for me to drive. This condition is common in people with red hair and blue eyes for some reason.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The stretch marks on my belly don't actually bother me at all, but I am a bit embarrassed about being out of shape.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My teen years were extremely stressful because a lot was going on, especially in 2012 and I just couldn't handle the stress at all anymore and was also having trouble sleeping so I wasn't getting much sleep at all and eventually I had my first psychotic episode. Before my first episode, I would sometimes hear quiet voices while I was watching T.V, but I didn't really think anything of it, and I couldn't talk to my parents about it anyway because our relationship was very detached (more so than it is now) so I just kept it to myself. Not all people with schizophrenia hear voices, I only heard voices a bit before my first episode and I heard voices arguing in my head for a few seconds each time during my first episode or they would even say nice things which is really lucky.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I don't talk about my schizophrenia/psychotic episodes much, but I have paranoid schizophrenia so when I have episodes, I because extremely scared (though most of the time while I'm having these episodes, I try to act like everything is okay because I'm worried that if people know that I know that they are "trying to unalive me", then they will get more sneaky about it). I also have to be watched while I take my medications during this time because if I'm having a really bad episode where I think almost everyone in the world is trying to kill me, I don't take them otherwise because I think they have something in them like poison so I would dig up tiny holes into the garden and put them in there instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If I'm having a major episode, I think I'm the worst person in the world and everyone is trying to unalive me, but I'll also have moments of grandeur and if I'm having a minor episode, I experience a lot of grandeur, but also have moments where I feel bad about myself or who I use to be. The major episodes are a lot worse because they are terrifying and a lot of people, including some people in my family bully me during it because they find it funny and because they find me really annoying when I have these episodes. I wouldn't wish paranoid schizophrenia on anyone and if I knew someone who had it, I would be as kind to them as at I could while they were going through an episode and I also wouldn't be mean to them about it at all because I think it's horrible when people make our episode even worse for us. I stopped taking my medication in about 2017 I think it was, late in the year for either a month or 4 months because I didn't think I needed it and then, I had another major episode. When I was at therapy for it again, one of the people there was very cross with me for stopping my medication and said that if I didn't start taking it again and continue taking it again that I would have to go to hospital and have a needle which made me even more freaked out because at the time, since I was really unwell, it felt like she was saying "If you don't take your medication which is going to unalive you, we will force you to another way."&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 04:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>TOO much to deal with. I NEED Advice. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS Girl, &amp; Everything else!!!</title>
      <link>https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/too-much-to-deal-with-i-need-advice-i-don-t-want-to-lose-this/m-p/621567#M57103</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I've got so many problems, &amp;amp; concerns. I don't know how to tackle everything, and I'm wanting to have, a mediocre life, &amp;amp; secure my relationship, with this other Girl, but I just, logically, have too issues, &amp;amp; no one suitable in my life, that's the right personalities, who understand, &amp;amp; can provide me, with valuable feedback.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1) To go through all the conventional, ordinary problems first.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;- It's not just how. I'm 31, and I don't have, Payed Work History. I don't want, Entry Job's, like Sales, Factory, Hospitality, or Retail.&lt;BR /&gt;- I would never want. TAFE, Construction, Manual Labour, Apprenticeships, or even any, Diplomas, or Certificates.&lt;BR /&gt;- I also never wanted to do University. I don't have a Year 12 VCE, or a needed ATAR. I'm not a Study Personality, also.&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;2) When it comes to my Driving. I don't have standard, regular ability. I had too many, unprofessional, inconveniences, that didn't allow me. To normally develop. There was many reasons, why I wasn't in a ideal smooth circumstance, for me to easily become optimal. But I at least have, a Licence, a Vehicle, &amp;amp; I've had driving lessons, despite how I'm not driving, for a few years. It's also my parents, their not suitable for me.&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;3) I'm Misdiagnosed, with Schizophrenia. I've been, mistakenly, wrongly understood. I have been, under involuntary treatment. Since 2012. I have became, a Malpractice-Injustice. When it comes to, how I'm now. Pre Diabetic. I've had a Cholecystectomy, and had my Gallbladder Removed. I had other side effects, but besides that. I now have, Belly Stretch Marks, that I have to live with.&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;This means. I have to comply to. They make me need.&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;- Medical Certificates, to Drive. Every Second Year.&lt;BR /&gt;- If I need, Occupational Therapist, Off Road, &amp;amp; On Road Assessments, potentially, whenever they ask me.&lt;BR /&gt;- I have to visit a Psychiatrist. Every 3 Month's, not just every 6 Month's, or Once a Year. It's every 3 month's, which is absurd, especially when I know. I'm wrongly diagnosed, with Schizophrenia.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;- I have to buy the detrimental drugs, from the Chemist, every Month. When I don't want to be taking any.&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:35:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Ry_Wilson23992</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-15T14:35:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: TOO much to deal with. I NEED Advice. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS Girl, &amp; Everything else!!!</title>
      <link>https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/too-much-to-deal-with-i-need-advice-i-don-t-want-to-lose-this/m-p/621583#M57108</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I definitely don't have as much payed work history as most people my age or even as much as people in their 20's, but I have a small amount. I was working as a cleaner (light cleaning)/replenishing (things like coffee and milk) at an office for 3 years and I stopped working there about in February. It wasn't a government job though, so I wasn't making a lot of money. I also worked for 2 or 3 months, 3 days a week at another office as a paper shredder/copier), at a candle store for a Christmas job and for a week at a salvos store, but I couldn't keep up. I also have done a lot of work experiences with the help of my job recruiter. Even then, I know that's not a lot in comparison to what most people do. I would be happy to work in retail or in a supermarket though. I have had more luck with retail jobs though because I've gotten to the interview stage with a lot of them, but I've never gotten to the interview stage with supermarket jobs, and I applied for many of both of them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I can't drive because I have an eye condition where sometimes, when a lot of sun light gets into my eyes, I "blank out"/go into a trance and see "pictures", usually of trees for about 5-10 seconds so it would be dangerous for me to drive. This condition is common in people with red hair and blue eyes for some reason.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The stretch marks on my belly don't actually bother me at all, but I am a bit embarrassed about being out of shape.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My teen years were extremely stressful because a lot was going on, especially in 2012 and I just couldn't handle the stress at all anymore and was also having trouble sleeping so I wasn't getting much sleep at all and eventually I had my first psychotic episode. Before my first episode, I would sometimes hear quiet voices while I was watching T.V, but I didn't really think anything of it, and I couldn't talk to my parents about it anyway because our relationship was very detached (more so than it is now) so I just kept it to myself. Not all people with schizophrenia hear voices, I only heard voices a bit before my first episode and I heard voices arguing in my head for a few seconds each time during my first episode or they would even say nice things which is really lucky.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I don't talk about my schizophrenia/psychotic episodes much, but I have paranoid schizophrenia so when I have episodes, I because extremely scared (though most of the time while I'm having these episodes, I try to act like everything is okay because I'm worried that if people know that I know that they are "trying to unalive me", then they will get more sneaky about it). I also have to be watched while I take my medications during this time because if I'm having a really bad episode where I think almost everyone in the world is trying to kill me, I don't take them otherwise because I think they have something in them like poison so I would dig up tiny holes into the garden and put them in there instead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If I'm having a major episode, I think I'm the worst person in the world and everyone is trying to unalive me, but I'll also have moments of grandeur and if I'm having a minor episode, I experience a lot of grandeur, but also have moments where I feel bad about myself or who I use to be. The major episodes are a lot worse because they are terrifying and a lot of people, including some people in my family bully me during it because they find it funny and because they find me really annoying when I have these episodes. I wouldn't wish paranoid schizophrenia on anyone and if I knew someone who had it, I would be as kind to them as at I could while they were going through an episode and I also wouldn't be mean to them about it at all because I think it's horrible when people make our episode even worse for us. I stopped taking my medication in about 2017 I think it was, late in the year for either a month or 4 months because I didn't think I needed it and then, I had another major episode. When I was at therapy for it again, one of the people there was very cross with me for stopping my medication and said that if I didn't start taking it again and continue taking it again that I would have to go to hospital and have a needle which made me even more freaked out because at the time, since I was really unwell, it felt like she was saying "If you don't take your medication which is going to unalive you, we will force you to another way."&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 04:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Earth Girl</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-16T04:24:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: TOO much to deal with. I NEED Advice. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS Girl, &amp; Everything else!!!</title>
      <link>https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/too-much-to-deal-with-i-need-advice-i-don-t-want-to-lose-this/m-p/621584#M57109</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I don't have to see a psychiatrist anymore because I haven't had another episode in a very long time and my current medication works really well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for caring deeply about my future. I am worried about it, but I'm going to try to get a payed job again soon so hopefully this time, it won't be as hard as last time because job search was no fun since it went on for 2 years, though some people are probably on it for even longer.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 04:29:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Earth Girl</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-16T04:29:58Z</dc:date>
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