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BeyondBlue Hi! Check out this post if you're not sure how to start
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Hi there and welcome to the Anxiety section of the Forums First of all, thank you so much for joining us here. We think it’s amazing that you’ve taken this step to getting support and learning from this Community. You are very welcome here and we are... View more

Hi there and welcome to the Anxiety section of the Forums First of all, thank you so much for joining us here. We think it’s amazing that you’ve taken this step to getting support and learning from this Community. You are very welcome here and we are really interested in what you might want to add to these conversations. We get it, having anxiety makes it hard to share in a public place. Remember, this is anonymous and the Beyond Blue team are here to help if you need it This section is for people who are experiencing anxiety in some form in their lives. This might be in social settings, at work, or just in the day to day. You don’t need a diagnosis to post here. If it feels like the right spot for your post, go right ahead! We know that feeling anxious can make it hard to reach out so we want you to know that getting this far is amazing and a great start. A few tips for getting the most out of this section: Get involved when you can! Posting and replying is the heartbeat of this community and you DO have something worthwhile to share (when you’re ready ) Every experience is different. There is no competition here. We know how challenging anxiety can be and how it comes in all shapes and sizes. What you are experiencing will be respected and supported here. Trust yourself! You are the expert in your experience. This community works because people like you share what has worked for you. Thank you for getting involved and taking a look. We can’t wait to hear from you! Beyond Blue

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Learntoswim 2019: The hardest year of my life
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Hi, I am new to this and this is my first post. This year has pushed me to almost breaking point . The start of the year I was in a job that was making me miserable, the environment was very toxic so I decided to leave as my anxiety was reaching new ... View more

Hi, I am new to this and this is my first post. This year has pushed me to almost breaking point . The start of the year I was in a job that was making me miserable, the environment was very toxic so I decided to leave as my anxiety was reaching new heights. I was waking up every night with panic attacks. I was lucky to find a job back in the industry I was very familiar with and although it was quite a bit less pay, it was a comfortable position and my anxiety pretty much vanished. It wasn’t until September when things really took a turn and I found myself back in an all too familiar place. my wife was diagnosed with MS on Friday the 13th! This completely turned our world upside down and although she is also a type 1 diabetic, we were doing well at managing that. She was off work for 2 months , no income , couldn’t drive and relied on family members to be constantly here to help take care of our 4 year old. She has started to go back to work, on a part time basis which I am very proud of.my mother was involved in a major car accident 3 weeks ago and suffered some minor injuries. My best mate and wife just had a baby which needed open heart surgery at 1 week old . I have tried to be there for everyone in these situations , offer support and try and manage finances through my wife’s illness. I am starting a new job tomorrow which I started looking for to try and earn some more money and to take the burden off my wife . Today I feel like all these issues have built up to a point where I just don’t know how much more I can take . Another panic attack this morning at 3am and the anxiety of starting a new job is consuming me . I have been the go-to person all year for everyone and I have not done a thing for myself . The black dog is at its peak right now and there’s often times I feel like it’s all too much. The only things keeping me going is my wife and son. I feel trapped with no way out. I have forgotten what it means to enjoy life and to have a normal day to day...

BBUser59 I am scared... I'm becoming paranoid
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I have phobias or panic attacks sometimes. Commonly at home when I have nothing to do. It's about the future. Lately my brother has been watching netflix and I just can't help to watch when he puts on some horror movies. Ever since I had sometimes sh... View more

I have phobias or panic attacks sometimes. Commonly at home when I have nothing to do. It's about the future. Lately my brother has been watching netflix and I just can't help to watch when he puts on some horror movies. Ever since I had sometimes shortness of breath, chest pain and I sweat alot. I just can't stand it anymore. I need someone to help me. My brain just keeps on making things like zombie apocalypse etc. more realistic by finding out possibilities. I become paranoid all the time. Except for school because my friends help me relax my emotions. I always have these at home and it's stopping me from doing certain things like I have a taboos. I am too worried about my Mom getting hurt or if she disappears because I've had these terrible nightmares. I woke up with a pannic attack and I can't remember I saw some illusions and my chest hurt so much I started crying but not loudly, since me and my Mom sleep in the same room due to some problems with my brother. My brain keeps on making ways the world can end or be destroyed so I can just feel worse. Please send help, my mind hurts. Benny

PQ123 Feeling hopeless
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Hi guys, I'm new here. Trying to reach out. Recently, i've been crying my eyes out for small things. Actually it all started when I kept failing my exams. I'm a university student. Moved to a different country because my parents thought we will have ... View more

Hi guys, I'm new here. Trying to reach out. Recently, i've been crying my eyes out for small things. Actually it all started when I kept failing my exams. I'm a university student. Moved to a different country because my parents thought we will have a better future. All they want is for me to graduate. And I can't seem to do that. I keep failing. I haven't told them that I failed and they are expecting me to graduate this coming March. I don't know what to do. Ever since I failed, I kept feeling sad, crying every night. I can't help but to compare myself to my friends who have already graduated and are successful. I appreciat my parents, they only want me to graduate, and I already failed once. Ever since, they have been comparing me to my other friends who have already graduated and are successful. I get scared when they see a post from their family friend who had a child who recently graduated because I know that they will pressure me more. One time, my dad suddenly got angry because I still haven't graduated. I am still stuck, worthless and a failure. I've always had a low self-esteem. Maybe from all the criticisms that I always get from my parents that I only realized recently. I always feel so inferior. I work nowadays and my mental state is causing a problem. I don't like going to work because I feel like everyone is just going to judge me and look down on me. I get palpitations whenever I am on my way to work. I don't know what my problem is. I just feel so useless. A failure. Thats all I see in my parent's eyes. I have to tell them the truth soon. And I am panicking. I've been thinking so much about suicide but I've been trying so hard to come up with ways to live on. Like getting a new course that can make me motivated. Or just move out from my parent's house because I know as long as I am under their roof, I will always feel insecure and pressured. But still, the suicidal thoughts have been increasing. I don't know what to do. I want to live but I am afraid of the future. I don't want to feel this way anymore.

Emb05 Period related anxiety?
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Lately I have felt terrible just run down all the time and can never get out of my head if I am alone. Sleeping is the worst for me. I believe my anxiety increases when I get my period and honestly I just want to die most of the time because all thes... View more

Lately I have felt terrible just run down all the time and can never get out of my head if I am alone. Sleeping is the worst for me. I believe my anxiety increases when I get my period and honestly I just want to die most of the time because all these invasive thoughts push everyone further and further away from me. This *attacks* cause me to not want to eat, see anyone, anyone see my body or prevent me from doing everyday normal activities like going to school or hanging out with friends. So really I was just wondering wether anybody else feels this way. And if it’s normal

T26 Balance issues just from anxiety?
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Hi, This is my first time posting on here so I'm not sure if I'm in the right spot but hopefully I am! I have suffered from anxiety for years, as a teen I had depression and anxiety and really bad OCD. So I'm pretty use to all the things that come wi... View more

Hi, This is my first time posting on here so I'm not sure if I'm in the right spot but hopefully I am! I have suffered from anxiety for years, as a teen I had depression and anxiety and really bad OCD. So I'm pretty use to all the things that come with it and I know how powerful the mind can be over the body and the symptoms you feel but over the past 2 years I have developed a symptom that is hard to believe is all from my anxiety. I developed a panic disorder around 2 years ago and at the same time I was incredibly dizzy and off balance. It's hard to say if the panic came as a result of the dizziness or the other way around but it has been pretty constant over the past 2 years and today I just saw my 2nd ENT who told me that my inner ear ect is fine so there's nothing they can do to help me. That's great obviously but it doesn't help that I constantly feel like I have just gotten off a boat or like I'm falling over when I'm standing still! i have a young child and I can't even play with him which breaks my heart. When I feel dizzy I do panic more which I know is a vicious cycle but I just find it hard to see how all day constant off balance feelings can be from that. I know when I have a panic attack or when I breathe too fast I either feel light headed or like I will faint but this is different. I guess I'm just looking for personal experience from others who might have felt this horrible symptom of anxiety. My panic is related a lot around health so of course when my body feels terrible it's not a fun time for me! So if anyone has any tips to overcome it that would also be amazing! Thanks

Eirenuu I'm so scared that people hate me
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Hi everyone, I messed up at work on Wednesday and someone got upset at me. Now, I'm so paranoid that everyone hates me or I'm saying things to upset people. That isn't the core of the problem though, why am I so intent to have everyone like me? Its a... View more

Hi everyone, I messed up at work on Wednesday and someone got upset at me. Now, I'm so paranoid that everyone hates me or I'm saying things to upset people. That isn't the core of the problem though, why am I so intent to have everyone like me? Its as if I don't have the self confidence and strength to be okay with people not liking me. When I had an anxiety attack on Wednesday, I felt like everyone was mad at me and that I was a powerless child. I'm still feeling the aftershock of the anxiety attack, waking up with a racing heart, digestive problems etc. Lovely people, how did you learn to be okay with some people not liking you? How do you not feel like a powerless child when you mess up?

jax_in_my_heart Workplace issues - is this what anxiety is?
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I’m not sure if what I’m experiencing is typical of anxiety. I’d love some feedback from people experienced with this. About four months ago, I left a job I had been in for 18 months with a small business. They had a team of about eight people. At fi... View more

I’m not sure if what I’m experiencing is typical of anxiety. I’d love some feedback from people experienced with this. About four months ago, I left a job I had been in for 18 months with a small business. They had a team of about eight people. At first everything was great, but looking back I can see my self-confidence and faith in my abilities was gradually eroded over the course of that 18 months. Prior to this, I was a very confident person. By the time I left there, I walked on eggshells, with a pair of bosses that played mind games every single day. I will NEVER work for a small family business again after this experience. I enjoy my current job very much, but I feel the hangover from my previous one. If the boss is going through reports trying to find a discrepancy, I’m silently panicking and completely freaking out that it’s my fault and they’ll be so angry. I’m worried that they’ll sack me and I won’t be able to pay my mortgage. I over-explain myself about details that doesn’t actually interest anyone. I’m worried that I’m too loud, too over-the-top and no-one likes me. I genuinely have no idea how well I’m performing and I’m too intimidated to ask. I get flustered when I feel nervous or overwhelmed, and I make little mistakes as a result, which just makes it worse again. This really only comes out at work, I’m fine everywhere else. I have bipolar 2 disorder, which I manage reasonably well (I would like to think so anyway). I don’t share anything about this condition or how I currently feel with my work colleagues. I suppose I want to know if this is anxiety? If so, what are other people’s stories are and how did you manage it?

Anxious2019 Is it normal
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Hi all I'm new on here just wondering what every1 feels when there anxious? Have feelings of fluttering in my chest heart palps does any1 feel like their fading away from their body? Gets tunnel visions like it falling from ur body in ur head gets bl... View more

Hi all I'm new on here just wondering what every1 feels when there anxious? Have feelings of fluttering in my chest heart palps does any1 feel like their fading away from their body? Gets tunnel visions like it falling from ur body in ur head gets black n white I've been put on medication have 3 kids I don't no if this is normal feel scared everyday waiting for another full panic attack help me please?

WomanGirl Hangover anxiety
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I’m suffering terribly from hangover/cocaine use anxiety. This is a rare occasion for me to be involved in this type of evening but I’ve been suffering terribly from anxiety for the last 3 days. I dumped my entire life story onto people I know see ev... View more

I’m suffering terribly from hangover/cocaine use anxiety. This is a rare occasion for me to be involved in this type of evening but I’ve been suffering terribly from anxiety for the last 3 days. I dumped my entire life story onto people I know see everyday and I am so embarrassed. Can anyone suggest how to help this feeling go, or do I need to just run away? Thank you.

Ukgirl Health Anxiety
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I suffer a lot with health anxiety and I have just had blood tests done and I am freaking out waiting for results Can't eat just want to sleep feeling very low Does. Anyone else get this I feel such a weak person

I suffer a lot with health anxiety and I have just had blood tests done and I am freaking out waiting for results Can't eat just want to sleep feeling very low Does. Anyone else get this I feel such a weak person

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