Anxiety

extreme guilt and overthinking

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Hi all, Anyone have any tips for dealing with extreme guilt? I have recently been thinking a lot about some mistakes I made at my old job. at the time I was very stressed that I would lose my job and covered up some mistakes I made. at the time I did... View more

Hi all, Anyone have any tips for dealing with extreme guilt? I have recently been thinking a lot about some mistakes I made at my old job. at the time I was very stressed that I would lose my job and covered up some mistakes I made. at the time I didn't think it would be a big deal but now 2 years later I remember and think "gosh that was not a good thing I did" and i can't help but keep beating myself up about them and overthinking them.

Anxiety -tummy

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Hi all, i have huge anxiety about social situations. I struggle to feel comfortable and always need to make sure I have an out- be it... being able to get out of the space or room, or an out to leave the party. I also hAve anxiety that I will wee or ... View more

Hi all, i have huge anxiety about social situations. I struggle to feel comfortable and always need to make sure I have an out- be it... being able to get out of the space or room, or an out to leave the party. I also hAve anxiety that I will wee or poo myself. This is the result of my anxiety affecting my tummy, making me anxious and making me need to rush to the toilet quickly. Am I the only one this happens too? I’m only 30 and I feel like my body is letting me down at the prime of my life

Anxiety causing paranoia

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I have been diagnosed with anxiety for a while now and have always had my loving boyfriend to help me through it. Recently I've become paranoid that he is cheating on me and doesn't love me anymore. I want to believe him when he says no but voices al... View more

I have been diagnosed with anxiety for a while now and have always had my loving boyfriend to help me through it. Recently I've become paranoid that he is cheating on me and doesn't love me anymore. I want to believe him when he says no but voices always tell me he is lying. I am terrified of losing him and don't want to live in a world without him, I am worried my paranoia is pushing him further away. He has always tolerated my anxiety and panic attacks in the past but I'm concerned this will push him over the edge. I love him so much it hurts. Does anyone know how to stop paranoia, or actually get rid of anxiety? I feel like I have tried everything over the past 5 years (working with my psychologists) but nothing has ever worked. I feel like I am slowly ruining my own life but can't control my actions. Please help.

Am I going crazy

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Hi everyone, I’m new here and I’m wondering if anyone else with anxiety or OCD has similar symptoms to me because I’m scared I’m developing a more serious mental illness. I have suffered anxiety for years and recently OCD type of thinking. I’ve manag... View more

Hi everyone, I’m new here and I’m wondering if anyone else with anxiety or OCD has similar symptoms to me because I’m scared I’m developing a more serious mental illness. I have suffered anxiety for years and recently OCD type of thinking. I’ve managed to find ways to deal with that and was just starting to feel better, then the other morning as I was waking up I started to random racing thoughts that didn’t feel like were mine I mean not that I was hearing voices outside of my head or anything just like the thoughts were racing and were in a different voice they didn’t make any sense and were just half sentences. It scared me so much that of course I started googling it big mistake now I’m terrier I am developing schizophrenia or psychosis. I have just had serve anxiety for the past 3 months now I’m really scared that my brain is just going to completely check out. Please help I’m worried I’m going crazy

Psychologist vs Psychartrists for physical symptoms

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Hi, I've had my times when I'm back to who I was, and times where I'm downhill again. I think they call this lapses or relapsing. My colleague who has been seeing a psychiatrist and is on meds, has said he has watched me suffer trying to deal with it... View more

Hi, I've had my times when I'm back to who I was, and times where I'm downhill again. I think they call this lapses or relapsing. My colleague who has been seeing a psychiatrist and is on meds, has said he has watched me suffer trying to deal with it the natural way via a psychologists with the wort being my most hardcore supplement and he is heavily recommending going to see a psychartist who might be able to review my physical symptoms better than my GP or psychologist. To this day, I still am questioning - is it anxiety? Or is there something else wrong. It probably is because I can be back to normal but everything is so tangled together. I recognised I need to change my life and calm down rather than to pop a pill - which is why I've been avoiding the meds path but I'm at a crossroad now where I've lapsed again and feel like crap and seriously contemplating the psychartist and med path in the hope that this gives me my life back where my physical symptoms are a long way back in the rear view mirror. A friend said to me that since I am going through so much physical symptoms that a psychiatrist is probably better than a psychologist. Has anyone been down this path as to which one is better? I did a bit of reading (as we all do ...) and it seems like a psychiatrist has more medical experience as well as having the ability to prescribe meds so maybe they would better understand my physical symptoms and implemented a better recovery plan than psychologist and talk therapies? Also anyone know of any psychiatrist that bulk bill in Sydney that has helped them? I've found literally no bulk bill psychiatrist aside from those that might do it if you are in difficult circumstances like unemployed. I can't say I'm in the poor category but I can't say I'm well off either so trying to find a balance between the wallet and getting better ... Appreciate everyone's input.

Feeling alone .

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Hello I’m new to Beyond Blue, I have had anxiety since my father died around 5 years ago, soon after this my husband had a nervous breakdown,then my daughter went through anorexia as well as my youngest having behavioural problems. Now I had mild anx... View more

Hello I’m new to Beyond Blue, I have had anxiety since my father died around 5 years ago, soon after this my husband had a nervous breakdown,then my daughter went through anorexia as well as my youngest having behavioural problems. Now I had mild anxiety at the time , but after this had occurred,I found out my own mother and brother had been backstabbing me for years, they never apologised so I have cut all contact with them , this made my anxiety worse .I basically feel alone as I have not many true friends , and no one seems to really care . I’m a middle aged woman who feels trapped in this anxiety nightmare feeling ,pit in the stomach every day and wouldn’t mind advice from people,on ways to cope with it . I currently don’t work as my youngest as at school still, but would love to return to work but I don’t have great people skills . Going back before this I was in a business with my husband doing the books, that ended and we moved interstate and I haven’t worked since . Thanks for reading my story .

Fair Work Act 2009 and Social Anxiety Disorder

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Is it a violation of the Fair Work Act 2009 to be told by a manager that I can't be promoted unless I am able to overcome my social anxiety? https://www.humanrights.gov.au/quick-guide/11935

Panic or anxiety attacks?

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I have comorbid mental illness and my anxiety has been realy bad this year. It takes the smallest thing to go wrong to set me off. Is there a difference between bad anxiety attack or panic attack?

Need to overcome this

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Hello everyone, I went through severe and suicidal depression in 2016. The main reason behind this was my toxic work environment and my boss who'd made my life very miserable. I used to be under immense stress all the time until everything went out o... View more

Hello everyone, I went through severe and suicidal depression in 2016. The main reason behind this was my toxic work environment and my boss who'd made my life very miserable. I used to be under immense stress all the time until everything went out of control when I developed some other health issues related to it. Back then I used to be overseas and I left my job. Now I'm in Australia and still I get a different sort of anxiety when it comes to applying for jobs. I feel like as if I'm the biggest loser/failure. I even went to a therapist and she was helpful but not that much. I need to overcome this on my own and I'm badly stuck. I talked to a professional related to the industry I used to work in and he told me that I should create a Linkedin profile as he has found it very useful. I have created my profile there but I need to fill in details. I still get flashbacks of my abusive boss and people find it very hard to believe that I'm still getting flashbacks. When I joined Linkedin, it connected me to my previous employer's page and it ruined my mood. Now I how do I overcome this? I so badly need to get out of it. Sometimes I get thoughts of quitting but other days, I'm very motivated but it only lasts for a short time. Kind regards, LS

Anxiety? I don’t know what’s going on

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Hi all, I posted a few days back saying I was feeling very depressed and crying all the time for no apparent reason. I have started to feel extremely anxious about going to work, this morning was the second time I had a panic attack in the last few d... View more

Hi all, I posted a few days back saying I was feeling very depressed and crying all the time for no apparent reason. I have started to feel extremely anxious about going to work, this morning was the second time I had a panic attack in the last few days before going. I don’t dislike my job, I want to go to keep my mind busy but I just stress about going so much. I am not entirely sure what I am fearful about, whether it’s the occasional rude customer, being away from the comfort of my home for so long or whether it’s about feeling as though I will break down in tears. I have so many emotions going on at the moment and I can’t explain why I’m feeling like this.

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