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I'm struggling day by day & i can't find anything to be happy about. I'm having a hard time with my anxiety & depression and sometimes i just want to give in but i have to tell myself just try to cope with these feelings. My anxiety started when i was in high school where i was bullied everyday for five years. I hid the bruises from my mum and dad because i wanted to handle it myself until the middle of year twelve when i lifted my shirt and showed them the bruises and they were very upset i didn't come to them.
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Hello Jrb ,
struggling is never fun i myself have had a super tough time as late . Please dont feel that you are alone in your journey there are so many of us that are here to offer nothing but love and support . As for the bulling i also had to deal with that pretty much the whole way through school it defiantly leaves massive scars . I guess the important thing to remember is that it is all over now and one day you will lift your head and things will seem ok again if only for a little while . You may have already done so but i will ask any way have you contacted your dr to try and source some help to get you through all of this ? There are so many options out there for treating depression and anxiety . and never forgett there is always someone here please stay strong and keep trying it may seem hopeless now but one day the sun will shine again and you will be happy that you stuck out the tough times .
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Dear jrb
Thanx for coming back and providing this post and letting us know some of your issues. I found fifi’s response to you really excellent – giving you great advice and I hope that has helped out a little.
Not sure if you know at all, but on this site, Beyond Blue have a list of GP’s available, that you can search for and hopefully you’ll find one or two in your local area. The thing with these GP’s is that they are all qualified to deal with mental health issues and so I feel that might be a good approach for you to take as your next step.
Bullies really sicken me. Always have, always will. I’ve said before in other posts regarding bullies – that for me, I don’t hate many things in life – but bullies definitely go on my hate list. I think it would be a kind of a sickening poll to take, to see how many children were bullied at school. I think the number would be extraordinarily high.
Wow jrb – 5 years was such a long long time to put up with what you were facing each and every day. I can’t imagine how bad you must have felt each Sunday afternoon/evening, knowing what you’d be facing up to the very next day. And to be doing it all on your own.
How long ago was your last year at school?? When you say, you wanted to handle it yourself – did you put in place any strategies for coping with these mongrels?
Both fifi and I have thought that getting along to a GP would be a good thing – have you already done this, or will this now be something for you to pursue. And as fifi also said, after you’ve been bullied, it sticks with you – but gosh, having it happen for 5 years. I really feel for you.
I do hope you can get back to us.
Kind regards
Neil
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My last year at high school was about 15 years ago and i completed year 12 and got my certificate.I didn't leave because i wasn't gonna give the bullies the satisfaction of quiting high school.I didn't hit back because these bullies were like that big they looked like adults.The way i coped i had to prepare myself each day knowing i was going to get bullied.In year 12 when i said i was being bullied the school suspended them because it turned out they were doing it other students as well.When one of my teachers was told what happened to me he so mad that the schools counciller had to calm him down
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Bullies are a nightmare to deal with...school bullies, workplace bullies, they are all repulsive people & they usually don't get very far in there lives...some parents even bully there own children...bullies are a bunch of flogs!!!
I hate bullies,
Danny
