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Jeriava How do I talk to my doctor?
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I’ve been struggling with my life for the past 7-8 years but I finally made an appointment with a doctor. I feel really scared though because I don’t ever go to the doctor for anything, and I havent seen this doctor for so many years that I’m really ... View more

I’ve been struggling with my life for the past 7-8 years but I finally made an appointment with a doctor. I feel really scared though because I don’t ever go to the doctor for anything, and I havent seen this doctor for so many years that I’m really scared that they’ll judge me or won’t believe anything I say. I’m really anti social so I feel like I won’t be able to say what I wanna say or I’ll say the wrong thing causing them to just dismiss me and move me along without helping. I’m just tired of feeling alone, depressed and just worthless but I’m really scared to talk to them.

Chris_B Are you looking to support someone else with depression? PLEASE READ before posting
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This forum is for people seeking support for their own mental health issues. If you're posting on behalf of someone else with a mental health issue that you're concerned about, please have a look at this section of our forums: Supporting family and f... View more

This forum is for people seeking support for their own mental health issues. If you're posting on behalf of someone else with a mental health issue that you're concerned about, please have a look at this section of our forums: Supporting family and friends with a mental health condition It's full of threads from people who have family members and friends going through anxiety, depression or other related conditions. Have a read through the threads there, and feel free to take part in the discussions. Below are also some helpful beyondblue resources you might want to look through first as well: Supporting someone Have the conversation

AGrace SELF HELP TIPS FOR MANAGING DEPRESSION
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Hi Everyone, Here are some ideas you might like to try for managing symptoms of depression. Of course everyone's different, so let us know what works for you, and please feel free to add to the list... Mindfulness – through breathing or engaging the ... View more

Hi Everyone, Here are some ideas you might like to try for managing symptoms of depression. Of course everyone's different, so let us know what works for you, and please feel free to add to the list... Mindfulness – through breathing or engaging the 5 senses Distress Tolerance – Accepting Emotions and Self Soothing Distraction – Put the thoughts/feelings aside and come back to them when you are ready to deal with them Positive Affirmations – Have some affirmations written down repeat them to yourself daily Sleep/Exercise/Diet – All 3 aspects of our lifestyle can impact the way we think/feel Increasing Pleasurable Activities – Engage in at least one pleasurable activity per day

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emi1111iii Dysfunction
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I feel as though I can't do anything. It's impossible for me to keep myself clean, let alone my house, I can't do anything without taking it to an unhealthy extreme, I can't go out because of crippling mental illness, I can't eat normally, sleep norm... View more

I feel as though I can't do anything. It's impossible for me to keep myself clean, let alone my house, I can't do anything without taking it to an unhealthy extreme, I can't go out because of crippling mental illness, I can't eat normally, sleep normally, drink water normally, talk to people normally. I can't even function in a mental hospital with nurses taking care of me. I feel so ashamed because I can genuinely do none of the things that everyone else can do and no amount of therapy or medication changes it, this is just the way I am. Is there any way to turn things around?

youdepressedmate I need help
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I’ve been really struggling lately. I’ve been having h to lights of suicide and manic depressive episodes. This all only started when my mum and my grandad got sick and nobody believes that I’m struggling because my brother had diagnosed depression a... View more

I’ve been really struggling lately. I’ve been having h to lights of suicide and manic depressive episodes. This all only started when my mum and my grandad got sick and nobody believes that I’m struggling because my brother had diagnosed depression and adhd. I can’t function anymore and I need help, does anyone have any tips on this or any coping strategies to help in depressive episodes

mcc Going to the hospital for mental health?
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Hi,I am a sufferer of bipolar disorder and am currently in a deep depression. Probably the worst I have ever been and its all getting a bit too much. I am not sleeping at all and in the middle of the night recently I seriously consider going to the h... View more

Hi,I am a sufferer of bipolar disorder and am currently in a deep depression. Probably the worst I have ever been and its all getting a bit too much. I am not sleeping at all and in the middle of the night recently I seriously consider going to the hospital because I know I am not in a good space at all. I am just really scared to go because I have heard it is daunting. If anyone has any tips or do you recommend going? Any help would be appreciated.Thank you.

Violet1 Bipolar and Left temporal lobe epilepsy link
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Hi everyone, I am 52 years old and have a diagnosis of bipolar 2 and left temporal lobe epilepsy. I have always thought there was a link between the two but haven't found any reasearch about it. I visited a new neurologist today and she has quite goo... View more

Hi everyone, I am 52 years old and have a diagnosis of bipolar 2 and left temporal lobe epilepsy. I have always thought there was a link between the two but haven't found any reasearch about it. I visited a new neurologist today and she has quite good credentials. I am happy to say the best part of the visit is that she stated that she believes there is a corelation between the two . I was very excited to hear this. I just thought i would mention it in case anyone else out there is the same as me and felt the same way but had never had any one substantiate their ideas. I would love to hear from any one else with bp1 or 2 and Left TLE. Cheers, have a good night every one . Xxx

A sad boy I was blocked by my friend and I feel no hope and struggled...
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Several months ago I met a friend, we talked very friendly and we regard each other as good ones. However, from the end of last month, I found that he always ignored what I said in the message and he exited some social network channels from myself. I... View more

Several months ago I met a friend, we talked very friendly and we regard each other as good ones. However, from the end of last month, I found that he always ignored what I said in the message and he exited some social network channels from myself. I feel very sad and tried asking some reasons on other social network to him, but he still did not ask me, until some days ago he blocked my account. I feel very struggled that I can not believe that he can do this...I may make mistakes that I said too much to him in order to make me feel good, but I do not do bad things to him and what he said are all just good words or what he advice; I just wonder why he did so cruel behaviours -- because he said that we can keep contact during our only actual voice talk. I just do not understand that what he do now on earth because I do not know whether he is too busy to see my messages, or whether he do not like me suddenly, or whether he changed his heart. Whatever the reason is, I feel very sad and even desperate to face everything, because during more than one year with him, I paid too much attention to him but the result is very upset...I do not know if I can solve this relationship, I really want to save it! But I do not know what solutions I can use, and I do not know if I can solve it by myself, which is very hard because I can not dare to contact him anymore now! I have another people which is closed to that friend to help with it potentially, but I do not dare to talk with him either because I will receive scorn from him. I just feel very terrible with it.Now thinking with these things, I feel I am a totally fool and totally stupid! I should not have said so much words to satisfy myself, even if what I said is my advice and I feel very regretful! There is no one can understand myself, which makes me more terrible! I am so silly to make things messy, I make unforgivable things... I have experienced so much things but this time I feel that I am totally foolish... However at the same time I do not know why he is so sudden that I can not realise that he is like changing his characteristics to treat me like that! Maybe he and I both have mistakes...I just cry over and over again, day by day to face this, but I still want better solutions, or I do not know what I can do next...I am very sorry for saying this but thank you all for your help...This is my last destination to solve the solutions, or I really do not know what I can find and ask for!

francis122986 :)
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I don’t know if there is something wrong with me,I get so sad for a couple days then go back to normal.

I don’t know if there is something wrong with me,I get so sad for a couple days then go back to normal.

Joy10 Depression ??
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Do I have depression or am I just lonely? My life is bland. I get up have breakfast and either play solitaire or watch tv. I just don’t have the interest do do anything.

Do I have depression or am I just lonely? My life is bland. I get up have breakfast and either play solitaire or watch tv. I just don’t have the interest do do anything.

white knight Bipolar emotional freeze
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I've had this since I was 12yo... 55 years. Under trauma or during an argument when you feel like you are being lectured perhaps I completely shut down. If I can get out any words it might be "cant talk now". Bipolar people read emotions whereas othe... View more

I've had this since I was 12yo... 55 years. Under trauma or during an argument when you feel like you are being lectured perhaps I completely shut down. If I can get out any words it might be "cant talk now". Bipolar people read emotions whereas others go by content of their words mostly. We read peoples emotional connection, facial features with the slightest movement. But the bipolar emotional freeze is something I just learned about a few days ago and was unaware it was from bipolar as I have a few other illnesses. What can a partner do when one goes into this state? Well that state is an extremely deep place to be, it is not dissimilar to grief... sometimes I've likened it to shock, frozen for about 20-40 minutes. So why is it an important topic? As I've had these maybe 6 times a year thats over 300 total, I believe it is not a safe condition to be in. Recently at the end of such a state I immediately walked into my clinic and sought help. That resulted in a new mental health plan and assistance. It's what we all should do- without fail, seek help. Conflict is more common between bipolar people due to this method of reading emotional reactions but we are also deeply sensitive, in fact everything we do is "deep". I havent met a shallow bipolar person yet. This means that people without bipolar operate their mind differently to bipolar and its the reason bipolars find conflict hard to avoid, resolve, make sense of and we feel alone developing a desire to become a hermit. In my thread "Want to be a hermit" it depicts several times I went up to the mountains with an unhealthy mind only to return when my mind was more rational. My thinking on the way up was high emotion, rejection, confusion and unhealthy, unsafe... on the way down 5 days later my mind was more rational, I could tolerate human contact and was eager to return to work and save money... total opposites. I'll leave the rest of the analogy to the experts. Hypomania/depression swings/freezing, lots to learn if you or a loved one has bipolar. The only advice I'd give is to remain calm with a bipolar in a "freeze", touch his arm to give him/her comfort and support and after 15 minutes tell them you will make a cuppa. Keep one eye on them if they leave the area... follow at a distance for a while then approach and hug. When in a freeze thats what I'd like. If it gets worse call lifeline on 131114 TonyWK

scaevitas Failure
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Hello, it’s Scaevitas. I am a medical student and I am halfway through my degree. Unfortunately I marginally failed a component of an assessment (by 0.03) which is needed to progress to the next year. I was struggling with depression and I also have ... View more

Hello, it’s Scaevitas. I am a medical student and I am halfway through my degree. Unfortunately I marginally failed a component of an assessment (by 0.03) which is needed to progress to the next year. I was struggling with depression and I also have around 9 other chronic illnesses. I did not seek help when I needed it most and have not taken responsibility for my own health and academic performance. I am currently repeating the year at medical school, and I have two months until a similar exam. I am an utter failure. I am still coming to terms with having to repeat a year of medical school. This is very stressful as I have to make new friends and do everything again. For the first few weeks of semester, I was struggling with active suicidal ideation and recently, I have had passive suicidal ideation. I often want to escape from reality and I have spent a lot my time indulging in TV and movie streaming services to distract myself from my situation. This however, is not sustainable. Some other context about my life: I come from an extremely academic medical family where failure like this is unheard of. Many times throughout my childhood, my parents have said, “how are you my child” in regards to my intelligence, or, “how did I give birth to such a stupid person.” I have also never been in a situation like this and I have also lost friends because I am repeating the year. The university has also been very condescending, apathetic and unsupportive during this time. I am not sure how I can go on.

Guest_1282 Life is relentless is just hard to get anywhere
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Yeah just feel like I keep pushing but after all the effort- no one even gets off my back. I dont care for people noticing the effort, thats fine got thick skin enough to deal with that. But the fact people keep making it worse and think they can "ca... View more

Yeah just feel like I keep pushing but after all the effort- no one even gets off my back. I dont care for people noticing the effort, thats fine got thick skin enough to deal with that. But the fact people keep making it worse and think they can "care" by doing that is just an absolute joke. Is just doing my head in and causing me stress everyday. With everything, down to like every thought I have anyway this is half depression. Half difficult emotions sort of discussion but thought Id put it in here anyway