Struggling for most of my life

[Chris_W]

Hi Everyone, I have been suffering anxiety and depression for the majority of my life as a result of lack of family support on what I wanted to accomplish and shocking workplace bullying which acurred in the 2007/2008 period that still affects me to this day. I am married with 2 step kids who are now 15ys and 18yrs old and I regard them and my wife as my saviours as I most probably wouldn't exist right now if they hadn't come into my life but now I feel like I'm the outcast of my family. I'm lucky if I get  the time of day out of any of them. We are all sitting in our living room and they are all talking about what ever and I say something and they all kind of look at me and eachother and kind of ignore me and it is really setting me down the wrong path and don't know what to do. Keep well Everyone 

[Sophie_M]

Hey Chris_W,

Welcome to the Forums! We are so glad you have found us here.

It sounds like you have been through a lot which can certainly still impact us years later. It is great that you have those 'saviours' in your life - we all need good support when things are tough.

If you ever want to talk this through with one of the Beyond Blue counsellors, feel free to give us a call on 1300 22 4636, or reach out through Online Chat here.  

Thank you again for sharing here. It can be really hard to do that, and so we hope you can feel some pride in having done so.  

Kind regards,  

Sophie M