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Hey there! Welcome to the Young People section of the Beyond Blue Forums. The purpose of this section is to provide members aged 25 and under a space to discuss life issues, tricky situations and the difficult emotions and feelings that come with tho... View more

Hey there! Welcome to the Young People section of the Beyond Blue Forums. The purpose of this section is to provide members aged 25 and under a space to discuss life issues, tricky situations and the difficult emotions and feelings that come with those. If you are aged over 25, please be mindful that this is a space for younger people to connect and provide support for each other. These forums are moderated, so your posts may not appear straight away. Information on moderation on the Forums can be found here. Being familiar with our Community Guidelines can help ensure that your posts appear online as quickly as possible. If we have concerns about your wellbeing, one of our friendly moderators will check in with you privately to make sure you get the support you need. If you need more immediate support, we recommend reaching out to the following: Beyond Blue Support Service – any time, chat online to a counsellor or call 1300 22 4636 Headspace – between 9am and 1am (AEST), chat online to a mental health clinician or call 1800 650 890 Kids Helpline – any time, chat online to a counsellor or call 1800 55 1800 Thank you for being here. We’re glad you’ve found us here and hope this can be a supportive space for you Beyond Blue

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Guest_74206195 feeling inhuman
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hey all, 22NB here. I've never really had the courage to make a post here, but life has a way of isolating you and putting you through trial after trial without stopping, and frankly something needs to change before I eventually fail one of them for ... View more

hey all, 22NB here. I've never really had the courage to make a post here, but life has a way of isolating you and putting you through trial after trial without stopping, and frankly something needs to change before I eventually fail one of them for good. I've gone looking all over the place for somewhere to get help but there really just isnt one. ive never been given the chance to see a doctor or psychiatrist and every therapist ive ever had never knew how to work with me, i dont keep friends and my family simply won't hear it. and these days, i outright refuse to use any of those emergency hotlines anymore, not a soul I encountered on them ever cared about anything but whether or not i was going to die then and there. I just don't know what to do. even among my generation, I seem to be an outsider? i feel such little connection to the things that other 20-somethints talk about. i struggle to even keep my two feet on the earth. why then?why can't i seem to understand humanity? why can't i fathom surviving much longer? what did i do wrong to feel so far from the people i share a generation with? am i really the only one so utterly lost?

dino5 Moving houses - grieving my current home
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Hi guys, I’m 22 years old. On Thursday night, me and my family were told that our house (that we rent) was going to be sold and auctioned off. Although the landlord has given us 3 months to prepare to move, we’ve managed to find a place on Saturday a... View more

Hi guys, I’m 22 years old. On Thursday night, me and my family were told that our house (that we rent) was going to be sold and auctioned off. Although the landlord has given us 3 months to prepare to move, we’ve managed to find a place on Saturday and are moving immediately on Wednesday. Even though it’s good we found a place so quickly, I’ve been grieving the thought of abandoning my current home and the memories (both good and bad) created in it. I’ve been crying non-stop last night. I worried about how we’re going to fit the stuff that we need in our new home. My dad reassured me that we will work out how to fit our stuff in the house and told me to not stress out too much but I can’t help it. I’ve been in my home for 10 years (since I was 13). This has been the longest I’ve stayed at a home since my previous one which lasted about 7 years. I’ll miss everything. The physical things such as having a front and back yard with actual grass and space, the rooms, how I’ve decorated my own space, the street…; and the sentimental things such as the moments created. As a result, I’ve contemplated saving up for a home loan so that we don’t have to experience these things in the future. This has only resulted in me grieving the house more as home loans are difficult to get, saving up takes a lot of time and sacrifices, and buying a proper house which is 100K-700K is virtually impossible (especially where I live). I feel jaded and at a loss of what to do. I still have many things to do unrelated to housing but now I can’t stop worrying about this. I’ve barely made any progress in cleaning out + packing up my stuff since the news. I know it’s for the better but I can’t let go of it.

MrRecoil ADHD and school work
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Hey I'm in year 12 and i got ADHD. What are some tips and ways to study with adhd?

Hey I'm in year 12 and i got ADHD. What are some tips and ways to study with adhd?

Whitey Lying
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Hey all I’m 22 years olds I have been lying since I was younger and now it has come between me and my partner and my daughter I think it’s more of making her disappointed or being a shame of myself so just telling a lie is easier but now it has caugh... View more

Hey all I’m 22 years olds I have been lying since I was younger and now it has come between me and my partner and my daughter I think it’s more of making her disappointed or being a shame of myself so just telling a lie is easier but now it has caught up to me and I just want to get the help I need to be able to tell the truth to her and gain her trust back for my daughter sake it’s really difficult knowing that I can’t tell the truth and I hope someone can give me advice on how to help me

gemmadavidson92 Body Dysmorphia
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I developed anorexia when I was 14, up until I was 17. My parents never noticed, or always turned a blind eye to it. I used to over exercise, and would only drink coffee during the day. I’m now 24, and It wasn’t until I started seeing a therapist thi... View more

I developed anorexia when I was 14, up until I was 17. My parents never noticed, or always turned a blind eye to it. I used to over exercise, and would only drink coffee during the day. I’m now 24, and It wasn’t until I started seeing a therapist this year that I realised how bad it really was. I never got any treatment for ED when I was a teen, I was just told to eat more. It made me real sick, to the point that my body rejected any food I ate. I recovered on my own when I graduated school, and never told anyone. But I still go through periods where I will have real bad body image, and eat as little as possible for days/weeks. I weight myself everyday to ensure I haven’t gained weight. But sometimes I’ll be really good and eat “normal”. I feel like I’ve been stuck in a loop for a very long time, and although I haven’t relapsed with anorexia, I feel like there’s always a voice in my head saying that I’m too fat. That everything that happens relates to my weight. Sometimes it’s all I can think about, even at work. When I see a photo of myself, I will zoom in and make sure I don’t look big, or too fat compared to everyone else. It’s all very exhausting. I can’t help but hate myself for feeling like this all the time. I’ve been very open about this with a therapist, but because I don’t have an eating disorder anymore, they focus on other things such as anxiety and depression.

Guest_45427330 Feeling lost about my career path
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Hi everyone,I'm feeling quite stuck on what to do with my career.I have been working in the childcare industry for the past 4-5 years, i am a team leader currently but i love the children but i really just don't love the job anymore. I do not want to... View more

Hi everyone,I'm feeling quite stuck on what to do with my career.I have been working in the childcare industry for the past 4-5 years, i am a team leader currently but i love the children but i really just don't love the job anymore. I do not want to work weekends but want a full time Monday to Friday job. I'm not sure what to do, i am only 25 but just feel stuck and need some help figuring out what to do... any help would be great. Obviously i need to be earning enough money still to live off but please help me figure out what to do as i have barely any experience with anything else

Guest_67029864 Hi
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Hey, I’m a teen who is struggling because I think a guy at my school is overly obsessed with me to the near point stalking. He’s constantly talking to me in areas I don’t feel safe in (up against a locker, in a corner etc.) and asking me if I want th... View more

Hey, I’m a teen who is struggling because I think a guy at my school is overly obsessed with me to the near point stalking. He’s constantly talking to me in areas I don’t feel safe in (up against a locker, in a corner etc.) and asking me if I want thing such as gifts. He doesn’t have many friends so I tried to be nice and it’s gotten to the point where he thinks I’m his best friend and I’m in love with him. I don’t have a good relationship with my parents and don’t want to tell the school because of their obligation to inform them. Does anyone have any advice as to what I should do?

Lonely_fish I am a bad friend.
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I recently had a rude awakening when someone I considered a close friend (dare I even say a sister) called me out for some of my toxic behaviours. For context, I had told this friend, along with a small group of people that I trusted, about various s... View more

I recently had a rude awakening when someone I considered a close friend (dare I even say a sister) called me out for some of my toxic behaviours. For context, I had told this friend, along with a small group of people that I trusted, about various situations that took place in my life over the last two years- and some of the people who were hearing me tell this story were even present during the time that some of these things were happening. According to the friend group, a lot of these stories I was telling were considered "rude" and "more like rumours" even though I had said that these renditions of the stories were what I had either experienced or heard from the people actually involved first-hand. I had tried to apologise- but (according to almost every person I had written an apology to) I had written it so poorly that they assumed I had used ChatGPT to write and didn't actually mean anything, and then when I tried to have a one-on-one discussion with the close friend, they ignored my messages. I then began to notice that they had begun to remove me from some of the platforms and spaces that we were using to communicate. I had then decided that they probably wanted me to leave, so I left the platform. They then made multiple social media posts using screenshots from our chats (which I wrote and told them because I trusted them enough to say it and vice versa) basically painting me as the bad guy. My final straw was when they contacted my parents and basically sent them all the stuff I told them in confidence and tried to make it seem like I was just some evil person. I probably could've made my apology better, but I've never been good with words, and so when I was trying to fix things, I was more taking actions and steps to actually stop the toxic behaviours that they called me out for. I lost a whole friend group from that. But I understand that it was my fault, I'm just really upset that my attempt at trying to save those friendships went terribly.

OceanPhoenix Food
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Hi, So I have been struggling with food for a while now. Now and then I will eat a lot of food to the point that it has surpassed fullness, and I just feel sick. It has been going on and off since I was 17 (now 20) but has gotten worse in the last ye... View more

Hi, So I have been struggling with food for a while now. Now and then I will eat a lot of food to the point that it has surpassed fullness, and I just feel sick. It has been going on and off since I was 17 (now 20) but has gotten worse in the last year and a half. My main issue has been sugar and I have been using a routine where I eat sugar on two specific days each week to regulate the craving, but today I binged again. I feel immensely guilty and feel like trash after each binge and when I see the weight gain it ruins my whole day. On top of that I worry about calories whenever I go out to eat, searching for lowest calories options at any restaurant I go to, and now I cannot enjoy eating out anymore. Eating out causes me stress and often I find myself wanting to cancel plans just to avoid it. This was a recent development (last 6 months) after coming off of dieting for 6months, and I am worried I can never get over it. I am terrified that I will never not be able to stop binging and while now its far fewer and far in between, it still happens and that scares me. When I do it, I become so moody and my day becomes ruined and I cannot control it. I feel so lost. I considered therapy but I am a student and cannot afford it. Anyday advice would be greatly appreciated.

Guest_10163773 Can't wrap my head around university
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Hello I am currently in my first year of my Bachelor of Education and I feel like I'm drifting. I can't finish assignments on time and leave them till the last minute, don't understand the content, mess up all my enrolment, don't go to class. I feel ... View more

Hello I am currently in my first year of my Bachelor of Education and I feel like I'm drifting. I can't finish assignments on time and leave them till the last minute, don't understand the content, mess up all my enrolment, don't go to class. I feel like a loser and a failure. I have already dropped out of uni once and even though my dream is to become a teacher, I just can't crack it. I can't focus and I just don't understand what is going on ever.I can't function as an adult and it makes me feel horrible about myself. I feel like I am constantly making the wrong decision.

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