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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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alma_63685 I feel hopeless and I really want help.
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I feel so sad lately. I have only 4 friends at school who I feel like I can trust, a boy in my class found out about who I like and he told him. Now I feel so stupid and hopeless. My parents are always fighting and I feel as if it's my fault. I've lo... View more

I feel so sad lately. I have only 4 friends at school who I feel like I can trust, a boy in my class found out about who I like and he told him. Now I feel so stupid and hopeless. My parents are always fighting and I feel as if it's my fault. I've lost my appetite lately and my mum just makes everything worse because she tries to force me to eat since she feels someone at school has called me fat. I haven't eaten much today except for chocolate for lunch and a piece of toaster dinner. It's not as if we cant afford the food, I just don't know what wrong with me. I can't concentrate at school andI feel so fat, but when say that to my friends they think i'm so slim. I feel as if my parents love my sister more than they love me. For the past few months I've been noticing all the negative things about and don't feel as if it's normal. my mum is angry at me for not eating my lunch and getting my jacket dirty by falling over in the dirt at school. I just feel so alone and sad everyday. I can't concentrate on anything. I feel as if I want help and if you can, please reply I need support and advice...

QuantumSpecter Should I quit my apprenticeship and and chase my dreams?
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I'm finding it very hard to choose whether I should leave my apprenticeship and go back to school or stay and keep working more than 8 hours a day for a car dealership as a motor mechanic apprentice. My family wants the best for me and says give it a... View more

I'm finding it very hard to choose whether I should leave my apprenticeship and go back to school or stay and keep working more than 8 hours a day for a car dealership as a motor mechanic apprentice. My family wants the best for me and says give it a good try and stay for at least 12 months and see how I'll like it. I liked it when I did it for work experience but now it's my job I'm not so sure.

zoeoe I don't feel emotions
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now, when I say this I don't mean that I don't cry, that I don't laugh - what I'm saying is, when I cry I don't feel sad, when I laugh I don't feel happy. I don't know when this started, or if I've been living like this all my life and only realised ... View more

now, when I say this I don't mean that I don't cry, that I don't laugh - what I'm saying is, when I cry I don't feel sad, when I laugh I don't feel happy. I don't know when this started, or if I've been living like this all my life and only realised it's not normal now. The only emotions I feel are guilt, anger and fear (at appropriate times, of course. except for guilt, the guilt can come out of nowhere and is almost 100% of the time completely out of the blue and for no reason). It's not like I don't feel ANYTHING at all, though - I can feel something, I just cannot recognise what I'm feeling (if that makes sense). Normally, when a person feels happy they recognise what they feel as happiness, but I can't do that, which, in turn, causes me to feel no emotion at all. I just feel numb, all of the time. What is wrong with me? some info about me: im a 13 (turning 14) year old female.

Mikot Failed tests
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Hi, I'm a year 12 student and I am pretty ambitious. I want to study medicine but with my current grades I know it'd be unimaginable reaching that ATAR. It really affects me when I fail my tests and I know I can improve this but it's difficult when y... View more

Hi, I'm a year 12 student and I am pretty ambitious. I want to study medicine but with my current grades I know it'd be unimaginable reaching that ATAR. It really affects me when I fail my tests and I know I can improve this but it's difficult when your mind is clouded with your failures

Guest_681 Anxiety and University
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I've just started my first year of nursing after transferring from science, and have had a history of anxiety and depression through school. Around two months ago I slowly came off antidepressants to try and use other coping mechanisms to deal with t... View more

I've just started my first year of nursing after transferring from science, and have had a history of anxiety and depression through school. Around two months ago I slowly came off antidepressants to try and use other coping mechanisms to deal with this, however it didn't really work and left me feeling more anxious than ever. Going back on my medication, I've had a rough start with side effects of increased anxiety and panic attacks (common apparently when re-starting medication, with the belief that anxiety gets worse before improving), but this is making University incredibly difficult. I live almost an hour away by tram and it's gotten to the point where I get so anxious on the tram I either have to get off, just wanting to go back home, or arrive at Uni/to my classes with waves of panic and fear. Has anyone else experienced something similar? I love my course a lot but am in a real pickle as to how I'm supposed to try and balance all this!

Mousey22 Stressed out
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Hi guys. I don't have anyone else to talk to about this so that is why I'm posting here. I currently work full time and study part time, so between both of these I have a solid 50-54 hour week plus homework, and because I work retail some nights I on... View more

Hi guys. I don't have anyone else to talk to about this so that is why I'm posting here. I currently work full time and study part time, so between both of these I have a solid 50-54 hour week plus homework, and because I work retail some nights I only get 3 - 4 hours sleep. I put myself in this situation and it is what I want to do, but my problem is that I have a lot of trouble at home (black sheep of the family and my dad has pretty much segregated me from the rest of the family and they all follow him unquestioningly), and I have recently had a couple of big bad arguments with my mum, who for a while I was actually getting on so good with. I'm just tired all of the time, trying to keep on top of things at school and we are overloaded at work because our employer always leaves the team hours down so we are constantly worker harder than we really should because they don't want to pay the proper amount of staff to work. So tonight I was just really struggling mentally before work finished and I don't usually get like this. I'm usually pretty mentally resilient but lately I've just struggled. Flat out at work, working hard at school, isolated and fighting with family when all I am asking for is support and to not be harrased by my old man. I mean he gives me the dirtiest looks, always tells me to 'get out', 'I've got more respect for the dog than you', 'gay guy', rah rah rah, same old story. And a coworker at work that has caused some trouble lately and doesn't like me at all because I stopped talking to him because of his negativity. My boss knows about our history but hasn't stepped up to the guy. Anyways yeah I'm just asking for some advice and some encouragement please because I only get negativity from my family and I don't have anyone else to listen. My brain feels lethargic and I don't want to take time off, I just want some encouragement from someone please, just a little bit. And advice on how to deal with stress when you are juggling bills, study, work, family problems, etc. Thanks guys.

Mezz85 History of ex husbands controlling ways has given me deppression and anxiety
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Looking for a friend to talk to and reach out to , been separated four years now , been through a lot and still going through a lot - Very down, often cry myself to sleep and don't want to be social anymore , cant get motivated , feel very lost and u... View more

Looking for a friend to talk to and reach out to , been separated four years now , been through a lot and still going through a lot - Very down, often cry myself to sleep and don't want to be social anymore , cant get motivated , feel very lost and unwanted

Matty_B Struggling
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Hi, First post here so I am sorry if it doesn't make sense. I have written this over a dozen times now and always seem to delete it before posting, but here it goes. Although I hide it well from everyone else besides this forum now, for over ten year... View more

Hi, First post here so I am sorry if it doesn't make sense. I have written this over a dozen times now and always seem to delete it before posting, but here it goes. Although I hide it well from everyone else besides this forum now, for over ten years I have had issues with obsessive compulsiveness, anxiety and depression. I have been pressured by some people to keep going to see a councillor but I gave up because I didn’t want to waste their time or seem “soft”. You see I have always had to be the strong one out of my friends and family, The one that everyone else relies on to help them out and get them through their tough times, but lately I have grown weary of this. It is taking everything I have to keep the others on track I fear I have lost my own way. It is taking a toll on me and I don't think I can carry on like this. I have much more to express and get out but I think this will do for a first post... sorry my sentences didn't really flow.

SweetAngel Confusion with Ex boyfriend
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I’m still friends with my ex but I feel like he thinks we have a chance to get back together in the future. An example of this is for his uni graduation we got a professional picture taken of just him and I . He has bought that image (which wasn’t ch... View more

I’m still friends with my ex but I feel like he thinks we have a chance to get back together in the future. An example of this is for his uni graduation we got a professional picture taken of just him and I . He has bought that image (which wasn’t cheap) and wants to photoframe it to put on his bed side table. do you think he still has romantic feelings for me if he is framing a photo of us from graduation and also being so picky of which frame to buy? (E.g. can’t be too clunky, has to be white frame) i would like to hear your thoughts no other photos in his room but just that photo of us , and he didn’t photoframe the graduation photos taken of him and his family

___3 what's wrong with me? (super long, sorry!)
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Hey, this is my first post and I'm not really sure how to start. I'm more just trying to express my feelings than writing a structured paragraph so apologies if it makes no sense. I just want somewhere I can let out all this stuff I've been thinking ... View more

Hey, this is my first post and I'm not really sure how to start. I'm more just trying to express my feelings than writing a structured paragraph so apologies if it makes no sense. I just want somewhere I can let out all this stuff I've been thinking about for so long. I hate myself. Don't get me wrong, some days I feel normal- I think about my life and feel like everything has the potential to work out with a little effort. I try and keep up a routine by running daily, practicing instruments, etc. But then there are times when I look in the mirror and just hate everything I see. If I really think about myself there is not a single think about myself that isn't flawed. Nose? Legs? Eyelashes? Ew. I know these things are just material and subjective to personal opinion but there is not a single thing about myself that I like. Logically I understand that I should be grateful for having a functioning body and I absolutely appreciate that I am "healthy" but it feels like my being alive is just a waste- of resources, of time, of energy. I am always reminded of my flaws every time I start accepting how I look. "You should go on a diet, your legs are so fat." I know they are just trying to prevent me from having regrets in the future but even when I skipped meals and started running nothing changed, I would always be ugly in their eyes. Then there are times when I'm too happy. I love myself and the world seems brighter, I hug everyone and everything makes me smile and dance. Even in the moment I know this feeling is unnatural but all I want is to stay this happy forever... because in that moment, I have nothing to worry about. I look back at all the things I felt negative about (like I will probably do to this post) and laugh at how stupid those insecurities are. I'm amazing! These moods come out of nowhere and don't even have triggers sometimes. I have lots of "friends" but I feel like no one truly knows me. I'm completely different around them to when I'm alone with my own thoughts; no one has ever seen me react out of proportion to the event (happy, sad, angry, etc) "you're so happy lmao ily" which makes everyone feel fake, even though it's my own fault for not opening up. I don't think anyone could handle it if I told them how bad I felt sometimes. Being judged is what I hate most and it's impossible that I wouldn't become "so broken/weak she needs a shrink". It just hurts because there's no one I can talk to when I need it. I hate me. Sorry. I'm fine though.

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