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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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sdona49 Struggling with Health Anxiety
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Hey everyone I am 24 and have been struggling recently with health anxiety. I have always struggled with anxiety and stress all my life but this time it feels like nothing before. I am currently medicated and going in for CT scans do to neck pain and... View more

Hey everyone I am 24 and have been struggling recently with health anxiety. I have always struggled with anxiety and stress all my life but this time it feels like nothing before. I am currently medicated and going in for CT scans do to neck pain and headaches. I have also gotten a care plan for physio for my neck which has been plaguing me for 2 months now. It started 2 months ago when I underwent a medication change due to unwelcome symptoms of then and current anti depressant. I tried a new anti depressant that did nothing for my anxiety and led me down a spiral of panic attacks and unmanageable anxiety. After 4 weeks of suffering I went back to my old anti depressant and made an appointment with a psychiatrist. Due to that experience I underwent extreme stress as well which led to all these new aches and pains I was not aware of before. That then led to me self diagnosing and more anxiety. I have done my best to manage and try stay away from Dr Google but I must share my symptoms as they make we worrisome. I have noticed of recent that when reading with my mind eye I will finish a sentence and get stuck on the last word. It will be a struggle to get that last word read with my minds eye. Like pushing against a wall and it will take a few seconds to overcome that wall. It doesn't happen with all sentences but enough to make me anxious. Due to this I have convinced myself of having Brain cancer or CJD. I'm on the verge of trying to get a spinal tap just for anxieties sake. I have also noticed I push my tongue on the roof of my mouth and clench my jaw. I feel like my concentration is being hindered at times and my attention is easily lost. My forearms feel weak and sometimes struggle to find the words to say, stuttering or mispronouncing words. My mind just feels like it is not like it was before this experience. A little mushy at times. It does bring me some relief writing all this but I need to find better ways to manage this experience if it is stress and anxiety related. I would like to know if some people out there experience similar symptoms as this would bring me the most comfort knowing I'm not alone. Thank you for hearing me out!

kebabeater Feeling Alone and Insecure...
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I am a 17 year old girl and recently I broke up with my boyfriend of one and a half years. I am really struggling not only to move on as I have so many insecurities from within myself but I am struggling to fall out of love because despite all the fi... View more

I am a 17 year old girl and recently I broke up with my boyfriend of one and a half years. I am really struggling not only to move on as I have so many insecurities from within myself but I am struggling to fall out of love because despite all the fighting between me and him and the verbal abuse he put me through I still love him and can't seem to get him out of my head as I feel like I will never be able to get any better than him.

pluro Responsibility & Freedom
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Hello, I'm just curious about a few things and confused as to what I should do about them. I've never had any issues with my parents before, and we've never really fought before, but I don't think my relationship with them is very good. We're not clo... View more

Hello, I'm just curious about a few things and confused as to what I should do about them. I've never had any issues with my parents before, and we've never really fought before, but I don't think my relationship with them is very good. We're not close at all, and I tell my parents basically nothing that's going on within my life. I'm trying to fix that part, like telling them about my friends and school stuff, etc. One of the issues from this however is that I don't really have any responsibility. They don't and have never given me chores my entire life, they don't really put restrictions on many things I do (they let me stay on the internet as long as I want, let me sleep as long as I want, even let me take random days off school, and many other things). They don't let me clean my own room, they just say they'll do it themselves at some point. I don't get bad consequences for anything I do either (usually just a warning to not do it again). I've always thought this was a good thing I guess, but they also never taught me much. I'm only realising this now because many of my peers in my grade have certain skill sets that I lack, and I'm struggling to keep up in school because of it. I'm trying to teach all these things to myself, but I'm struggling a lot. I have no time management skills, it's terrible because I can't get enough stuff done and my grades are suffering because of it. I know how to cook a few things, sew a button, do my laundry, and other things but I learnt all that by myself or from the internet. Thinking about it now, if I didn't have the internet, I'd probably be a brainless blob, so I'm grateful for that. Something I find really weird though is that they don't let me do many things when it comes to going outside the house. They don't let me walk to school on my own (my school is a kilometre away, very close), they don't let me cook if they're not in the house, they don't let me anywhere outside of my house unless it's school, they're with me, or I'm at a friend's house that they dropped me off to. And they have to know the exact time to be picked up, constantly calling me and stuff like that. I've never found it strange until now, when I hear about my friends getting more freedom in regards to that sort of thing. It can get frustrating. Is this something I should be worried about? Am I over-exaggerating? Is this an issue I should discuss with my parents or figure out on my own? My word count's running out sooo... (thanks if you reply)

picklesnme Wanting to leave my depressed partner
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Hey guys, I really need some advise, I’m so conflicted at the moment. ive been with my partner for 7 years, I knew he had depression when we got together and me being the happy-go-lucky person I was, I was very accepting and understanding of his mood... View more

Hey guys, I really need some advise, I’m so conflicted at the moment. ive been with my partner for 7 years, I knew he had depression when we got together and me being the happy-go-lucky person I was, I was very accepting and understanding of his moods and would often be the only person who could cheer him up and get him through the hard days. Fast forward to now, and I just don’t know if I can do it anymore. He has always taken medication to treat his depression and severe social anxiety - or so I thought. I found out earlier this year that he stopped taking his meds about 2 years ago! He used to be an occasional weed smoker, but now he relies on it to function. He insists it works better than his meds ever did, and if he has to go without it he becomes irrational, verbally aggressive, highly irritable and all the other good stuff. He takes his moods out on me and our 3 year old, and I just can’t handle it anymore. I myself am now on antidepressants and feel like he has dragged me down to the point where people don’t recognise me as the happy person I used to be, now I’m just a tired, stressed, grump. I have begged my partner to seek professional help, go to therapy, get back on his meds, and he always promises after a huge fight that he will change, but he never has. He refuses to work, so despite my longing to ne home with my daughter and eventually have more babies I am stuck in a job that I hate in order to keep a roof over our heads, and all our spare income is spent on funding his smoking habit. I want better for myself, for my daughter, but I am so worried about calling it quits and what it may lead to. He has threatened suicide before, he doesn’t have any friends, his family aren’t very understanding, I feel like if I leave him he will literally have no one to turn to and he will either kill himself or guilt me into going back to him. I’m ready to walk away, but I know it will destroy him. Please help!

Suzie_Paige I need advice because i think i have anxiety
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So im a 13 yr old female, and i think that i might have anxiety. i always stress when friends go off in groups, or want to talk alone without me. I havent talked to anyone about it, but i just want opinions from other people. I can never get to sleep... View more

So im a 13 yr old female, and i think that i might have anxiety. i always stress when friends go off in groups, or want to talk alone without me. I havent talked to anyone about it, but i just want opinions from other people. I can never get to sleep at night until 12:00 and i always worry about people leaving me and abandoning me and talking behind my back. i dont know what to do thanks for any help or advice

J___ need help, am i alone?
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Recently Ive had an other whelming feeling that im on the verge of disater. i feel like im a time bomb and at any second i may go off. i experince anger attacks where i just get so annoyed at my self and other people. luckily ive only had one in publ... View more

Recently Ive had an other whelming feeling that im on the verge of disater. i feel like im a time bomb and at any second i may go off. i experince anger attacks where i just get so annoyed at my self and other people. luckily ive only had one in public because when it happens i just feel like hurt people. i also feel like im putting on a show. its not that im being fake around people persea its more like im just hiding all my problems despite they are getting worse. im worried that this acting will eventually run out (if that makes sense). am i insane? does any one feel like this. what can i do? sorry for the bad grammar. J

cSmoove Please I need desperate help...
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Bianca my girlfriend said I'm too good for her and it's best that we break up. I love her so much too the moon and back.. She is the one for me and all I want is for her to be happy. For the past month since our fight she has had serious self esteem ... View more

Bianca my girlfriend said I'm too good for her and it's best that we break up. I love her so much too the moon and back.. She is the one for me and all I want is for her to be happy. For the past month since our fight she has had serious self esteem issues and it shows. When I finish work or when she does I want a hug and a kiss where all she wants is to not really notice me or she just gives a little peck of a kiss and watches the tv without asking how my day was where I did that everyday for her. I try my best to help her and that's all I can do, I just hope that she still has the spark in her heart and can feel happy again. If she breaks up with me I honestly don't want anyone else because I know she is the one. I know it deep deep down she is the one. I look at her, I know her inside and outside! I love everything about her.. Fingers crossed she changes her mind tomorrow after her shift 7am-3pm on a Wednesday. Our Chateau song came on at work while she was Working and she felt like crying so much. She has been thinking so much and I think over thinking everything. What's on her mind is If she doesn't break up with me it will get worse in the future and keep getting back to square one or if she did break up with me she will regret it for the rest of her life. Her brothers don't want me to go, they want us to be together and they know she gets in weird down moods often and takes it out on others. She wants us to still be friends and us to be Single for a fair while incase she changes her mind. I'm always going to be there for her, we both said if we break up we are going to be best friends for sure which I loved hearing... But I don't want that I want her to be my girlfriend, my wife, my love and most importantly my world which we both have said that and trusted it upon eachother, crossed our hearts and swore to start a family in future and everything. I would honestly do anything in the world to have her back without her I know I wouldn't find love again because of what has happened to me in the past. If I was only granted one wish in my life it would be to have her be my girlfriend and wife in future forever and in the afterlife. What is the best thing I can do to get her back or make her feel like wanting me?

notneeded Dealing with people
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Today, my “best friend” who used to always have my back did something even worst than she did yesterday. Yesterday, she yelled at me and accused me of playing with boys’ feelings. From then we haven’t talked since. Today, during lunch time at school ... View more

Today, my “best friend” who used to always have my back did something even worst than she did yesterday. Yesterday, she yelled at me and accused me of playing with boys’ feelings. From then we haven’t talked since. Today, during lunch time at school she went to my supposedly called “ex” and started talking shit about me. I’m not sure of what she said but that’s the worst thing she could ever do to me... I still love him. After telling him stuff, he said to her ‘I’m actually pissed’. I know that he’s pissed at me. But he doesn’t know how much I want to say sorry. He thinks that I lead him on but I didn’t. I actually loved him. For the past few days I’ve been drafting a “speech” on how sorry I am and clear any misunderstandings. After talking shit about me to my “ex”, she kept saying ‘I love being a bitch’ or something along those lines. She seemed pretty happy. I don’t know what to do. She’s in my friend group so for me it’s really awkward. I just hope that at least my “ex” understands me because before we came a ‘thing’ we were pretty good friends.

Jackson_M Intesnse self loathing and depression.
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My anxiety and self-hatred has been getting progressively worse over the last few years, to where I unable to meet new people or walk outside without feeling incredibly scared for no reason. I have broken away from all my friends, TAFE and have begun... View more

My anxiety and self-hatred has been getting progressively worse over the last few years, to where I unable to meet new people or walk outside without feeling incredibly scared for no reason. I have broken away from all my friends, TAFE and have begun started online schooling; having to redo the last school year to check boxes for the government. I hate my life and I know I was always meant to be more than this. The only person I could consider a friend is my therapist which I already know is pathetic, after refusing to properly cry in front of her and then leaving that appointment to get a haircut and rushing home to throw-up after as a reaction to how bad I look, I already know there’s something seriously wrong with me but it’s even worst then I could imagine. I have had little to no motivation to work or live, I spend most of my time blasting music at 100% with headphones to stop my thoughts, I never thought I would join a service like Beyond Blue but I don’t know what to do anymore. I not even sure what this letter serves but to act as nothing more than a cry for help.

Joel673356 Health anxiety
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Hi all I’ve been having a hard time of late with health anxiety I’m always worrying about my heart but I don’t know why I get arm pain chest pain my whole body twitches iv been for ecgs and nothing but I just can’t deal with it please tell me if anyo... View more

Hi all I’ve been having a hard time of late with health anxiety I’m always worrying about my heart but I don’t know why I get arm pain chest pain my whole body twitches iv been for ecgs and nothing but I just can’t deal with it please tell me if anyone is going through this thank you

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