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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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JJ_ Was this abuse?
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From as young as I can remember my mum would abuse me. This was from the ages 5-16. (I’m 18 now) I never really thought it was abuse until recently.. is this not normal ? she has stopped doing this in the last year because I retaliate and can push ba... View more

From as young as I can remember my mum would abuse me. This was from the ages 5-16. (I’m 18 now) I never really thought it was abuse until recently.. is this not normal ? she has stopped doing this in the last year because I retaliate and can push back. She also makes sly remarks at me sometimes over the stupidest things that don’t make me feel too good. Is this a problem that needs to be spoken about ? thanks

hellowhat Help please - Anxiety before going to bed 
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Hi! I'm not sure what this classifies as, due to the fact of me being unsure but here we go. Whenever i start thinking of going to bed (like sleeping and laying there) i get this sort of dredding feeling and my heart "drops" so to say, and when im la... View more

Hi! I'm not sure what this classifies as, due to the fact of me being unsure but here we go. Whenever i start thinking of going to bed (like sleeping and laying there) i get this sort of dredding feeling and my heart "drops" so to say, and when im laying there if i haven't got a podcast of ny favourite youtubers or a video playing (which i dont have internet for long story) i tend to have nothing to keep my mind off if stuff and i go into this weird thing of worry and being anxious for my future ect and end up crying and sad and my friend doesnt know either (she goes through the same thing) and i dont know why this happens or how to stop it and its scary i guess cus this happened not long ago (when i had a period of feeling empty) and then it went away but its back and its been a month or so and im so confused? Im not sure if this made sense but yeah if anyone knows please help

wavereon No order In my life and extreme disappointment with myself.
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Hello I'm 20 years old male Uni student and admin and I have no order or plan in my life. My eating habit is extremely random and I don't bother m to eat unless I'm starving really badly and my body forces me to and then maybe I get a bread. Or if so... View more

Hello I'm 20 years old male Uni student and admin and I have no order or plan in my life. My eating habit is extremely random and I don't bother m to eat unless I'm starving really badly and my body forces me to and then maybe I get a bread. Or if someone brings me food. My sleep pattern is a mess and It can be anytime in one week (Last night I slept around 3pm woke up at 11:pm) . I don't go to sleep when I need to and just mindlessly entertain myself with the computer until I nearly faint. Then I sleep 10 hours and miss Uni and I'm exhausted all day. I always have been a massive procrastinator but it has been escalating with the recent years and It's been gradually having really negative effects on my learning. I miss Weeks or entire semesters then try to catch up with assignments or exams in the last 8-10 hours straight to get a credit instead of learning the content. I don't think I ever in my life in the last 4 years have started working on an assignment or an exam more than 16 hours before the and ever finished less than 1hr - 5 minute till the due date. However I don't think my body or my Mind can take this anymore. I don't know how it happened and how to fix it. I had depression before and I think I have dealt with but they way my life is going I don't possibility of a future or any satisfaction with myself. I'm terrible at staying focused on a single task unless there is an extreme sense of fear and urgency. I can't do anything that does not please me in the very short term. I don't understand how other people can? I believe there are some underlying mental factors that have led me into this hell but I always didn't bother addressing them and now It's affecting everything. I have been extremely lucky through myself and sorta privileged and spoiled. I always used to judge myself compared to others and my position would be considered quite lucky by many others. However that has been my biggest mistake. Every time I finish an assignment in the last minute, I know I can do A LOT better without actually putting that much more effort and mostly without tearing myself apart with stress If I had planned and had some order in myself. I tried to fix it by myself and failed miserably every time and instead chose to drug and forgot about myself with games and the internet. Not sure if I need professional help and if they can help me or is it that really low consciousness people like me are doomed to fail. Really sorry for the long and messy post.

Lexan Feeling absolutely crushed
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Always been the rock for others, never been one to reach out but I'm struggling with this and don't feel i have the sort of family or friends that i can to talk to about this. Was with my ex gf for 4 years, i did everything i could to keep her happy ... View more

Always been the rock for others, never been one to reach out but I'm struggling with this and don't feel i have the sort of family or friends that i can to talk to about this. Was with my ex gf for 4 years, i did everything i could to keep her happy but something just wasn't right with her emotionally. she would often break things off for short periods of time over the period of the relationship at least once a year but i would always find a way to fix it and make her happy again. She ended it again and this time moved to another city to be around more family and her mum and cut off complete contact with me, leaving me with no reason why and just lost. After 4 months she popped back up and i fell straight back in and before i knew it we were in a long distance relationship. I would travel to see her twice a month for weekends and was planning to leave everything i had behind and move there for her. I flew there one time to spend xmas with her and got to the front door and she wouldn't let me in, told Me to go back home we are done. I just flew for hours and spent all that money to come see her with presents fir her family and i was dumped on the spot. I was crushed and confused and again no reason why. Its been a few years and my life has gone nowhere, i tried dating and after 2 failed attempts.( being stood up and the other using me as a rebound) i felt defeated. Yesterday i found out through a mutual friend my ex is engaged and i honestly thought I'd be numb to all this after what she did and all this time. But it has hit me like a ton of bricks and now im sitting here struggling trying to come to terms with the fact that i still have feelings for her and she is going to marry another guy while im still where she left me. I've struggled with anxiety since my teens but have a good grip on it 99% of the time. But this is eating away at me and I'm over thinking, feeling stuck, confused, hurt and not sure where to go from this. I let my life be on hold for years over what happened with this girl and i feel like a idiot for letting my life crumble because it was missing her.

josh22 can Life Get Better?
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Hello i am Just wondering will Life get Better for me? like most people They have a Job they Have Friends They got a love life they are happy mean while i cant even get a Job coz my town has less jobs i only had 1 Job in my while life that is gardeni... View more

Hello i am Just wondering will Life get Better for me? like most people They have a Job they Have Friends They got a love life they are happy mean while i cant even get a Job coz my town has less jobs i only had 1 Job in my while life that is gardening at a school as for Friends had 3 in school Now i have 0 friends i dont know how to make any as i am not that type off person same for love life got no idea how to find a girl i try dating sites like tinder but we all know they not good so mean while i am lonely i am trying to Learn to Code as i know this is one job i can try to get

JamesC19 I feel like the way I live my life brings me down yet no matter how much I try it only gets worse
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Hi, My name is James. I am 22 and for 7 years now I have struggled with addiction. My addiction stems from Alcohol use and is the only thing that have made me feel remotely happy. I've been in debt of more than 20K since I was 19. Each day I wake up ... View more

Hi, My name is James. I am 22 and for 7 years now I have struggled with addiction. My addiction stems from Alcohol use and is the only thing that have made me feel remotely happy. I've been in debt of more than 20K since I was 19. Each day I wake up and I'm flooded by emails and calls from debt collectors and the likes who hold no patience to the situation, I feel like I'm slowly slipping each day. I've been diagnosed with Pyrrole disorder which cancels any B and zinc vitamins in my system which ultimately makes me feel more depressed and I've been told it's why I feel the need to drink so much (currently in excess of 10 standards a day). I don't know what to do anymore, I feel like I have alright days where I try to pick myself up again, in the morning I feel content that I can fix all my problems myself, but by midday I'm back to what I've been doing the past 7 years. It feels like unless I have those things I can't live or be who I want to be and really I'm sick of living like this. I keep telling myself it's going to get better but really it just feels like I'm lying to myself, it feels like this might be who I really am now, like I need the drink to be me. I just don't know what to do or who to even see as treatment options cost money which a the moment I can't afford. I know I need help but I feel like I have to do it myself that's my anxiety, I feel like whenever I talk to someone and I mean not even about my situation that they are judging me for who I am. It's gotten to the point where it feels like I want to yell, shout or cry but I just can't because I feel like its going to make me seem weak. I was always an outgoing kid, I played sports, got good grades but I dont know where that part of myself has gone and all I want to do is be that person again, but it feels like the more I try the more I keep slipping into these habits and honestly I don't know how much more of it I can take.

el17 Is there something wrong with me?
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I’ve always been a very anxious person, but now I feel as if it’s consuming me day in and day out. My anxiety makes me a very sensitive person and it doesn’t take much to make me cry. I feel like I’m constantly apologising to people for getting upset... View more

I’ve always been a very anxious person, but now I feel as if it’s consuming me day in and day out. My anxiety makes me a very sensitive person and it doesn’t take much to make me cry. I feel like I’m constantly apologising to people for getting upset so easily. This can be as little as someone using a different tone and I’m upset and wondering what I did wrong. I feel like I’m constantly being judged for feeling this way. Sometimes I work myself up to the point where I think of crazy scenarios that probably will never happen. I know I’m not the only person out there who feels this way but why do I feel like such an idiot for getting so upset and sensitive about small things? its like I’m getting anxious for feeling anxious. Its very hard because a lot of people in my life have picked up on it. I am not a person that likes to talk in depth about what I’m feeling. Not a lot of people understand this feeling and a lot of the times I get responses such as “don’t think about it” or “try not to care too much” I know it’s easier for a person who’s not going through something like this to respond that way. How do you guys cope with this sort of thing? I’ve tried reading some self help books but I can’t seem to take on board what they’re all saying and telling me to do.

LoganDuds Telling parents about panic attacks
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I need some advice on how to tell my parents about my anxiety and that I have panic attacks. I don't like talking or opening up to my parents about feelings it is something I have never done and now that I'm 17 I realise they need to know

I need some advice on how to tell my parents about my anxiety and that I have panic attacks. I don't like talking or opening up to my parents about feelings it is something I have never done and now that I'm 17 I realise they need to know

Jeffyboi Why don't I know how I feel?
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Before i write this id like to state I do have aspergers(diagnosed). I think i may have depression and anxiety of sorts. I mean i have anxiety attacks often and well I usually feel shit. If I feel anything. Main point for this is well. I need help I ... View more

Before i write this id like to state I do have aspergers(diagnosed). I think i may have depression and anxiety of sorts. I mean i have anxiety attacks often and well I usually feel shit. If I feel anything. Main point for this is well. I need help I dont know how i feel a solid 95% of the time and I have no idea why situations happen and I have no idea how to respond or feel. Like something can happen and I know I should feel a certain way but i feel nothing. Sometimes I do feel things that I dont understand. Like... I wont understand why i feel it. If its good. Or bad. Or what it even feels like in general. The more i think about it and try to find out the more lost I get and confussed. I question if at those times I'm even feeling anything at all?? I just dont understand what to do sometimes I feel certain ways and I know I do like a song will make me happy or sad. Or I'll have random times where I feel horrible about myself and just depressed. I'm not sure what's goin on. I dont know how to respond or feel and ah I know I'm probably repeating myself a lot but its so hard to explain how I feel cause I honestly have no clue. like i said the more I try to figure it out the more lost I get. Its so scary sometimes. like I had a mental breakdown really badly once and I was crying then i stopped and just couldnt cry anymore and I just felt numb like I think I needed to let more out but just couldn't it doesnt work. i have a thing where if I'm upset I cant properly be myself and express it. like even if I try its so god damn hard. I just cant. I think that may be because of my aspergers. i explain this to people like friends and they say im fine but I really don't think I am

viviwr Struggling with HSC
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The HSC exams are coming up very soon but I'm struggling to find the energy and motivation to get up, let alone study. I've basically spent the past week lying in bed and doing nothing, except for a couple of questions from a past paper. I know I tha... View more

The HSC exams are coming up very soon but I'm struggling to find the energy and motivation to get up, let alone study. I've basically spent the past week lying in bed and doing nothing, except for a couple of questions from a past paper. I know I that desperately need to study but when I try I can't concentrate at all and my brain feels like it's moving through sludge. It's frustrating and I'm sick of feeling like this. I know the HSC isn't everything, but I still feel like a huge failure. I think it's disappointing the people around me and not meeting their expectations that bothers me a lot as well. I just really want the HSC to be over.

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