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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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cc182 Loneliness
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I feel like I'm in a constant paradox of feeling alone and depressed, and being too anxious to go out/ask my friends to do something. Even when I'm out with them, there's still that small thought in the back of my mind, that they don't like me, or I'... View more

I feel like I'm in a constant paradox of feeling alone and depressed, and being too anxious to go out/ask my friends to do something. Even when I'm out with them, there's still that small thought in the back of my mind, that they don't like me, or I'm annoying and a waste. How do I deal with this? Talking online with people isn't too great either, I feel largely ignored a majority of the time, and that people just don't care about what I have to say.

Liza_O12 I want to have a break from having contact with my dad
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Hey everyone, For around 3-4 years, I have had to put up with my Dad not being able to get over him and my mums divorce. He's been an alcoholic since long before they split and it has caused our relationship to be very on and off. I've been through s... View more

Hey everyone, For around 3-4 years, I have had to put up with my Dad not being able to get over him and my mums divorce. He's been an alcoholic since long before they split and it has caused our relationship to be very on and off. I've been through so many stages of living with him half the time but then he'll start drinking again so I tell him that I'll come back when he sorts things out. Then we start to get back on a good path but he starts drinking again. For the past 3 years, I've always kept good contact with him, even when I wasn't living with him. However, recently he did something again and it feels like it was the last straw. I don't want to talk to him, and I haven't for the past 3 weeks but Father's Day is coming up and he wants my sister and I to go and do something with him however I really don't want to and it makes me anxious just thinking about it. So I need some advice... Is it rude to not go and do something with my dad on Father's Day or is it ok to be kind of selfish in this situation? I have forgiven my dad and tried to help him with his problems countless times but he never does anything to help himself and get back on the right track. I feel like I'm the adult in our relationship and I'm only 15 years old. I'm sick of him always making me feel awful but I feel guilty for not going because he pays for things like my phone and my braces. Sorry if this doesn't make any sense but if you can understand what I'm saying, any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Liza

Guest_1478 Choice: give in to fear or accept the request?
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Hi, I am in year 11 at school and our Senior Head of Learning asked if I would consider speaking at a parent night for the year 10 parents about year 11 life. The teacher would ask a group of us (about 5 or 6 from my class) some questions on stage th... View more

Hi, I am in year 11 at school and our Senior Head of Learning asked if I would consider speaking at a parent night for the year 10 parents about year 11 life. The teacher would ask a group of us (about 5 or 6 from my class) some questions on stage that we would answer. There would be no more than 30 parents there, by my estimate from past years. However, I have terrible social anxiety and stage fright is one of my greatest problems. I am honoured to have been considered and I would love to help out the teacher by doing it but I don't know if I can. I feel so awful after doing anything in front of people and I don't know if I can make the decision to voluntarily feel that way. Does anyone have any advice or an opinion on what I should do?

Puppiesxoxo In desperate need of advice!
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Hi, I finished high school last year (this may be relevant to later information) and I’m just making this post as I am in desperate need of advice on what to do/who to talk to! So basically for a few months now I have been crying a lot - around 2-3 t... View more

Hi, I finished high school last year (this may be relevant to later information) and I’m just making this post as I am in desperate need of advice on what to do/who to talk to! So basically for a few months now I have been crying a lot - around 2-3 times a day , every day (minus a few days here and there) . At first I thought it may just be stress crying from not knowing what I want to study at uni but now I just cry over absolutely everything and sometimes I don’t really know why. If someone is angry at me, especially my boyfriend, I find I very hard to control my emotions and I break down into hysterical crying and stress (but this is all in private, not infront of others). Another thing is that recently (last few months) I’ve become really concerned about how I look physically and what others think of me to the point where I feel really stressed when meeting new people. I don’t think that I am depressed but does this sound like something I should get help for or should it just pass on it’s own? Thank you so much in advance and sorry if this isn’t clear

Sarah0901 Hey guys
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To be brief: Ive been feeling very nervous for a couple of months, (4-5 months), and have been having random depression (3 months). But as of late I’ve been having random crying sessions. One was long and it was hard to stop, the others were brief. I... View more

To be brief: Ive been feeling very nervous for a couple of months, (4-5 months), and have been having random depression (3 months). But as of late I’ve been having random crying sessions. One was long and it was hard to stop, the others were brief. I feel extremely worthless. k10 score: 36 I’m a girl in high school, with all the hormones and all that. Something was happening to me and a person a while ago, and when I felt uncomfortable with it, I reported it. It was hard coming to school after that. I felt like reporting it was the biggest mistake of my life. There’s not a day where I think “you would only have to deal with one thing a day, now you deal with hundreds.” I feel very anxious coming to school. I feel like running home so no one sees me go. I want to transfer schools but I don’t want to leave my friends. I’m ruining friendships and family relationships because I feel like they don’t understand. I sleep with a self loathing feeling every night. When Im with my friends I get happy and that sad feeling is there but I turned it off, it’s only there a little bit. That’s why I find it hard to take myself seriously. I can just feel happy now, so why was I sad then? I feel like these feelings are just a combination of my insecurities, the bullies and just my hormones. But I just want to be happy and value my little free time without my emotions being like this. I want to smile like it’s not forced. But I’m scared if it gets worse. Sorry if it’s a mess and long. Its 1 am and I have school today.

LonelyGirl04 Girl is mean to me for no reason...
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Hello, this is my first post on this website so I’m a bit nervous! So I’m by no popular at my school and i have very few friends. I tend to get very nervous and shy when I have to talk to people but I don’t think I’ll consider myself mean in any way ... View more

Hello, this is my first post on this website so I’m a bit nervous! So I’m by no popular at my school and i have very few friends. I tend to get very nervous and shy when I have to talk to people but I don’t think I’ll consider myself mean in any way as I try to be as nice as possible. There’s this one girl in my class: let’s just call her A: who ever since last year has been rather passive aggressive toward me but it wasn’t anything too much as we barely saw or talked to each other anyways. I have a very kind friend: let’s call her B, who is best friends with A. I don’t actually mind it very much but the few times A actually talks to me, it was in a very aggressive manner, something she never does to anybody else except for me and another one of my friends. I have done absolutely nothing to her; and I’ve always tried to be friendly towards her to no avail. Just today, I was put in a music assignment with A and B and I really didn’t think A wanted me in her group at all. When we were discussing the assignment, she would avoid my eye contact and make snarky and rude comments directed at me. One time, when I was trying to engage her in the conversation she specifically said “Will you stop staring at me and get on with it” in a very rudemanner even though she was the one not engaging in anything at all:(!! When I mentioned I liked 21 pilots, she said very loudly “21 pilots suck!!” In no context to my feelings. I think B noticed all this and tried to get A to stop being so uncooperative. However, A started telling her why she had to pick me as one of their group members out of everyone else when I was right in front of B listening to everything she’s saying!! I really wanted to confront her about it but I was too shy to talk back to her. Throughout the whole lesson, she was ignoring me and pretending I didn’t even exist and by the end of it, I felt like crying;( When me and B was saying our farewells, A came and said “hurry up B or you would be spending lunch with her (me basically)” really aggressively. i felt really down after this whole ordeal and I don’t quite understand why B hates me as much as she does. Maybe it’s because she thinks I’m a loser or something? I don’t think I have ever done anything mean to her at all and I was actually rlly nice to her on a couple occasions like lending her a pen when she needed one and sharing my maths notes with her. I’ve just been feeling pretty down about it and any help would be appreciated. Thank you!!

Guest_294 Law school is scaring me
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Hi everyone, So I am in my second semester of a 5 year law degree, at the end of which it is assumed by most that I will go on and become a solicitor and practice law for however many years. I know it is really early to be thinking about this, but th... View more

Hi everyone, So I am in my second semester of a 5 year law degree, at the end of which it is assumed by most that I will go on and become a solicitor and practice law for however many years. I know it is really early to be thinking about this, but the more I consider my degree, reflect on how I do on assignments, how much I understand the content, how much better my friends' grades are, the more I freak out! It just feels like this decision was completely on a whim and I shouldn't be here. I love my degree and find it so fascinating but I sometimes just feel like I am not quite smart enough for it. Does anyone know any ways of combating this stress? I know its crazy because I have achieved great results last semester and am tracking well now, it just sometimes feels like I have no idea what I'm doing and could never have any idea... Thanks for the help, A

Tr1N1TY Unable To Connect
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My relationships have never lasted long, my longest lasting three years, my shortest lasting one. I've moved house recently and unfriended 45 people on facebook, wiping my friends list clean without a second thought. A relative of mine pointed out ho... View more

My relationships have never lasted long, my longest lasting three years, my shortest lasting one. I've moved house recently and unfriended 45 people on facebook, wiping my friends list clean without a second thought. A relative of mine pointed out how strange that was and it got me thinking. For as long as I can remember, I've never really connected with anyone. I used to feel empathy for others' but over the years it's almost as if I've become numb to it. The closest I've come to caring about someone else on a deeper level is when I'm reading a book or watching a tv show. It's not like I don't care about people at all, I just have very shallow feelings towards them and it's easy for me to discard friends. I left my old house and on some level my life behind and I felt not an ounce of remorse towards what I have given up. You'd think the house I had grown up in for the majority of my life would hold more of a sentiment. To be honest, it worries me. It hurts even. I feel like I lack or that I'm too different. I understand others when I watch them but when they're beside me I'm the most oblivious person in the world. It hurts because I'm always left with that question of "why". I feel like I'm missing the one thing that everyone else has, that spark. I do get lonely. And it's not like I hate people, I just can't love them. With the exception being my family but even that can be fragile. Do you relate? Or do you know someone that feels similar? Any idea what this could be? At this point in time I'm willing to accept any answer, even if you say it's perfectly normal. It's just difficult to accept that because everyone I have ever met has called me weird or strange or odd. I'm literally not kidding.

Zu Incredibly Tired
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I’ve been tired, really tired. And I don’t quite know why. Regardless of how long I sleep, I always manage to wake up just as tired or even more tired than I was the day before. This has been happening for the about last six months and it just keeps ... View more

I’ve been tired, really tired. And I don’t quite know why. Regardless of how long I sleep, I always manage to wake up just as tired or even more tired than I was the day before. This has been happening for the about last six months and it just keeps getting worse. it’s begun to affect my school work too. I go to school feeling all spaced out and I can’t focus on anything. I’ve got no motivation and I just can't be bothered to do my work, so I’ll end up wasting all my time and having to do the work later, which just makes me even more tired. I’m pretty sure this doesn’t have anything to do with how much I sleep or nutrition, which leads me to believe that it might be linked to mental health. I’ve done some research and noticed that the way I’m feeling sounds quite similar to symptoms of burnout. In addition to this, an app I use, frequently brings up burnout as a possible cause for how I’m feeling. Although I can’t be 100% sure, it just seems like it could be a potential reason for this. I’ve spoken to my mum about this, but her advice isn’t particularly useful. I’ve often thought of mentioning something about it to one of my teachers, but I don’t want to make a big deal out of it and then it turn out to be something small. A lot of my friends are in tough positions and are experiencing difficulties with their mental health, which I support them through and work with the teachers in order to help them out. So the teachers are obviously there for me, but I just don’t know whether mentioning it is the right thing to do or if it’s even going to be something they can help me with. Aghhhh Any ideas on what might be causing this/how I might be able to fix this would be much appreciated. thank you

sarahm33 I’m scared - experiencing panick attacks
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Hello for those that are reading! its been about of month of fear and sadness for me. i was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and OCD a little over three years ago and have seemed to be able to “manage” it as best as possible however about a month o... View more

Hello for those that are reading! its been about of month of fear and sadness for me. i was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and OCD a little over three years ago and have seemed to be able to “manage” it as best as possible however about a month or two ago I started to have panic attacks, to the point where I was almost fainting and my fiancé had to rush me to a medical center because at the time I thought I was going to faint and stop breathing (oh anxiety my old friend) so after a few hours at the medical center once my blood pressure had dropped and I could kind of breathe properly I was sent home with some medication and a paper bag I had been breathing out of for the past few hours. I went home and from there I was having panic attacks on and off, I think it was me having a panic attack about having a panic attack which I’m starting to notice a lot more these days but anyway I managed to go to bed and tried my best to steer clear of the prescribed medication they gave me (as it was more so a relaxant had an anti-depressant). I delt with the subtle symptoms of the panic attacks for a few months after that and then they just started back up again, this time they would last longer and I would have multiple at a time where my throat would feel like it was closing, I was sweating and I could hear my heart pounding and my vission blurring. It got to a point that I went to see a movie with my family and for the whole 2.5 hours we sat there I was having one.. I admit I started carrying my medication everywhere because I was so scared and during that movie I had to take a tablet and yet nothing had changed.

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