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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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Loulou97 Struggling to adult.
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Hey, new here. I’m usually always happy. Always smiling, never sad. But the last few years have been really hard. I had a great childhood, and have always been just a really happy person. Until I hit my adult years. I feel like I’m drowning, both fin... View more

Hey, new here. I’m usually always happy. Always smiling, never sad. But the last few years have been really hard. I had a great childhood, and have always been just a really happy person. Until I hit my adult years. I feel like I’m drowning, both financially & mentally. How is everyone doing it?! How can they afford a house & children & still be able to pay their bills & not worry? I’ve had trouble with money from the start, my first two cars that I paid for just stopped working & I was finding it difficult to get a loan as I wasn’t much of a saver. I was in an accident 2 years ago, I was fully insured, but I was never taught what to look for in an insurance policy.... well, they ended up giving me HALF what I paid for my car, & for someone on a little wage, I was without a car & with a huge debt. I was fortunate to have a car company take pity & pay the excess & push through another loan, but that bit me in the bum even more.... my repayments were more than $100 a week, plus on top of that I had to pay this company back $50 a week.. which they didn’t disclose when they were ‘helping me’.. I felt used & abused at my lowest. I expressed how little money I was getting a week, & they ensured me all would be fine.. but alas, to this day, I’m still struggling. I’m 21 years old & my credit rating is stuffed, I’m barely living paycheck to paycheck & it seems no one can help me!! Or wants to.. I tried to consolidate my loans to make everything a bit cheaper but I was declined... thanks to a default from 2 years ago that was paid but a permanent mark on my record. I feel I can never catch a break. I want a house, a family, everything I’ve always dreamed of, but this seems so far away. Now I’m not suicidal, I am grateful for my life, but I’m struggling to see the bigger picture.. I just want to be happy again. I want to have a normal sleeping pattern, I want to stop stressing & making myself sick from worrying if I can pay my bills this week. I am looking for techniques or strategies on how to look at things a different way, or how to breathe & just take it all like a big girl. I don’t usually reach out as I’m stubborn & can do things by myself, but I can feel myself wearing thin.

Natx Everything is starting to become too much
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I’m currently in high school, year 10. In all honesty the last couple of months have been rough and I feel like things have begun to pile up over time. Things began when I started constantly getting criticised about my looks from my mum. I couldn’t l... View more

I’m currently in high school, year 10. In all honesty the last couple of months have been rough and I feel like things have begun to pile up over time. Things began when I started constantly getting criticised about my looks from my mum. I couldn’t look at myself properly for weeks and I hated myself. Along with that I have my school stress and tutoring stress. I can never seem to settle down and I am constantly on edge. I always feel like something bad will happen and I tend to feel like breaking down a little more often than usual. I’m not sure if I’d call them panic attacks but I’ve had many episodes in the past couple of weeks where my heart wouldn’t stop beating fast, my throat was closing in, I couldn’t breathe and I kept crying. I’ve gone to see school counsellors, but honestly the counselling system isn’t so great. Its not that the counsellors were terrible but I cant help but feel judged when trying to speak my thoughts, which I struggle to do. I try to take on their advice in regards to my anxiety but they never work, especially in moments where my anxiety spikes up. I’m starting to push my family and friends away and I noticed that I’m starting to get more gloomier everyday. I feel that I need to always put on a face at school to act like I’m okay, when in reality I feel like I’m choking. I don’t know what to do. I don’t like discussing this with other people because I dont feel that they’d openly listen to my thoughts without judging. I am an extemely self conscious person and am starting to lose my confidence. I get extreme anxiety during tutoring for some reason, especially when the teacher walks around. I dread it every week and I worry more than I should about it. My motivation to go to school is slowly fading away and I’m not sure how much longer I can hold on for. My life’s a mess and i don’t know what to do with it.

Kate_P Have my friends gone too far or is it just me ?
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I don’t know where to start but u know I needed someone to talk to, I go to an only girls school and I have a big group of friends but in that group there’s a smaller group they have always been so nice they would joke around but i would never take i... View more

I don’t know where to start but u know I needed someone to talk to, I go to an only girls school and I have a big group of friends but in that group there’s a smaller group they have always been so nice they would joke around but i would never take it to heart but one of my close friends has become more popular out of school and she just started being so rude to me another friend is on her leash, my other friends just watch , I feel as though every time I talk she finds a way to shut me up by making fun of me or judging me , the other day she through something at me I threw it back and then I went to the bathroom I come back and she’s there telling everyone hands up who doesn’t want (me) in the group and like she knew I was listening and she always tells me not to take things to heart , if I try being nice she judges me if I try joking around she judges no matter what I do she finds a way to judge me. She always finds a way to convince the rest of the group to go along with her shit and it makes me feel lonely and hopeless every time I walk into the room I know that she’s not going to nice and the upsetting thing is sometimes she is so nice I forget all the Shit she’s done in the past hour ,I just don’t know what to do there’s lots more but it’s hard to explain I’ve just been feeling empty these past 2-3 weeks and I have no idea what to do

DrFisheye I don’t feel anything anymore. Why?
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So these past 2 months I’ve been feeling something that really worries me. I don’t know how to cure it or what it is and that’s why I’m here. So recently I’ve been feeling absolutely nothing. No sadness, nervousness, stress. I have been feeling happy... View more

So these past 2 months I’ve been feeling something that really worries me. I don’t know how to cure it or what it is and that’s why I’m here. So recently I’ve been feeling absolutely nothing. No sadness, nervousness, stress. I have been feeling happy though. My dad left to england 2 weeks ago and before when he would go, I would start worrying and feeling sad about him, thinking that something would happen to him. But now, I absolutely feel nothing. I don’t even feel that he’s gone. I have forgotten that I have a father and this really worries me as I’m not the same anymore. Im losing my religion aswell. I am a Muslim right but I didn’t wear the headscarf and I didn’t pray often. And I always had this connection with god. I would make prayers to him, ask for his guidance, ect. And now it’s like I don’t even care that I there’s a god. And every day it’s just fading and fading. i also has several tests and exams. I didn’t study, I wasn’t nervous and I basically didn’t even care and it didn’t phase me. I don’t know what’s happening to me and I really wish someone could help me out. I’m usually a happy person but this all kinda bums me out. I even don’t feel love anymore. I don’t like anyone like I used to. I don’t care about getting a boyfriend or useless shit like that. i don’t care about my friends, coming late to school, embarrassing myself. The things I do feel however is when I do drama. I love the feeling of acting and doing plays in my class. I also love the feeling of squash. But other than that. I’m numb. And I need help...

rubyonyx Should I get counselling (think I have anxiety)
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I don’t want to rant about everything I’m feeling but basically I’ve been feeling really anxious for a year now and it’s spiked over the last six months. I’m in my last year of school so maybe it’s just exam stress and it’ll go away. But I’ve been co... View more

I don’t want to rant about everything I’m feeling but basically I’ve been feeling really anxious for a year now and it’s spiked over the last six months. I’m in my last year of school so maybe it’s just exam stress and it’ll go away. But I’ve been considering going to see my school counsellor (who was my teacher last year and has helped when I had a panic attack on camp). Should I do it? Theres no information from my school on how to contact her, so I’d probably just email?? Does anyone have any tips on writing that email and what counselling is like?

TheLogophile When do you quit your job?
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I’ve had pretty bad anxiety for a while now and in February I got a part time job. I didn’t want the job but my parents had been pushing me for ages to get one and even helped wright my resumes and hand them out. My friend was already working at this... View more

I’ve had pretty bad anxiety for a while now and in February I got a part time job. I didn’t want the job but my parents had been pushing me for ages to get one and even helped wright my resumes and hand them out. My friend was already working at this place but it was a restaurant. I didn’t want to work at a restaurant but my parents insisted I hand my resume in anyway just in case. I ended up getting the job and have been working there since. I get about 2-3 shifts a week and every time it’s horrible. It’s so fast and busy and just makes me break out in panic attacks. Having OCD doesn’t help at all either. Just the thought of working makes me feel so anxious and nauseous and I just can’t take it anymore. I’ve been seeing a psychiatrist for a while who put me on medication, but it hasn’t helped my work situation at all. I really don’t want to work anymore at this restaurant and want to quit my job. I just don’t know if it’s the right thing to do or not and don’t know how to tell my boss that I hate her workplace. Do I have a valid reason to quit my job or am I just been a dramatic teenager?

Cara2256 Alone with no one to talk to
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Hi anyone who is reading this, I am 15 years old and i have been really depressed lately. There is a person in my friend group that has been bullying me for roughly 3 years now and i went to counselor once at my school. But this girl is in my class a... View more

Hi anyone who is reading this, I am 15 years old and i have been really depressed lately. There is a person in my friend group that has been bullying me for roughly 3 years now and i went to counselor once at my school. But this girl is in my class and i can't escape her. My parents don't understand and focus their lives on my younger brother, i have tried to talk to them but they just brush it off and pretend like it is nothing, or they yell at me and tell me that it is crap. My younger brother (aged 11) gets so much praise and concern but when i am hurt or proud of something i have done they just ignore it. I need someone to talk to because everyone of my friends is also friends with the bully and they don' t understand what i am feeling. I have low self esteem and have anxiety (i have no medication, haven't been to doctor because parents don't listen). I cry almost everyday and if i am not crying i am mostly feeling upset inside.​ Can anyone give advice as to how to get through this horrible time for me.

Hollyhell Tired and lost 24 year old who has been fighting for years
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Hello everyone not sure how this actually works but my mum told me I should sign up. I’m having a hard time atm I mean I always usually am but I feel like it’s getting worse. I suffer from depression, anxiety and bpd. I have tried multiple medication... View more

Hello everyone not sure how this actually works but my mum told me I should sign up. I’m having a hard time atm I mean I always usually am but I feel like it’s getting worse. I suffer from depression, anxiety and bpd. I have tried multiple medications and treatments. Hospitals and psych wards, with no luck. I had my son when I was 19 years old and think I may still have post natal depression. I find I’m constantly stressed and on edge and like I can’t find joy in anything. The constant feeling of not being good enough is just so draining. I’m currently sitting in the doctors office waiting like usual but she told me last time that she is running out of ideas for me. This broke me. Their has to be something or someone out there that can help me. I go to the gym and get out of the house regularly but still doesn’t seem to help. I cry probably everyday and have horrible thoughts, I used to self harm and self medicate but no longer do that. I live in Perth W.A. Sorry for the long post

KingOfTheFall I don't think therapy is helping and I feel emotionally vulnerable.
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I'm 20 years old, studying law at university, and have been diagnosed with high levels of anxiety and moderate depression since 15. The reason I am starting this thread is because I feel like my therapy has not been helpful, which I have been attendi... View more

I'm 20 years old, studying law at university, and have been diagnosed with high levels of anxiety and moderate depression since 15. The reason I am starting this thread is because I feel like my therapy has not been helpful, which I have been attending since November last year. I believe I get overly emotionally attached to people, and feel like I am easily manipulable. I have never had a proper relationship and any girl who gives me the light of day I immediately start developing feelings for. It often leads me to feel disappointed when she only wants to be friends or turning her off when she does feel some attraction and I am already keen to take things too far/fast. I also fear what people are thinking about me behind my back, and will help people who don't deserve my help with university work, like give them copies of my assignment or my notes for an exam. I want to be more emotionally detached/distant. I want to be cold and relentless, so I can work in my job effectively without being manipulated by opposing litigators. I do not want to be easily emotionally involved with anyone that I talk to/begin seeing anymore, so I can be less disappointed and be less, I guess 'clingy/interested/keen' is the best term. Has anyone else had any experiences like this or can recommend any good books on distancing yourself/being less invested and involved? I just constantly feel empty and hollow Thank you for taking the time to read this regardless, even if you don't know what advice to give or how to help me.

ellie456 Anxiety sleeping someone new
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Help!! Over the last year every time I go away for a night with friends or even staying the night at a friends place I can never fall asleep and end up having a panic attack and leaving. I’ve now started to avoid doing it all together. I never use to... View more

Help!! Over the last year every time I go away for a night with friends or even staying the night at a friends place I can never fall asleep and end up having a panic attack and leaving. I’ve now started to avoid doing it all together. I never use to have this problem, only on rare occasions. Does anyone else go through this and if so how do they overcome it?

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