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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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juliap Help I am scared of my own dad
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So I live with both my mum and dad and my dad constantly belittles me. He does this by screaming/yelling swear words and put downs at me. This happens everyday. For me school is an escape and I love it however whenever I return home it’s like my mood... View more

So I live with both my mum and dad and my dad constantly belittles me. He does this by screaming/yelling swear words and put downs at me. This happens everyday. For me school is an escape and I love it however whenever I return home it’s like my mood instantly changes when I have to greet my dad. it has gotten to the point where he now threatens to become physical with me and while this only happens when he is tired and not everyday I am genuinely scared of him. My mum does try to tell him to stop and calm down however he always either just walks out or “apologises” and repeats the exact same thing the next night. i think he needs help but at the moment I am more worried about the damage he is doing to me. i just want to live a normal happy life like the one I live at school. I don’t know what to do and if this is serious enough to do something about because he has never really hit me before apart from pushing me a few times a while ago when we were fighting. sometimes it even gets in the way of my schoolwork because he will not leave me alone so I choose to not do homework and just go to bed. i don’t know who to tell and how because he is nice on the outside. Please. Help.

Mini_Anonymous Trying to help a friend
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My friend is considering running away for a week to sleep in a tree so I'm reaching cause they won't. My best friend of about 10 years (they're 16, I'm 17) has a series of mental and familial issues and they refuse to get help for so I'm here to get ... View more

My friend is considering running away for a week to sleep in a tree so I'm reaching cause they won't. My best friend of about 10 years (they're 16, I'm 17) has a series of mental and familial issues and they refuse to get help for so I'm here to get advice for them cause I'm 1 of about 3 people they will actually listen to. So their dad is strait up abusive (like, randomly attacks them and then says that it's to train them for "self defense" (he's never given them any sort of training like martial arts and whatnot)) also he emotionally abuses them, is an alcoholic and provides them with an opportunity to steal cigarettes. their mum is negligent at best (she provides food but little else), and actually encourages them to live with their dad because they have 2 younger siblings that their mum is much more focused on looking after (plus their step dad is kind of a lunatic). their therapist had put almost complete control into the fathers hands, and he now threatens to call an ambulance to take them to a mental ward whenever they even slightly act up. needless to say that they have lost complete faith in this psychologist, but they have to go through their parents to see the GP, and they've been waiting for months, plus their parents trust the psychologist and will probably refuse to change. also they need to change medication but they haven't been able to go to the GP, so they are now considering going off it entirely. My friend won't sleep at my place cause their parents know where I live, and their boyfriend had his own home issues. and they don't really trust anyone else enough to stay with. they're currently in year 12 so this has just been completely screwing with everything. next year we plan on moving out together with a few friends, but that doesn't really help the situation now, and all the options I've thought of (like lending them the money to stay at a motel or something) are incredibly temporary. also, they have an extreme mistrust of the police and the justice system thanks to their father, so going through the police probably won't work unless things get really really really bad. they have suicidal and self harming/ self destructive tenancies, and I 100% believe that they would run away for a week just to get away so I'm really worried. even though this seems like a bit of a betrayal of trust, I just need to get some advice on what I can do cause I have no ideas. thank you for reading this far A Worried Friend

Willow_444 Young and unsure of how to get proper help/diagnosis
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Hello. This is new for me. I am currently in year 12 and I was wondering if anyone has ever met with a school counselor or psych before. I never once entertained the possibility of depression or anxiety or really any of these sorts of things.

Hello. This is new for me. I am currently in year 12 and I was wondering if anyone has ever met with a school counselor or psych before. I never once entertained the possibility of depression or anxiety or really any of these sorts of things.

S98 Not having anyone
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So recently me and my (only) friend stop talking due to many issues, and I now have no one. I feel so alone and as i'm dealing with anxiety and depression its hard not having any friends to turn to or to go out with. Are there any ideas on how to mee... View more

So recently me and my (only) friend stop talking due to many issues, and I now have no one. I feel so alone and as i'm dealing with anxiety and depression its hard not having any friends to turn to or to go out with. Are there any ideas on how to meet new people? I do have a boyfriend but its good to have another outlet and have someone more understanding. thanks, S.

S98 Unhelpful Boyfriend
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Hello, So i'm currently in a relationship with a beautiful man but he unfortunately doesn't understand what i'm going through. I have anxiety and depression and I also tend to take my anger out on him when i'm feeling frustrated. It's starting to imp... View more

Hello, So i'm currently in a relationship with a beautiful man but he unfortunately doesn't understand what i'm going through. I have anxiety and depression and I also tend to take my anger out on him when i'm feeling frustrated. It's starting to impact our relationship as I don't want to see him anymore and just be on my own. I don't want to break up as we have just gotten back together this year. I hate being the cause of our problems. Any tips on how to fix this? Regards S.

igo much needed boy advice
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Hi. I'm a 17 year old girl from Melbourne. I have only ever been in two serious relationships with guys before. My first was for around 4 months. This relationship was kinda bleh, only really hanging out at school or at school parties, and he was als... View more

Hi. I'm a 17 year old girl from Melbourne. I have only ever been in two serious relationships with guys before. My first was for around 4 months. This relationship was kinda bleh, only really hanging out at school or at school parties, and he was also known to be pretty popular with the women. So it was no surprise to me when i found out he'd been seeing someone else. It took me 6 months and another gorgeous boy to walk into my life for me to finally move on. And obviously, this boy was my next. So as you can imagine I had some pretty reasonable trust issues, and my now gorgeous ex (we were together 7 months), had had an ex girlfriend that he'd been with previously for a very long time (about one and a half years). I obviously had my concerns with her (due to the whole trust issues) but was never the type to stop him from being friends with her. But as of recently, i have found out that he had been sleeping with her behind my back. I am now at the point where i have no idea to do, i've broken up with him but am still so in love and just completely heart broken. I'm a mess to the point where i'm now failing SACs at school (i'm in year 12 so this year is super important). i've never felt like this before, does anyone have any tips on how I can cope. He's all i ever think about and I just want to go back to what we had )): thats all i'd ever wish for. Thanks guys x

Young-girl Relationship - He’s closed off
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Hi, I am 20 years old and I am in a relationship with a guy. We have been seeing each other for almost 8 months now and it’s been a struggle. Lately I have felt immense anxiety from feeling so closed off from him. I really really like this guy and he... View more

Hi, I am 20 years old and I am in a relationship with a guy. We have been seeing each other for almost 8 months now and it’s been a struggle. Lately I have felt immense anxiety from feeling so closed off from him. I really really like this guy and he’s very closed off. He’s not happy with himself and his life and won’t open up to anyone about it. He told me he really likes me and that he wants us to still be together but he cannot deal with the commitment labels of boyfriend and girlfriend, and he wants to focus on his happiness. I am fully supportive of this but I feel like I have tread very lightly around him and I might say something and he will just quit and leave me. I constantly think about this and it sends me into a panic, my breathing increases and I feel nauseous and want to scream and cry. I don’t know how to handle this and I don’t want to leave him. Help.

Orangey97 Is this normal? Anxiety?
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I spend a lot of time overthinking, to the point where I make things true even if they aren't or try to read what others are thinking. For example, I had a friend online who for a reason started to dislike me as I did not trust them and then I assume... View more

I spend a lot of time overthinking, to the point where I make things true even if they aren't or try to read what others are thinking. For example, I had a friend online who for a reason started to dislike me as I did not trust them and then I assumed that they were going to do something bad to me and were spying on me through the camera. When I was younger and still sometimes today I had to always touch something or something bad would happen, or I still have to enter a place the same way otherwise something bad will happen, is that something to do with OCD? Im not sure if this is something normal and that I should not worry about it ?

hc18 anxiety and talking to my family - i need advice
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so i am in the early stages if coping with my anxiety (recently diagnosed) in the midst of year 12 and ive just started with a clinical psychologist. i really don't like talking to my family about it deeply as i feel thats its my situation that i bar... View more

so i am in the early stages if coping with my anxiety (recently diagnosed) in the midst of year 12 and ive just started with a clinical psychologist. i really don't like talking to my family about it deeply as i feel thats its my situation that i barely understand myself and don't know how to explain to them. It also makes me really anxious to talk to them about it (especially my father as he is a trigger for it a lot of the time). He keeps trying to make me talk about it and i finally worked up the courage to tell him how much i hate it tonight and all he did was say well i need to hear about it. i just feel like he isn't taking my feelings into consideration and i don't know to make him understand?

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