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Anxiety Physical symptoms persiting

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Hello, So I have been dealing with severe anxiety over the past 5 days, I always have anxiety but not all the time and not usually with physical symptoms. I do in fact have anxiety but I haven't had it this bad, I have been rather stress-free lately ... View more

Hello, So I have been dealing with severe anxiety over the past 5 days, I always have anxiety but not all the time and not usually with physical symptoms. I do in fact have anxiety but I haven't had it this bad, I have been rather stress-free lately which I have been very happy about. Symptoms I am experiencing: - shortness of breath (breathing issues) - heart palpitations - insomnia (already diagnosed) - muscle pains and aches (mostly armpit area and back and arms) - sweating when anxious - feeling exhausted doing anything I have been to the doctors twice for different opinions and both concluded it was anxiety. I accept that it may be that but I just don't know why these symptoms are staying for so long. Possible causes - mother going into surgery yesterday - school (maybe?) - worrying about health I have been told I'm not exercising enough etc. I have been trying to do as much as I can do but it's always too much for me. Before getting these symptoms I had a sleepover with some friends and hadn't gotten much sleep the night before and the night of the sleepover so I was fatigued the next day, I freaked about being fatigued and began looking up symptoms getting myself into a panic. I then began getting the symptoms as above. I just want all these symptoms to end so I can feel normal again. I have booked my psychologist to talk about medication but I don't think my parents will agree to anxiety medication as they don't believe in it. I am also seeing a healer or someone that uses methods of helping muscles.

just a bit lonely

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hey. i haven't been on here a while, so i'll introduce myself. I'm Jessie and i'm 14, nearly 15. I joined Beyond Blue in February last year because of depression and had a pretty bad year. Pleased to say i've pretty much recovered - well i'm trying t... View more

hey. i haven't been on here a while, so i'll introduce myself. I'm Jessie and i'm 14, nearly 15. I joined Beyond Blue in February last year because of depression and had a pretty bad year. Pleased to say i've pretty much recovered - well i'm trying to - but i guess lately i've been feeling pretty down. Mostly out of loneliness. I'm in the blue zone, as my OT would say. I find it quite hard to interact with people, because of my Asperger's Syndrome, which doesn't really help me with the loneliness side of things either. When I am surrounded by people, I feel even more alone, because they have all their own friendship groups and it rubs in the fact that I'm a total loner too. So i tend to hide inside myself and spend even more time alone, which also makes me lonely! I really don't know what to do! A while ago, my psychiatrist encouraged me to invite this other girl who had been friendly to me in the past, to a movie. I did that. It went okay...until we caught up a second time for lunch at a shopping centre. Let's just say we somehow got into a conversation about mental illness and a lot of things slipped out. I tend to be an over teller, so the poor girl got full blown with a whole pile of dark stuff! Since then, she's pretty much ignored me. My doctor said that i probably should have slowly eased it out bit by bit (if i had to), instead of loading a whole pile of doom and gloom on her, so I now know for next time. But yeah. I'm not the best with people, when i have to be around them, as you can probably tell. I always act the wrong way and say the wrong thing and constantly have to have jokes and sarcasm explained to me. I find it much easier just to hide inside myself and pretend there's nobody there. But that makes me more lonely! But when I'm around people, i feel lonely too... So i don't really know what to do. I want friends...but i dont want friends. I need to be around people...but i can't be around people - that much. Sorry about the huge vent. Thank you for reading. Getting this out made me feel much better.

21. No friends. No boyfriend. Something wrong with me?

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For the last 2 years, I was severely depressed and this year I told myself I'd try to be more positive and put myself out there more. I got involved in a production at uni as a director, did a campaign, wrote an article...yet somehow I managed to end... View more

For the last 2 years, I was severely depressed and this year I told myself I'd try to be more positive and put myself out there more. I got involved in a production at uni as a director, did a campaign, wrote an article...yet somehow I managed to end a relationship, still have no friends and I feel like I'm the reason why no one actually wants to be friends with me, let alone date me...

This is gonna be a long one

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First of all, i don't exactly know if i'm just 'sad' or actually depressed, just wanted to put that out there. But anyways, i'm 15 years old and the past 2 years have been the hardest 730 days of my life, so many changes occurring in my life. 2 years... View more

First of all, i don't exactly know if i'm just 'sad' or actually depressed, just wanted to put that out there. But anyways, i'm 15 years old and the past 2 years have been the hardest 730 days of my life, so many changes occurring in my life. 2 years ago i found out i was moving to a different country, a country where i would be thousands of kilometres away from my friends, the city i loved, the things that basically kept me sane and alive. I was devastated but fast forward to today, i've been here for 6 months now, yes i miss my friends, the city. Not to mention, this country is completely different from Australia, far more dangerous for a young girl like myself. Anyways, despite being very upset about the move, after a month or so, i slowly stopped crying, i actually started feeling this weird, unusual feeling - i felt happy?? Anyways so i start feeling a bit better but all of a sudden a dark conniving shadow glooms over me, it goes by the name of 'My mum's partner', i would say stepdad but i wouldn't give him that title. So they have been together since i was around 4 (10 years) and have always had their ups and downs but recently its been a weekly tradition to argue, not talk for two days, then i wake up in the morning to everything being 'normal' and them being lovey dovey like nothing ever happened. Also i'm sorry if these things are irrelevant but i just really have to get it out of my system. So where was i. The constant bickering has somehow affected me, because i feel like they take their anger out on me and it really hurts (mentally). Her partner is not an all round malicious monster, theres some good in him, i guess. He is constantly on my case, telling me off as if he's my actual father, calling me names, he thinks just because i've only lived for 15 years that he automatically knows more than i do, not saying i know more than him, but he refuses to listen to anything my mum and i have to say, he seems to think he's superior to us. And i'm so sick and tired of it, he makes me feel like shit honestly, the degrading comments and all. I can tell my mum is not happy and she hasn't been for a while, we feel the same way about him, i always check on her after a fight to make sure she's doing fine. I just don't know what could possibly be holding her back I love my mum when it's just us, that's when i'm truly happy and i think she is too but when he's around she seems to be his evil sidekick.

How do I stay occupied when I'm alone so much??

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Hi. I'm new to this forum (or any forum for that matter) but I'm looking for some suggestions. Going to school had been very hard for me for almost 3 years and seemed to be making my depression and anxiety worse. We tried all kinds of things but my G... View more

Hi. I'm new to this forum (or any forum for that matter) but I'm looking for some suggestions. Going to school had been very hard for me for almost 3 years and seemed to be making my depression and anxiety worse. We tried all kinds of things but my GP suggested doing school online because nothing was working. I'm starting year 10 online soon and haven't been to actual school since. Being home has pros and cons - it has helped my depression a lot (not sure why

How do I stay occupied when I'm alone so much??

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Hi. I'm new to this forum (or any forum for that matter) but I'm looking for some suggestions. Going to school had been hard for me for almost 3 years, I hardly ever went, and it had a huge negative effect on my depression and anxiety. We tried all k... View more

Hi. I'm new to this forum (or any forum for that matter) but I'm looking for some suggestions. Going to school had been hard for me for almost 3 years, I hardly ever went, and it had a huge negative effect on my depression and anxiety. We tried all kinds of stuff and my GP suggested online schooling because nothing was working. I'm starting it soon and haven't been to actual school since. Being home has pros and cons - it has helped my depression SO MUCH and I'm in a better place now than I have been in a long time, but I'm alone a ton. Me and my mum don't get on SUPER well, but we're usually alright and she works a lot. My brother just graduated high school and moved away. He use to do everything with me. All my friends from school still go to school, my older brother works and that leaved me home alone almost all day 6 out of 7 days of the week. I only have opportunities to do things after 5pm (I never feel like going out after that) and occasionally on the weekend. If I'm home too long (a week or so straight) I start feeling down again and it's hard to get back to doing anything. I'm fine doing things by myself but writing and drawing all day everyday gets boring. What else could I do during the day? Should I get a job?

Questioning myself

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Hi, So a little bit of background about me- I've suffered with anxiety and depression for close to 6 years now. It ranges from religious anxiety to health anxiety and changes form constantly. In the last two years I have been battling with something ... View more

Hi, So a little bit of background about me- I've suffered with anxiety and depression for close to 6 years now. It ranges from religious anxiety to health anxiety and changes form constantly. In the last two years I have been battling with something and I can't disntinguish between whether it is a part of me or if it's because of my anxiety. I have grown up always liking boys (I am a 21 year old female). I've kissed boys and liked it. I've had serious crushes on boys. In the last two years for some reason it have began questioning something that I thought was a basic thing about me. It all started when I got an flashing thought of one of my friends in their underwear. I started questioning, does this mean I'm gay? Since then I've been having these thoughts running through my head of female genetalia, kissing girls. These thoughts scare me and I try and push them away, but they keep coming back. It's been so debilitating at times that I've struggled to get out of bed and concentrate on study. It's just so confusing for me someone who has been so certain of who they are to loose that now. I come from a very traditional catholic family and so when I confided in my mum about this, she freaked out, started crying. I just want to say I have no problem with the sexuality spectrum. I acknowledge that people can be attracted to a variety of different sexes and genders. I am just confused as to whether these thoughts are who I am or my anxiety. It's gotten so bad, I get stressed when hanging out with girl friends or looking at a pretty girl. Noticing that a girl looks pretty freaks me out and the other day when I found out a girl in my course was gay it really freaked me out. I've started avoiding watching shows with gay characters. For some reason also it seems like I've lost my full attraction to men? Like it's muted for some reason. I don't know if I'm going through all of this because I have little experience as well, with both sexes. Any advice or help would be appreciated, just so my mind can settle.

New boyfriend with depression

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Hi I have recently started a relationship with someone and been together 3 months. At first everything was great, he was loving and interested and attentive. Recently he mentioned to me that he has was diagnosed with depression about 10 years ago. He... View more

Hi I have recently started a relationship with someone and been together 3 months. At first everything was great, he was loving and interested and attentive. Recently he mentioned to me that he has was diagnosed with depression about 10 years ago. He takes medication everyday to help keep it at bay. The depression part I am working on trying to understand it more, being someone who has never suffered. However, recently he has had a few episodes where i can tell he has been dark and exceptionally withdrawn (not talking for days, no want to see me or anything). I have read that becoming closer with someone and trusting them may make them the one who you are most moody with and its easier to put on a face for those you are not close to. I am struggling with the lack of love and (i know it sounds silly) pet names and ordinary new relationship fun and excitement, that he is unable to give me. I guess my question is, knowing this will not get easier as the relationship gets longer, do I stay? feeling all of this sort of longing for more "feelings amd love" that i wont get? .. I want to stay, outside of the depression he is a gentle, smart and incredible man. But is 3 months and all of my up and down feelings and questioning and hurt when i am ignored for days on end worth staying? I would love to hear thoughts of any previous experiences that helps me not feel alone in this Cara

Does having casual sex worsen depression?

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Hiya, I’m new here so I’m still learning how things work, but it’s cool to see such a friendly community. I thought I’d bring up the issue of having casual sex while depressed since I couldn’t find a lot of information about it online. The depression... View more

Hiya, I’m new here so I’m still learning how things work, but it’s cool to see such a friendly community. I thought I’d bring up the issue of having casual sex while depressed since I couldn’t find a lot of information about it online. The depression (even with the support of my psychologist and family) makes it hard for me to attract a romantic relationship, so I’ve been filling the void with sexual encounters that have left me feeling less than stellar. Unfortunately, I’m only young and have never had sex with anyone I have been in love with, so these days my body feels more like a commodity and it’s messing with my head. It’s easy enough to say “avoid these situations altogether” but much harder to do in reality. I’m convinced that people are just here to take from me, and that I’ll never have a proper relationship again after my two previous ones fell apart quite nastily (I did not have sex with either of these partners). Is there a way out of this? Thanks again, Ace

Anxiety over applying for jobs and interviews

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Hi I'm new here and haven't even made a introduce yourself post yet (which I do hope to get around to doing) I’m not sure if this is the exact right place to post this on the forums but here it goes.... I am currently 22 years old and have been battl... View more

Hi I'm new here and haven't even made a introduce yourself post yet (which I do hope to get around to doing) I’m not sure if this is the exact right place to post this on the forums but here it goes.... I am currently 22 years old and have been battling severe major depression and anxiety for over 8 years now. I am currently seeing a psychologist but these past few months I have been finding my anxiety worsening to the point of panic attacks, I guess it might be due to a lot of stressors going on in my life at the moment. I feel I have no purpose in life and it is really making me feel more depressed. I really want a job, not only for financial reasons but to give me a sense of purpose as well as actually doing something then staying home all day and building my self confidence. These past few months I have been applying for quite a few jobs even receiving some call backs for interviews but the whole interview process is making my anxiety worse. I have no issues with actually working it’s just going for an interview that makes my anxiety go into overdrive. I know its normal for people to feel anxious for interviews but mine is causing me to not even go through with some. I’m a perfectionist and hence I like to make sure I’m properly prepared, I began prepping potential answers to interview questions but the anxiety took over and I worried that my answers weren’t good enough or that I was thinking of the wrong questions being asked and the next minute I was trying to write answers for over a 100 different questions and I became quite overwhelmed and went into a panic attack. I then find myself not wanting to apply for jobs at all anymore even though I really do want one. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can overcome this? Are there any professional services out there that can help you prepare for job interviews? Thanks for your help

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