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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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CusCus Stuck in a deep rut of isolation
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This is my first time ever visiting this website after considering it for a long time. I just felt like I needed to get this off my chest but at the same time don't feel too comfortable bringing it up with my family members. As the title suggests, at... View more

This is my first time ever visiting this website after considering it for a long time. I just felt like I needed to get this off my chest but at the same time don't feel too comfortable bringing it up with my family members. As the title suggests, at the moment I feel as if I am stuck in the social aspect of my life. I'm now going into my second year of university and realised I made no new friends that kept in touch from first year. As of late, I find it more and more difficult to make friends which I feel is related to my history of friendships. Way back in primary school, I had a really tight group of friends (a squad haha) that would always meet up at class and every weekend and holidays. However, going into middle school, a huge amount of new students entered our year, and so our group sort of split up. While everyone seemed to find their own group of friends, I was the only one who was caught in the middle and couldn't quite fit in to a single group. All the way through to Year 11, people told me I seemed so charismatic and confident, but in reality I was crying on the inside. I didn't have a best friend and anyone to confide in. In Year 12, I met someone who was overwhelmingly optimistic. He would always talk to me and skype call me to just talk about life. We had a great time that year, but as the year went by, I found myself replying to his facebook messages later and later. I think I was scared of losing contact with him after highschool. Sure enough, over the Summer holidays, we just lost contact. We got into different universities but I tried messaging him a few times to arrange a meet-up. He'd always reply with things like "Yeah we totally need to catch up!" and sound really excited. But when the meet-up time comes, he says he's busy. I haven't really talked to many people during my time in Uni. I've only really talked to two others who went to the same high school as me. However, even with them, I feel so alone because when we meet up for lunch, they're just chatting with each other while I sit there listening. Also, they tend to arrange meet-ups without me so I feel so excluded and hurt. I just feel like my past friendships and sudden snuffs of friendships have heavily impacted on my ability to make new friends. I just feel so scared that every friend I make in the future will act the same way and just cut off all ties with me. I'm sorry if this seemed really messy, but I would really appreciate any help I can get.

ineedsupportandspace guidance and help guys and girls
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Hi my name is Harry whatever is happening rightnow for my future self my non negotionables are sleep, healthy organic plant based food , and a water filter to remove fluroide from our water, i have absolutley $3 and am a swirling greyish cloudy sun, ... View more

Hi my name is Harry whatever is happening rightnow for my future self my non negotionables are sleep, healthy organic plant based food , and a water filter to remove fluroide from our water, i have absolutley $3 and am a swirling greyish cloudy sun, how Can i get some money to buy organic fruit and vegtable to eat during these times to maintain my health, my parents have money but buy so much silly food instead, how can I earn money to maintain my health, for my future self, I think I can write and articulate my thoughts to a good standard, naturally will happen when alone for this long... anyone know where I can get paid to write about or for someone, hm an biography on someone maybe

Teenageanxietyguy Health anxiety 17 male........ desperate
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So , just like that a panic attack from literally just a day of being really stressed out about something so small had changed my life . 9-10 months fee I like with health anxiety and every day I could swear will be my last . I cannot help but think ... View more

So , just like that a panic attack from literally just a day of being really stressed out about something so small had changed my life . 9-10 months fee I like with health anxiety and every day I could swear will be my last . I cannot help but think I will have a heart attack from this shortness of breath or mild chest pain , or that I have meningitis or I'm going to faint . LIFE IS SO HARD . I'm healthy, I train I'm fit I try having a good education but why are these thoughts lingering . I feel so alone ? This is extremely petrifying and I can't live with every minute not being able to simply just breate. and of course the derealisation hits and I feel numb at times all of my relationships fall , because of this , social life falls because of this work and school life falling . I just find it so difficult . To deal and I just need to reach out

Skippydundee Am i the only one
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Hi all this is my first time one something like this and part of me feels stupid for even doing it because 70% of the time i dont feel i have any issues. Other than me being my own issue. but the other 30% of the time and that number is increasing i ... View more

Hi all this is my first time one something like this and part of me feels stupid for even doing it because 70% of the time i dont feel i have any issues. Other than me being my own issue. but the other 30% of the time and that number is increasing i feel like im in a forever deeping hole that the walls are caving in. Im 26 years old. Originally from the uk been im oz 4 years. Moved from nsw to qld.3 months ago. Partially because i think running from myself will work stupidly. But i am driving myself insain. And yet im sure many peoples view would be geezzz whats your problem. Which is why i havnt been to see anyone because they will probably tell me there is nothing wrong and im wasting everyone's time. I do not know how to be happy or content. I live in a great country. In a nice.area.on the sunshine coast. Some peoples dream. I dont like what i do for work. Im a sales manager for motor company. Which runs veru different to my old employer. But its all i know how to do. And i dont know what else i would want to do. I sit at my desk driving myself insain looking for an answer i dont have. Thinking to myself it would all just be easier to end it and no longer have hate my own existence. The responsibilities of life all just mount up. Bills rent costs of living. I just want to run away from reality but know it solves nothing. I dont know how to change it. How to be happy. Im angry frustrated and driving myself crazy. What do i do. How do i get outof my way and find happiness in life which isny just fake or a bandage trying to cover-up. I know i have problems but will everyone just think im stupid and brush it off like nothing. But for me i feel everyday i am drowing and see no reason to continue for another day of mental hell and my thoughts driving me mad. am i the only one to feel like this Sorry for wasting everyones time

Raisaga I feel like something bad will happen soon and it makes me tired and stressed.
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I have this feeling that something bad will happen soon, but I have no idea why. I get this feeling once or twice a year, and when it happens, I just want to get the feeling to go away. Nothing bad actually happens, but I'm afraid it may also be a si... View more

I have this feeling that something bad will happen soon, but I have no idea why. I get this feeling once or twice a year, and when it happens, I just want to get the feeling to go away. Nothing bad actually happens, but I'm afraid it may also be a sign of something else going on that I'm not aware of. It's really putting me down this time, so I feel like it will just get worse the longer I wait. Can someone please tell me what might be going on? I want to try prevent these feelings from ever happening. Thanks in advance.

azaleahey Depression, anxiety, weight, family, moving
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Hi, new member here and have been struggling with depression & anxiety for over 5 years now.. I’m only 20. I don’t really know how to put this in all words but basically I’m so tired of feeling alone, angry, nervous and worthless just about everyday.... View more

Hi, new member here and have been struggling with depression & anxiety for over 5 years now.. I’m only 20. I don’t really know how to put this in all words but basically I’m so tired of feeling alone, angry, nervous and worthless just about everyday. I’ll start getting so worked up and make myself so angry and upset that I just can’t help but cry, which I then get frustrated with myself for feeling this way over something so silly or nothing at all, which turns into me crying harder and digging my nails into my skin. I live with one of my sisters, her fiancé and two year old son, and I know it’s making my depression so much worse. This house involves arguments everyday between my sister and her partner and a toddler abusing the hell out of me everyday. I’m currently unemployed because I just moved back here again (I’ve moved around so much) and that’s definitely not helping. I’m so scared to tell her that I can’t live here but she got so mad and upset at me the last time I moved away from her. I’ve struggled with my weight for years, I was always a skinny child but in grade 4 or 5 I started to put on weight after we moved states. I then moved different states again in 2009 (grade7), which I then lost the weight. In grade 10 I started to put it back on, that started when I found out we were moving to another town 5/6 hours away and haven’t been able to drop it since. I’m sorry this is long and there is so much more to get out, such my headaches I get everyday, my anger issued mum. My family who are barely altogether at once, that when we are, all there is are arguments, some that have nearly turned to physical violence. I will also tell you that I don’t have any friends, ever since leaving that town in 2013, for some reason can never stay in contact or make a effort anytime i had moved new schools, maybe it’s because I’m so used to moving there was no point. There’s no doubt more but this is too long now. I’m sorry but I just need help before I hit breaking point even more.

mll98 I got fired because of my anxiety
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I'm 19 and I lost my job in September of last year due to my mental illness. I had a panic attack at work (I struggle with severe anxiety and depression which my boss had known from the beginning) and didn't have the proper medication on me to cope i... View more

I'm 19 and I lost my job in September of last year due to my mental illness. I had a panic attack at work (I struggle with severe anxiety and depression which my boss had known from the beginning) and didn't have the proper medication on me to cope in an emergency. I had been working 40 hours a week, plus study and travel time to and from work so I literally had no time to go to the doctors like I needed to. I worked in child care and as all of the children were asleep inside and I was on my lunch break I figured that the best thing to do would be to go outside, call my mum and try to talk things out and calm down so I could return to work like normal. I was in a pretty severe panic, mainly brought on by a combination of work related things like my boss being extremely unprofessional, leaving me with upwards of 20 children on my own as a trainee, was making me work ridiculous hours without allowing me enough time to get my studies completed, she would tell me to do things a certain way one week and a different way the next which was really confusing as someone that was trying to learn (which was apparently my fault). My mum called my boss just to check up to see if I was okay because she was concerned, only for my boss to then yell at me calling my behaviour inappropriate and that my mum had abused her on the phone (anyone that knows my mum knows that she is one of the kindest and least confrontational people ever) when all she wanted to do was make sure that I was okay. My former boss then went on to completely humiliate me, screaming at me in front of everyone while I was crying, obviously in a panic and was trying so hard to hold myself together (as someone who apparently struggled with anxiety herself, she wasn't so empathetic). She then went on to say I could have the next day off to go the doctor as I explained it was because I didn't have my medication. The next afternoon, she left my a voice mail to tell me I was fired. She had already deleted my work email and I had access to absolutely nothing I had saved. I then received a three page email declaring all of the reasons she was firing me. Most of the reasons were completely false and the rest were twisted to make me look awful. This whole experience has made me feel so insecure about my anxiety and going back into the workforce. Sorry this post is so long.

emily2 Boyfriend is going through a Episode/breakdown & pushing me away
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My boyfriend and i have been together for nearly 4 years but were best-friends for a long time before our relationship to. we are both 19. My boyfriend is as i said my best-friend and pretty much my only friend. We spend every weekend together since ... View more

My boyfriend and i have been together for nearly 4 years but were best-friends for a long time before our relationship to. we are both 19. My boyfriend is as i said my best-friend and pretty much my only friend. We spend every weekend together since we both work during the week and he works an hour away so he stays with his aunt and uncle. Now just recently this week he started acting strange saying he feels unwell and he came home from work on a tuesday to take the week off to relax. he started finding it really hard to relax and was not thinking right acting confused over the next couple of days it got worse he got more confused his heart was racing he started hearing voices he says and it just got worse from there, i told his family they came and got him and are monitoring him at home apparently he even got aggresive and punched the wall and the police were called. anyways i am suffering with major anxiety depression at the moment about being seperated from him and not being able to talk to him normally, some days he will seem fine and tell me he loves me then the next day he acts cold and seems like hes pushing me away. i feel selfish thinking about myself when its obvious he cant even look after himself at the moment but i am just beside myself with anxious thoughts like him leaving me or this episode or whatever it is, is going to ruin my relationship. i love my boyfriend so much and at the moment i feel so severely depressed and anxious i cant even eat. its so hard to see the person you know and love change like that. i just want everything to be back to normal, i admit i do feel suicidal because without him i feel nothing i feel like i am nothing i cant get myself to do my everyday activities because i cant stop thinking about him he is everything to me. i think i just really need some re assurance from him or his family but im just not getting anywhere. please help me i am beside myself at the moment with worry.

Tanzania Should I report it as bullying?
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Hi I'm having this situation at work with one of the surpviors. They do not treat me like everyone else and humilates me in front of people. When i see them my blood boils. I get angry sometimes I'm called to go to work and I don't want to go because... View more

Hi I'm having this situation at work with one of the surpviors. They do not treat me like everyone else and humilates me in front of people. When i see them my blood boils. I get angry sometimes I'm called to go to work and I don't want to go because of them.. Should I report ? I'm too scared

Lostflutterby I just need to vent... I think
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Hi, I'm a 23 y.o mum and for all of my life my dad has been a heavy smoker and drinker, it's been taking it toll on his health and last week we found out he had a silent heart attack( didn't get any symptoms)... Anyway, the doctor has ordered him to ... View more

Hi, I'm a 23 y.o mum and for all of my life my dad has been a heavy smoker and drinker, it's been taking it toll on his health and last week we found out he had a silent heart attack( didn't get any symptoms)... Anyway, the doctor has ordered him to stop drinking, smoking, driving and working and he also has limited the liquid intake for the next four weeks. My mum told me this morning that dad has completely ignored the advice of the doctor and drove down the street this morning to buy a bottle of wine, smokes and the paper. When they confronted him he laughed it off as "it's not far to drive" and when they took the smokes and alcohol off him he hopped in the car and went and bought more. i don't know what to say or think. He keeps making excuses as to why it's ok. I'm going to see him tomorrow and ask him how he would feel if he hit another car, if he had another attack while driving... And what if that car was me and my little girl and he killed us both, how would he live with that... But he will just find more excuses. I'm so angry and upset with him and I don't know what to say or do. I get he has an addiction and I didn't expect him to totally quit smoking and drinking instantly... But they driving has really annoyed me. Sorry, I don't know why I've posted I'm just upset.

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