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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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GeraltofRivia300 I dont know what to do.
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Im 18. I recently broke up with my girlfriend of 2yrs and she took it pretty badly and now hates me. I feel like the shitest person in the world because of it and have been struggling to cope for a while. And now my sisters cancer has come back and i... View more

Im 18. I recently broke up with my girlfriend of 2yrs and she took it pretty badly and now hates me. I feel like the shitest person in the world because of it and have been struggling to cope for a while. And now my sisters cancer has come back and its not looking good for her. I live alone so theres no one to talk to. I don't want to worry my parents with this especially now. And all my close friends are away at Uni. And i dont know what to do.

My-life-is-a-constant-Mess Anxiety & feeling guilty about taking medication
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Hi everyone To be honest i'm not sure what the point of this post is, maybe to vent? I suffer from severe GAD, Hypochondria & possible OCD and have done so for about a year, it was slowly getting worse and I was convinced I was dying all the time, ev... View more

Hi everyone To be honest i'm not sure what the point of this post is, maybe to vent? I suffer from severe GAD, Hypochondria & possible OCD and have done so for about a year, it was slowly getting worse and I was convinced I was dying all the time, every second of everyday I was anxious and was worried that I was dying of some unknown health condition, this health condition ranged from cancer, strokes, heart attacks, blood clots in my neck name a medical condition I thought I had it. I also cant drive I have my L's because i'm to scared to drive in case I hurt myself or someone else, i also am real anxious if i'm in the car and someone else is driving (especially my grandpa who i'm worried will have a heart attack or stroke behind the wheel) I also have a ritual I perform nightly surrounding checking my room for spiders and I put hoodies under the door so spiders cant get in while I sleep, i also compulsively check my body for signs of illness (I still do both these things but its not as bad as before). So I finally went to the GP who put me on meds, I was on them for a week and they made it worse so I stopped and got put on the waiting list for a psychologist but I was told it would be 3 months before I got an appointment ( i have been told this will be even longer wait now), so a few weeks later i went back to the GP to get different meds because I couldn't cope. I found that they started working in about a week and a bit and Im only on 10mg (a low dose) and I have noticed that my general anxiety had almost gone away (i still have bad days & panic attacks) and that even when I did get anxious it was much easier to control ( I couldn't control the anxiety at all before) While I still cant deal with people being sick and I go a bit over the top with sanitising stuff and making people wear gloves etc. It's much better and I feel guilty about this, I somehow feel as if that i'm not anxious and that i'm over reacting or just made it up and that it's all just in my head, I feel guilty for taking the medication because I feel like i'm just being stupid and thats theres nothing wrong with me, even though I was so scared all the time, i couldn't control my anxiety and I was having panic attacks every night begging my mum to take me to the ER at 1 in the morning. I know its stupid to feel this but for some reason I do, i just feel like because the meds worked quick, were very effective and were low dose that i'm overreacting and that i'm not anxious to be on meds.

cjxx The future is overwhelming and terrifying
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Each day is closer to my future as year 12 ends and I could not be more stressed, sad and frustrated. I feel pathetic, by now I hoped I had a plan to move overseas. I expected so much of this time of my life - 18 years old, and I don’t even have a li... View more

Each day is closer to my future as year 12 ends and I could not be more stressed, sad and frustrated. I feel pathetic, by now I hoped I had a plan to move overseas. I expected so much of this time of my life - 18 years old, and I don’t even have a lisence. As a younger girl I dreamt of freedom yet I feel like as I reach adulthood nothing seems like freedom. Working 9-5? Paying rent? Being independent? I used to look forward to the future and now I want to postpone it, or simply end things before I get there... In regards to university I’m in an indecisive loop and I’ve put in 2 preferences I don’t even feel right about. I’m so damn indecisive, i haven’t felt more upset. It seems by each day life keeps getting worse. Everyone around me is so excited for school to end while I’m crying about it every day. I feel icky, for the first time in my life having to make such a big decision, and I can’t make it. The thought of still working at McDonald’s next year makes my head spin as the thought makes me sick. It brings me to hating myself - it seems everyone is happy and handling things just fine while I’m out far behind them, wishing I was 12 again, desperately.

anthony96 Why am i the way i am?
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Hey guys/girls, My Name is Anthony and im 21 years old. I stumbled across this forum on Google, and thought i should join. As for the last few years i have been feeling real low and dont see that changing anytime soon. I am sick of being the way I am... View more

Hey guys/girls, My Name is Anthony and im 21 years old. I stumbled across this forum on Google, and thought i should join. As for the last few years i have been feeling real low and dont see that changing anytime soon. I am sick of being the way I am. But never do anything to change. I have struggled with social anxiety/shyness my whole life, but only started noticing it more the last few years as I now have a full time job and am put in social environments more often. I barely have any friends and only see them once every week or two. Even with my friends i feel like they are a lot better friends with each other, than with me.I often get family/people i meet through work saying stuff like "your so handsome" or they ask me being serious "got any stories from the weekend?" (sex related). They think i get with girls all the time. But i have never been in a relationship before or even talked to many girls to be honest. I keep to myself a lot and dont really go out, due to being scared. At work i usually work on my own or with one other person. when im not at work im usually in my room, trying to make time pass and forget about how I feel. I also talk to myself a lot and make up stupid scenarios of what i would be doing if i wasnt the way i am. lately on friday/saturday nights i find myself going for a drive for a few hours just to think and try to clear my mind. It never works, dont know why i still do it, i come home feeling worse. seeing people being at caffe's and bars with their friends. I hate going in public. on my own i cant even convince myself to leave the house, If i am driving somewhere i feel like everyone around me in their cars are watching me and judging/laughing at me. when someone pulls up next to me at the lights i get so paranoid, cant even force myself to turn my head and look at them. Last time i went to the shops i made it up one level of stairs then left straight away, felt like I was going to have a panic attack. With my friends it isnt as bad but even if we go to get food somewhere i try to convince them just to go through drive thru instead of dine in because I am to scared. I have tried talking to someone about my problem a few months ago but I only went once, I just couldn't open up and be honest. Found my self lying just to make myself feel better. I dont know what to do, I always talk to myself about "changing" and being more social, but i never take any action. I have noone who i can or want to talk about my problem with.

Saving_Joyce Flashbacks, Love and Breakup
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When I was 18 I was taken advantage by my friend. Sexual assault? Rape? Whatever you care to define it as. I always found it hard to deal with the emotions brought forward by it, like any person would. 2 years later I met a boy, fell in love, moved i... View more

When I was 18 I was taken advantage by my friend. Sexual assault? Rape? Whatever you care to define it as. I always found it hard to deal with the emotions brought forward by it, like any person would. 2 years later I met a boy, fell in love, moved in together and all that. I sort of used him as a rebound for life, as a shade to hide all the pain I was feeling. The love for each other was real, but it wasn’t healthy me holding all the emotions in. I was diagnosed with depression or PTSD. They can’t really decide, I’m not to phased about a diagnosis anyways. Eventually I got too much for him. My emotions would come out in great bursts as I’d never ever dealt with them. We have departed now, I do not hate him for it, I just want to get better. As much as it pained him to break up, he did this so I could get better. So I could realise the strong person I am. I just don’t know where to go from here. I’ve been to psychologists and it hasn’t really worked. I’ve tried medication. I just need a bit of direction and I don’t know where to find it.... Sincerely Lost, Confused and Scared

Mizztwisted Jealousy. how its wrecking my life
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Hi im mizztwisted. ok to start im a 24yr old woman I have a great boyfriend but our year started out shitty. My boyfriends mother died and other shit things happened Im off track my boyfriends sisters both got pregnant 1MONTH APPART. I want kids as i... View more

Hi im mizztwisted. ok to start im a 24yr old woman I have a great boyfriend but our year started out shitty. My boyfriends mother died and other shit things happened Im off track my boyfriends sisters both got pregnant 1MONTH APPART. I want kids as ive been in this relationship nearly 5yrs three of those engaged to him. Jealousy made me think about hurting them then I started slamming butter knives in my hand (not breaking the skin mostly causing bruises). My boyfriend is sick of me complaining about how much I want kids and how jealous I am of his older sisters This thread is to allow me to ask for help or ways to stop the negative thoughts that circle me day after day

sophie-lea Friendship Trouble
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My "Best Friend" is controlling me and she is really really annoying and i want space but she s really clingy but I don't know what to do about it, what should i do?

My "Best Friend" is controlling me and she is really really annoying and i want space but she s really clingy but I don't know what to do about it, what should i do?

Rarity Anxiety, Depression and my breaks from reality.
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Hello, I am a male and am 16 years old. I am currently a student. This is my story of what I believe to be my psychosis, my anxiety and my depression. When I was 9 years old, I experienced something that I had thought nothing of at the time. It was a... View more

Hello, I am a male and am 16 years old. I am currently a student. This is my story of what I believe to be my psychosis, my anxiety and my depression. When I was 9 years old, I experienced something that I had thought nothing of at the time. It was a red dot, I saw this red dot everywhere I went, it was like an invisible man was following me with a laser pointer everywhere I went. As I grew older I began to feel unnerved and scared of this red dot, I often found myself scared, huddled up in my room if I saw it in the house, I preferred to be in wide open spaces with a lot of people where I knew that nothing could hurt me because other people would see it. This has now changed. The red dot as I have progressed through adolescence has morphed into a shadowy figure, i find it hard to complete simple tasks because I am scared of this figure. I can't walk my dog, or go outside for long periods of time because I always see it and get frightened. I see it out of the corner of my eye, and I hear it. At least I think I hear it, commonly when I look around, things are not there, I hear clapping to my right and I will look, and I will be facing a wall. These moments have made my dreams feel real, I begin to question if things really happened and am confused about my perceptions on reality. I have been having these breaks from reality since I was 9. I am scared of my family and the people around me because I think they will hurt me. If I get in a verbal fight with someone, I will find myself gripping onto a blunt object, a bat or something or other at night and sleeping with it in my bed in case they come to hurt me or it comes to hurt me. This has driven me over the edge of sanity, more frequently, as I have grown older I have begun to question what is really real and what is not. I get blinding headaches occasionally but no one is ever there to help because I am always hiding in my room away from my family. Recently, my family has left my home, my mother has flown away to look after my grandma, my dad works full-time and my sister goes to University throughout the day, leaving me completely on my own with the voices in my head. I am stuck in an internal conflict with myself and do not know what is wrong with me, I am scared of what is to come as this develops and I have no idea what to do. I am hoping someone has experienced these events before and is able to give me some advice on what they have done to combat this. No one I know, knows about my "condition". - R

Exambolor I'm always so angry with anything and everything in life
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This is my first post so hello. I'm having this issue lately when I seem to get angry at anyone and anything around me and I don't know how to fix it. Everything never seems to work in my favour for some reason and it drives me up the wall. I'm also ... View more

This is my first post so hello. I'm having this issue lately when I seem to get angry at anyone and anything around me and I don't know how to fix it. Everything never seems to work in my favour for some reason and it drives me up the wall. I'm also having a hard time at University because I don't feel that I can fit in with the stereotypical personalities and that I feel I'm an outcast. I dont know what to do. thanks for reading

ham01 I have no reason to always be angry and depressed.
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Hi all, I'm a young guy always mad and depressed about little things. I don't know why though. I know I come from a good home and that my parents love me, even though I fight with my mum all the time. I go to a really good school. I really want to ge... View more

Hi all, I'm a young guy always mad and depressed about little things. I don't know why though. I know I come from a good home and that my parents love me, even though I fight with my mum all the time. I go to a really good school. I really want to get rid of my anger/depression issues because i have started to notice a drop in my grades and I'm about to head into VCE and i really want to get good results. I want some advice on how to get rid of these problems. Thanks guys.

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