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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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mia2_0 quick question
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sooo I don't know if I have depression or anxiety or if this is just what being like a teenager is like. I tick off most of the symptoms and the quiz thing on this website said I should seek help but what's not to say that this will just pass and tha... View more

sooo I don't know if I have depression or anxiety or if this is just what being like a teenager is like. I tick off most of the symptoms and the quiz thing on this website said I should seek help but what's not to say that this will just pass and that I'm actually fine? How do I know for sure without having to go see some rando shrink? Sometimes I just feel like I feel too much, like I'm filled to the brim with emotion and have no way to get it out. Sometimes I just sit their and literally scream internally, like in my head I'm just screaming. In class the other day, out of no where, I was just filled with anxiety and I just pretended like I was fine but it's like i was made of electricity and I didn't know if I wanted to cry non stop or run a marathon. Sometimes I'm just kind of frozen and I have to push through, or I can't seem to quite catch my breathe. I'm constantly tired but find it really hard to get any sleep. but what scares me most is when I get that empty feeling, not like I've been hollowed out or something but I'm just numb and can't feel anything. I don't think scare s the right word but I don't think I should be going emotionally numb. I've gained heaps of weight and my one joy used to be reading and now I barely pick up a book unless I have to. And i freaking love reading and I miss it soo much but i cant seem to bring myself to do it, or if i do its a struggle. So have a just grown out of a much loved hobby? Is it all just teenage hormones making sleeping difficult and throwing my emotions around? How do I know if I'm just growing up or suffering from an actual problem, or is the fact I even need to ask answer that already? I just want to stop feeling like this so I'm really hoping that in two years I'll hit that magical 18 and be fine. If these years are meant to be the best of my life then I'm royally screwed unless I figure out how to be happy again. Not that I'm not happy, on good days I am. Maybe I just have social anxiety. I don't know. That's the problem. So does anyone have any thoughts? Am I just being an over analytic angsty over privileged teen with no real problems who should just get over themselves like I think I'm being or do I actually have ground to be concerned. Any way, if anyone sees this and has made it this far, any help is welcome, and I hope you're ok and have a lovely day/night/life

MoniKay I'm not sure what I'm doing with uni family and my own life, help?
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Hey two years ago my dad passed away from a terminal illness leaving my mother with 6 kids, including me. There's four younger under me. The whole time since then she hasn't done anything to help herself and she is so negative and demeaning to the ki... View more

Hey two years ago my dad passed away from a terminal illness leaving my mother with 6 kids, including me. There's four younger under me. The whole time since then she hasn't done anything to help herself and she is so negative and demeaning to the kids it's borderline emotional abuse because they all need help and she doesn't understand them. I've tried to help the situation and I've done and tried everything to help her and support my kids. I have my own depression and anxiety and I can't deal with mum I stay at a friends because I can't bare to be in the same house as her. I took a gap year for this year because my kids needed help and support but things are getting worse at home and I want to continue Uni next year but I feel I can't. I want to get back in shape but I'm working at woollies, doing part time at my church and I have kids that need me. I have no time for myself and it kills me because I don't know how to make things better at home. I've tried to tell mum how things are going and what impact she has on the kids but she turns everything i say into an attack. I've told her so many times over text over the phone and in person and she doesn't understand. I want to call docs but my dad worked there for his job and I know it'll kill my mother. I feel like she's taken part of my life and my freedom away and it breaks my heart when I find my kids crying in their rooms because of her yelling and just the way things are. I can't help the kids and I don't know how or where to go. I'd like anyone's help as ruthless as it is I just need advice and help. i just want to have my own life.

Brooklyn20 I don’t know how to get help
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Ok here’s the thing. I’ve always been deppressed when I was younger I did see someone but my mum was in charge of that because I was so young she didn’t believe I had a problem so pulled me out. Anyway. I’m 20 and worse then ever I’ve been using a mi... View more

Ok here’s the thing. I’ve always been deppressed when I was younger I did see someone but my mum was in charge of that because I was so young she didn’t believe I had a problem so pulled me out. Anyway. I’m 20 and worse then ever I’ve been using a mix of over the counter drugs and stealing prescription stuff from my boyfriends mum. I don’t wanna ruin my life I just lik the feeling of being knocked out so I don’t have to deal. What I’m trying to say is I wanna talk to someone but I don’t wanna see my gp I’m scared I just want to see a phschologist but idk if I can idk help

member224 I Have No Idea What's Happening to Me.
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I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression 3 years ago now, the anxiety was both hereditary and due to a disease I have called 'Graves Disease'. And my depression was because of all the limits that comes with this disease, such as: being extremely s... View more

I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression 3 years ago now, the anxiety was both hereditary and due to a disease I have called 'Graves Disease'. And my depression was because of all the limits that comes with this disease, such as: being extremely sick and not being able to walk or get out of bed, not capable to go to school for six months and see my friends,and not being able to do everything any other normal kid could, like being able to do sport without having a severe asthma attack right through the middle of a game, or not having to take medication 4 times everyday. The last time, until 2 days ago, I had an anxiety attack was 2 months ago. I thought I was doing great, I was fit, I was feeling good about myself, I just had a major surgery that would fix part of the problem of my disease. And then for no reason at all I had a terrible anxiety attack about my school sport. I haven't gone to school since, and I don't feel that I can. Sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy, or that I'm overreacting, but I can't help it. My heart starts to race, everything that could possibly go wrong runs through my mind, and I think I'm going to vomit. It all ends up with me in unexplainable tears, and my parents confused and frustrated because they don't know how to help me. This happens to me out of the blue, as a consequence makes me feel terrible because it's not just affecting me, but all the people around me. They don't know how to help me and neither do I, because I have no idea what's going on. Thanks for reading, any comment helps.

Nick1 I feel really lost.
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So... I don’t know why, but I’ve always felt irrelevant to people. I don’t know how to describe it properly... but I do get attention from people but i just don’t feel like anybody sees me properly. I feel like all they see is a football player who l... View more

So... I don’t know why, but I’ve always felt irrelevant to people. I don’t know how to describe it properly... but I do get attention from people but i just don’t feel like anybody sees me properly. I feel like all they see is a football player who likes to have fun but, every night I’m finding myself in my bed hoping I don’t wake up tomorrow. I hate myself... and I don’t see why anybody would/could love me for me. i dont want to hurt myself or contemplate suicide or anything like that... but man I’m just always sad and I just wish I could feel the care that a person might have for me. I don’t know what to do anymore, and I feel like deleting all my social media accounts and just never talking to anyone ever again.

pinkdino Getting Help
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Hey Guys, I've been sad for a really long time and I've gotten really good and telling myself that it'll be okay (when it clearly isn't) and hiding the fact from others. And I have decided that I am so sick of being so depressed, deserted, isolated, ... View more

Hey Guys, I've been sad for a really long time and I've gotten really good and telling myself that it'll be okay (when it clearly isn't) and hiding the fact from others. And I have decided that I am so sick of being so depressed, deserted, isolated, desperate, empty (just a few of the many words that come to mind) and I am over being so afraid of myself, I've made the decision I need help... but I don't know how. I know most of you might say "just talk to someone that you trust" its just I can't do that and I hate myself everyday for it. Are there any tips you guys have for approaching someone (like a family member or someone at school) and telling them how you are so lost and scared in your life? I've never really been good and talking or communicating and I am really stressed and nervous when I am in a social situation where I am alone or have nowhere to hide (not literally, but I hope you know what I mean) so talking to someone is going to be really hard for me. I'm pretty sure my school has counseling but are they the right people to make first contact with? Who are the best people to start the conversation with from your guys experiences? I just wouldn't be comfortable going to my parents, because I think they would be heartbroken by it. I think I need someone else to talk to first and then I think it could be communicated to them. I really hope no one is going through what I am going through, and if you are, I feel and understand your pain and struggle everyday. Thanks

freezzze I feel up against a wall
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Hi there, I've been going to boarding school in Australia for nearly 2 years now and I feel isolated and lonely. It feels like I don't have anything to do, or rather I can't do anything. The issue isn't with homesickness, or missing my parents. Thoug... View more

Hi there, I've been going to boarding school in Australia for nearly 2 years now and I feel isolated and lonely. It feels like I don't have anything to do, or rather I can't do anything. The issue isn't with homesickness, or missing my parents. Though I have a few (>10) day student friends, I have none in the boarders and i feel they all hate me. I live with these people basically all year round. I am half-Indonesian, which means a cop a lot from the boarders, who are mostly from the country. They all call me socially awkward, and freeze me out. But that's not the worst part. The other boarders who aren't from the country and have no issue with me all join in. They only do it to fit in. I don't feel like I can go back to my old school, as it is an international school and most of my friends have left. I just don't know what to do.

yikes101 troubles with family and school life
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there been troubles within my family between my older brother and my mum lately . hes just recently become a dad but he's addicted to smoking week and stuff so my mum is pretty accepting with the fact that he smokes but they fight almost every time h... View more

there been troubles within my family between my older brother and my mum lately . hes just recently become a dad but he's addicted to smoking week and stuff so my mum is pretty accepting with the fact that he smokes but they fight almost every time he comes over . from all this it causes him to get anger issues along my mum too . they then get angry at me which gets me upset . ive been In a very emotional stage lately being very stressed going through high school as well . its caused me to become very stressed and a bit depressed and its caused me to have different thoughts and self harm . I don't know what to do anymore ?

Rusty13 Consumed by anger
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Hi all, I'm in my first year out of school, and I am working full time in a job that has long hours, high amounts of stress and causes me to be dislocated from my family for long periods of time. Over these last few months, my girlfriend and I have b... View more

Hi all, I'm in my first year out of school, and I am working full time in a job that has long hours, high amounts of stress and causes me to be dislocated from my family for long periods of time. Over these last few months, my girlfriend and I have been physically separated due to our respective jobs, but she is now back near the area I live in. Unfortunately, this has not been the blessing it should have been, because we fight, for the majority of the time that we are together, about the same things. She doesn't think that she has done anything wrong by me these last few months, while I believe she has, and vice versa. I will openly admit that I have not been the best person, but it has gotten to the point where during our arguments I am absolutely blinded with rage and anger directed towards her, and our efforts to try and fix our relationship is often negated by these periods of anger. I know I need help fixing this, and this is probably the best place to start. Any and all help, or advice is much appreciated.

Lascrea I hate my best friend and my only friend at university
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Hi everyone, I'll try to make this short I don't know if it's that the stress of university has made me more irritable or if my best friend has become a rude and selfish hypocrite. We can't have a conversations because by the fifth reply she'd have f... View more

Hi everyone, I'll try to make this short I don't know if it's that the stress of university has made me more irritable or if my best friend has become a rude and selfish hypocrite. We can't have a conversations because by the fifth reply she'd have found a way to offend me somehow. I said I can't go out because I need to take care of my dogs and my parents won't because it's my responsibility, and she said 'this is why I don't like your family' which is uncalled for and disrespectful (she's white and I'm Asian). She's failing y12 and out of concern, I told her to stop going out so often. She got defensive, telling me that not everyone is like me (I had a 99.95 ATAR) and that she 'earned her free time', which is questionable considering she hasn't studied or worked on any of her assignments for days. We're both sarcastic and used to jokingly make fun of people, but now whenever I make fun of a slow learner driver for example, she'd say 'don't be so judgmental', even though she mocked me when I first started driving. She also calls 'fat' people lazy and disgusting even though she's severely overweight. I'm starting to hate her but she's the first best friend I've ever had. I have social anxiety and making friends has never been easy for me so when I made one close uni friend I told myself I would keep her. But I don't want anything to do with her. I work with her and her boyfriend for a group project And when we have group meetings, she doesn't focus on the work at all and keeps whining to her bf. There's so much to say about this girl that I can't finish in the character limit. We did an experiment that required sterilising equipment and She picked up tweezers dipped in ethanol and held it in the flame, then swung it at her boyfriend, dropping hot ethanol on him. She always does things like this and it makes me uncomfortable. She stuffed up our entire experiment because she didn't know how to use the equipment even though I asked her. She's always late to everything and yesterday, she and her bf were 40 minutes late to our experiment and the labs were about to close but I expected it so I just did everything myself. She's so childish even though she's two years older than me and it's to the point where I'm questioning if she's mentally ok or if she's just attention seeking. She's also racist. I don't know if I'm overreacting because of my stress or if these situations are enough to say I should end my friendships even if it means becoming friendless.

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