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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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Kamh Dreams and depression/anxiety
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I am wondering if anyone else knows how to fix this? I have never being much of a dreamer but over the last couple months I have being having these dreams where someone/something is trying to kill me. It's getting more frequent. At first I had this r... View more

I am wondering if anyone else knows how to fix this? I have never being much of a dreamer but over the last couple months I have being having these dreams where someone/something is trying to kill me. It's getting more frequent. At first I had this reacuring dream where a monster jumped out of this vending machine in an over colourful forest and chased me, but then I slowly started to get more and more dreams like this. There more, I just can't remember it right now. I don't seem to be overly scarred in my dreams either, like I always run away from what's trying to kill me in the dream, but overall there isn't any emotion When I wake up from the dreams I'm not particularly scared, I just can't really move for a couple minutes. Also, some time when I wake up I can tell I was dreaming, and I can't remember what it was about, but my heart is beating really fast (the other day it was 130bpm when I had just woken up)(I have a heart rate monitor), and I can hardly move. I think I liked it better when I didn't dream. Does anyone know what this is, or how to stop the dreams? thanks so much, Kamh

Matilda99 Tips for bouncing back from failing a school assignment.
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I don't cope well when I don't do well in assignments and it takes me along time to get over it. I would really like to be able to not worry about these little things as much as I do.

I don't cope well when I don't do well in assignments and it takes me along time to get over it. I would really like to be able to not worry about these little things as much as I do.

SHANNON_ 22 years old with depression and anxiety
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Hi my names shannon im 22 years old. Im just here to hopefully get some help with all the unanswered questions i have. Main one is how do you stop yourself over stressing the fact you're stressing?

Hi my names shannon im 22 years old. Im just here to hopefully get some help with all the unanswered questions i have. Main one is how do you stop yourself over stressing the fact you're stressing?

crampmystyles September 23rd - Apocalypse Theory?
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Hey everyone, me again. Basically, I'm getting super scared and anxious yet again, but over this apparent Niribu planet collision apocalypse theory. It's been popping up on all of the big news sites (DailyMail, News.com.au, 7 News etc) and it's getti... View more

Hey everyone, me again. Basically, I'm getting super scared and anxious yet again, but over this apparent Niribu planet collision apocalypse theory. It's been popping up on all of the big news sites (DailyMail, News.com.au, 7 News etc) and it's getting more and more attention and in return, it's making me more and more nervous. Is there any truth behind it? Apparently we'd know if it was coming due to it blocking stars or sunlight etc. but idk, it probably seems super dumb but this is the stuff that makes me so scared I feel sick.

AshS1234 Is anyone else a perfectionist? - Help and strategies!
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Hi there, Does anyone else struggle with perfectionism? I have always been a 'perfectionist' but I tend to find that at times when I'm more stressed than normal, have more family issues to deal with than normal, and/or am feeling overwhelmed - my per... View more

Hi there, Does anyone else struggle with perfectionism? I have always been a 'perfectionist' but I tend to find that at times when I'm more stressed than normal, have more family issues to deal with than normal, and/or am feeling overwhelmed - my perfectionism will flare up to the point where I am barely able to do anything at all because I need it to be 'perfect'. This mostly affects my uni work - I'll simply not be able to hand in assignments or will hand them in very very late, even though I may have worked on a fairly easy assignment almost non-stop for a month. I'll also become more withdrawn in my personal life and I'll be unable to concentrate because I'll be thinking about my assignments. I'll be too stressed to be able to enjoy doing anything other than uni work, but seriously unproductive with my uni work. I'll try breaking things down into smaller tasks but just the process of dividing the tasks will overwhelm me. I'll try setting a timer to 'sprint' but it doesn't solve everything. If anyone has experienced issues with perfectionism, it would help to hear about it and know that I'm not so alone. If anyone has any tips, anything that has helped them or even stories of how they have managed to improve their thinking, then that would be extra help. Sending love to anyone who reads this

issy93 I can't make friends at uni
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Hi, I am a 20 year old girl. I feel awfully depressed about this issue. I really wanted to make friends at uni, I am now in my second semester of first year (but actually my third semester at uni) and I haven't been able to make any friends. There ha... View more

Hi, I am a 20 year old girl. I feel awfully depressed about this issue. I really wanted to make friends at uni, I am now in my second semester of first year (but actually my third semester at uni) and I haven't been able to make any friends. There have been people who I've said hi to, what are you studying etc, but after that they forget about me. A lot of people seem to already have close connections and don't bother trying to make friends with me. In one class, I sit on a table with a few girls, they say hi but for the rest of the class they just chat away to each other! And they don't participate in group discussions with me they just keep chatting. I'm literally just sitting there thinking wow, if someone was sitting on my table and didn't have friends, I wouldn't ignore them, I'd try to talk to them! I haven't been able to make any real close connections with anyone. And not only can't I make new friends, but of the few "friends" I have I don't even have that connection. I'm always the one that's initiating contact with them while they're slipping away. I actually feel really angry, like just angry that people don't want to be my friend. I go to class with a good attitude, hoping to start anew and make a friend, sit with people, try to talk to people, but by the end of the class I just feel like giving up because nothing has happened. This is just the way it is for me. I've become used to it. But I don't understand why it's happening! Sometimes I feel like something must be wrong with me, and then other times I feel like it is other peoples' fault for not giving me a chance. I think I am naturally shy, but shouldn't I be able to find other people who are quiet and can relate to me? People I know who are nice to me like my boyfriend's mother, say that I am a really pretty girl and other girls must feel intimidated by me. They make me feel a lot better, but also I think, if it's true that I'm that pretty then why is it so hard to make friends? I'm starting to feel like a failure. I'm feeling left out. I don't know what to do. SIMILAR THREADS No friends = depression I feel very lonely, no friends at all No friends Don't have friends, feel so alone and desperate How can I make friends?

Softy10 Separation Anxiety
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So I realise I need help... I'm 23 and I cannot leave my boyfriend, he is so understanding of all of this and it is no threat to our relationship but it's horrible for me because I honestly cannot stand being away from him. He has gone on holiday for... View more

So I realise I need help... I'm 23 and I cannot leave my boyfriend, he is so understanding of all of this and it is no threat to our relationship but it's horrible for me because I honestly cannot stand being away from him. He has gone on holiday for 2 weeks and left me behind to work, the day he left I cried and cried and wouldnt go to work or let him leave, I was hyperventilating, sweating, honestly beside myself, there was no control. And now he's gone I find myself extremely emotional, tense, can't sleep which makes everything worse, I don't want to socialise in case I break down and make a fool of myself and I am finding it extremely hard to get myself motivated to do anything. I'm a mess. This isn't the first time I've been this way but it seems to be getting worse. I feel like a part of me is missing and surely that's not healthy to rely on someone to make you feel whole as he obviously cannot be with me 24/7. Sometimes even when he is home I'm so clingy that sometimes I find it irritating if he locks the bathroom door to go to the toilet because like what if I need him? Adult separation Anxiety is killing me. I do not want to feel like this for 2 weeks or whenever he's not around... what do I do? I am already medicated for Depression and Anxiety. Please help me cope.

SLO Just feeling lost
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Hi, so iv been feeling really numb. One moment I'm happy and the next I plummet in to a deep down sadness that I hide from everyone. I have the the most amazing life a boyfriend who loves me, friends and family. I shouldn't feel like this and yet I d... View more

Hi, so iv been feeling really numb. One moment I'm happy and the next I plummet in to a deep down sadness that I hide from everyone. I have the the most amazing life a boyfriend who loves me, friends and family. I shouldn't feel like this and yet I do. I just want to be myself again but I feel like it fading and I'm scared. Doesn't anyone have any strategies that help at these moments that help them. Please and thankyou

InlustrisLuna Unsure of myself
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Hi, So this is my first post and I'm not 100% sure what to say rather then just wanting to express how to feel as I don't know what to do or who to talk to or even how as I don't know where to express my emotions or talk about them especially in pers... View more

Hi, So this is my first post and I'm not 100% sure what to say rather then just wanting to express how to feel as I don't know what to do or who to talk to or even how as I don't know where to express my emotions or talk about them especially in person. For awhile now maybe 1-2months I haven't felt great like I just cry for no reasons and feel super anxious. But I don't believe anything bad has occurred that should be making me feel this way. like it was my birthday tonight and I had a party with some friends last night and now I'm reduced to crying for unknown reasons. Im just unsure what to do and how to go about it or anything.

Atelophobic What is wrong with me? Why am I like this?
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im an average 17 y/o girl with an average life. Yes, I’m grateful for every little basic need, and luxuries, that I have but that does not mean I am happy. I have been noticing for a while now that I’m having moments where I feel empty. I feel nothin... View more

im an average 17 y/o girl with an average life. Yes, I’m grateful for every little basic need, and luxuries, that I have but that does not mean I am happy. I have been noticing for a while now that I’m having moments where I feel empty. I feel nothing even though my head feels like it’s gonna burst from the myriad of anxious/paranoid/hopeless thoughts. I feel like I’m internally screaming even though on the outside, I have a neutral expression. When I’m surrounded by people, I interact like a normal person. But when I’m alone... I’m swarmed by my thoughts and emotions. I feel like crying on the inside as I’m writing this; like there’s a voice in my head wailing and screaming.. but I just cant bring myself to cry. My mind is filled with anxious and paranoid thoughts of things that have happened in the past and of things in the present as little as someone not replying as quick as they usually do or a change in their tone when they speak or text. Or I get paranoid about things that haven’t even happened yet. i feel hurt, sad, hopeless, guilty, angry, disgusted, tired and empty all at the same time. I don’t know what’s going on with me. I feel like the person that I am around people is different to how I am with myself. At times I look in the mirror and think to myself that it’s okay, I’m average looking. At other times when I look at myself, I see the lack of curves, the dead look in my eyes, the droop in my shoulders, the paleness of my already porcelain skin and how disgusted I am with myself for constantly biting my nails so much that they barely grow. i see other girls and I feel hopeless; I’ll never be as pretty even if I put effort into looking good. I have no one to talk to. I mean I do, but everyone just says “you are pretty, you are this, you are that”. No one tries to understand me or cares enough to just be how I would be to them if they were in my position.

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