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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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Brokenvlogger A little help?
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Hi there everyone. My name is Brokenvlogger. I've just joined here for some help with my situation. I believe I have depression and have told my dad about it. I've kind of stopped making an effort in school and haven't been going too much as I'm scar... View more

Hi there everyone. My name is Brokenvlogger. I've just joined here for some help with my situation. I believe I have depression and have told my dad about it. I've kind of stopped making an effort in school and haven't been going too much as I'm scared I'll break down in front of others. It's not really as simple as "Your friends and family will always be there and are happy to help you, they don't care if you cry." It feels different and idk. Also, I've been in bed for a lot lately and my boyfriend is wrapped up in the hurricanes in Texas. He hasn't contacted me for around a month and I'm quite worried. Our relationship is long distance and he is the only person I feel like I can talk to about this stuff. Now we're cut off from each other and I need a plan B. Help?

Amiii Completely alone and shut off from people
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Hi, so i've never done anything like this before and if you can tell from the title i'm not much of a talker. I constantly feel like I need to hide myself and shut my emotions off from everyone. I stress a lot and have had problems with anxiety when ... View more

Hi, so i've never done anything like this before and if you can tell from the title i'm not much of a talker. I constantly feel like I need to hide myself and shut my emotions off from everyone. I stress a lot and have had problems with anxiety when I was at a very young age. However they have seemed to come back as I am now finishing high school and have noticed that I am often sad all the time. I don't really have a close family in the way in which we actually talk to each other about feelings or whats going on, or at least that is how I feel about it. I Know I have tried opening up a bit to my mother but it has never ended well and I think that is why I have such a hard time trusting anyone with knowing how I feel. I have always had a hard time talking to people in general and avoid uncomfortable topics, but i do want to improve myself. I am getting sick of feeling alone and sometimes feeling fake around everyone. last week I had come home and just sat on the floor and cried by myself. when I heard my mum come home, I just pretended I was doing homework and that nothing was wrong at all. I know part of the problem might be me, but talking to anyone just isn't an option, not even my school councillor for reasons I wont go into. I understand that everyone has there own lives, and issues to deal with and thats just the way it is. As cynical as it sounds, I feel like no-one just has any time for me or anyone else. I go for walks and runs a lot which seems to help but I guess what i'm really asking is if there is anything else that I can do? or do i just need to wait everything out?

Renayelisaa No Hope Left
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I was sexually assaulted 4 weeks ago by my "Friend" I knew his terrible background (went to juvie, does drugs) and I went to his house when it happened it feels like my fault the whole thing happened. I skipped school and went to his house to watch m... View more

I was sexually assaulted 4 weeks ago by my "Friend" I knew his terrible background (went to juvie, does drugs) and I went to his house when it happened it feels like my fault the whole thing happened. I skipped school and went to his house to watch movies and I was sexually assaulted. My parents later that day found out everything by the police and I went to the hospital on the night it happened. its been 4 weeks and I feel like nothing I feel depressed I don't know what to do guys..

_Luna_ All Medicare-covered psychologist sessions used? What do I do?
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I'm 19 years old, and I started seeing a new psychologist in around March this year (I moved cities because I've started uni), and I've already used up the 10 Medicare covered sessions. I have pretty severe/chronic mental illnesses and I NEED to cont... View more

I'm 19 years old, and I started seeing a new psychologist in around March this year (I moved cities because I've started uni), and I've already used up the 10 Medicare covered sessions. I have pretty severe/chronic mental illnesses and I NEED to continue to see my psychologist. The only problem is that I can't afford to pay for sessions now because I've used up all the Medicare covered ones And I can't leave my psychologist for a new one because I've finally become comfortable and trusting of her. I feel that this psychologist truly understands me and we've started to really make progress. I also don't handle change well, and it takes me a long time to trust people (because of my social anxiety and ptsd). I don't know what to do.... I need to keep seeing her but I can't afford it. Does anyone have any advice??

JMS_Art Get angry over nothing everyday
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(This may be upsetting to someone going through emotional issues. Just giving a warning.) Hey guys, I'm 21 and I've been struggling with emotional issues for around 3 years now. It started when I got assaulted and dragged down a street when I was 18.... View more

(This may be upsetting to someone going through emotional issues. Just giving a warning.) Hey guys, I'm 21 and I've been struggling with emotional issues for around 3 years now. It started when I got assaulted and dragged down a street when I was 18. A friend took a solar light from this mans garden and waved it like a light saber and we thought it was funny but I admit it was stupid. The dude just ran out screaming. He grabbed me and bashed me on the street while my "friends" pissed off. Ever since then long term trust in anyone has been impossible. I've cut ties with everyone I new from school and if I happen to make new friends its only a matter of time before I start distrusting them as well. This often results in me feeling betrayed over nothing and me ending up alone avoiding people. I have never been in a relationship because of this exact reason. I see peoples worst qualities so clearly after a just a week of knowing them and then start getting angry at them. This has resulted in me turning once friends into sworn enemies. I've gotten death threats which doesn't mix well with an already emotionally unstable person. All I want is ONE genuine friend and someone to potentially start a family with one day but as life moves on that wish starts looking like a fantasy that wont happen. I've seen a psychologist but don't feel like it works at all. I despise drugs and any kind of mind or emotion altering medication. Being artificially numb isn't appealing to me but I fear if I refuse medication the only other option might be to go to a mental ward. I feel like no one truly wants to help so they just throw anti-depressants at you till you don't know your surroundings anymore. I might be wrong but that's how I feel. Apologies for the long anecdote I usually like to keep it short but this is a long time of built up emotion in text form. Thanks, please send me wisdom and advice.

swtpotato Introduction - struggling with depression and isolation at uni
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Hello everyone --just wanted to introduce myself I am 22, studying at uni in 3rd year. I took last semester off to try and recover from chronic fatigue and depression after having a bit of a breakdown the year before (you know...just a bit). For the ... View more

Hello everyone --just wanted to introduce myself I am 22, studying at uni in 3rd year. I took last semester off to try and recover from chronic fatigue and depression after having a bit of a breakdown the year before (you know...just a bit). For the first half of the year I was just waiting to start my life again, but now I am here I have gotten more depressed and anxious and feel isolated from my friends. I started medication 4 weeks ago and went up 2 weeks ago. Since I increased my dose I have been cycling from intense anxiety - apathy - crying spells - fatigue - nervous energy. My social anxiety is also starting to come back. Before I started I was really apathetic and lethargic with lots of physical symptoms but less anxiety. From what I have read in a few forums this is quite normal and it tends to start working from 8-12 weeks. The last few days have been really difficult, and I don't really know what to do. I have lost some close friends since I came here and don't have many people to turn to, and when I do I feel really guilty about it. I have a good doctor and psychologist but don't see them as much as I'd like to. I am doing 3 subjects even though it really is too much but I need to so I can get centrelink and other benefits. Despite all that I would rather be here attempting to live my life than be back home -- hoping I will be able to get through the next few weeks! I think I will try and post on here quite a bit as it would be really helpful to chat with people who have been through similar things.

littlegoat my anxiety/depression has affected me and my relationships and i don't know what to do anymore
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Hi there, i'm sorry if i'm being overdramatic but i just really needed to get some help/advice. Recently, it's come to my attention that my negativity/stressed nature has affected so many parts of my life. I once thought and was seen as a very optimi... View more

Hi there, i'm sorry if i'm being overdramatic but i just really needed to get some help/advice. Recently, it's come to my attention that my negativity/stressed nature has affected so many parts of my life. I once thought and was seen as a very optimistic person and some people (those i'm not close too) still think that way. I don't know what happened to myself in the past few years but i became very stressed about literally everything, especially my studies as my hsc was approaching. i think one of the triggers might have been that i did not know what i wanted to do in the future. I wanted to get the highest atar i could to broaden my options for uni courses. So i was always tense and stressed out about studying while also wanting to balance out my social life as well.i had a boyfriend at the time who was very supportive and rather the opposite of me. He didn't really understand stress but tried to be understanding and calm me down when i was stressing out. the issue was that i was fixated on the idea of achieving a high atar and my parents were against dating so i didn't tell them about him and he knew. my aim was to get a high atar for them to understand that the relationship i had didn't impact my studies. And i stand by that today because he was supportive of me and i loved him for that. He waited for me and knew we couldn't properly date because the view of my parents. After hsc and atar results, my parents now knew about him but they were still against it, believing i am too young. But we continued to be together. I was still stressing a lot. He was still there for me still but about 5 months ago, he seemed very cold and distant to me. I mentioned how i was feeling about it to him several times and he'd say he's sorry then seem normal again but then back to being distant a few days after. That made me feel guilty, maybe i wasn't giving him enough attention, we weren't going out much so i tried harder, seeing him more often before uni but it wasn't helping and my stress levels were just getting too much to handle because i overthink so much. My closest friends were worried about me because i was so stressed cause my feelings weren't reciprocated and he wasn't treating me like a girlfriend anymore. Feeling so hurt, i knew i needed to break up with him although i still liked him very much till this day. (i went over the character limit, sorry)

Lachy3130 My self-fulfilling prophecy
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I have been more or less unemployed my entire short life. I have only had roughly 5 months which was in 2013, and about 2 months worth of work days last year. I enjoy working, that's no lie, however I can not see the point in looking for any. I am in... View more

I have been more or less unemployed my entire short life. I have only had roughly 5 months which was in 2013, and about 2 months worth of work days last year. I enjoy working, that's no lie, however I can not see the point in looking for any. I am in a cycle that I can clearly see but it has no way out of it. I will first find myself without money to feed or transport myself with, so I will hype myself up to find work. When I put a lying smile on my face and tell those who turn me away that I would love to work for them, that I am keen to start whenever they are ready, that I am happy to do whatever job no matter how small, I go into them trying to believe that I can get the job. Then I either get a generic email saying that I am not eligible for the job, that someone more worthy has taking it. If I hear from them at all that is. So whatever small amount of self worth I have is snuffed out, so I give up on looking for work. That is until I find myself broke with little food and fuel until my next payment and I look again. This has happened so many times that I truly think that I will never work again in my life. I know that this means that thinking this just means that it will keep happening again and again. At times I just want to tell those who interview that I know that they think I'm hopeless. That I won't get the job. That I'm wasting their time, along with everyone else who's going for the job. While I sometimes think about removing myself from this cycle, I won't. It would hurt the people I love far too much So I'll lie again about looking for work, that I care about my studies, that I want to smile and laugh. It's what's expected of me.

sunbear74 I'm not really sure what is going on. I'm drowning.
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I'm not sure if this qualifies for the seriousness of this website but I'm running out of people to talk to. I've hit a point in my life where I feel like I'm drowning or being smothered and I can't breathe. I've tried telling my parents, but my feel... View more

I'm not sure if this qualifies for the seriousness of this website but I'm running out of people to talk to. I've hit a point in my life where I feel like I'm drowning or being smothered and I can't breathe. I've tried telling my parents, but my feelings are shrugged off as stress at uni. But in all honesty it feels like so much more than that. I'm the girl who people come to for advice and support, I try to be strong and happy for others so that they don't have to be. The minute I get home though I collapse. I don't feel like doing anything but lie in bed. I don't go out with my friends anymore because I don't want them to see me like this. My dad keeps constantly getting mad at me for things I do, and refuses to see things from my perspective when I try to explain. We go for days without talking sometimes and he thinks I'm trying to control his life and doesn't see how upset it makes me. The little aspects of my life are starting to crack and I try to compensate by distracting others with a facade of a bright and bubbly personality. I want to try and feel better before my life shatters completely. I've tried just about everything, excersise, healthy eating, meditation and above all the hardest thing for me to do was tell my parents. None of that worked and I'm here as a last resort. I know I don't have any serious problems but all the little things going wrong in my life are starting to add up, and soon I'm not going to be able to bear it anymore. Please offer some advice as to what you think I should do going forward, and how I can get back on track.

beyond_happy I don't want to leave but..
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Im currently a high school student, who has in the past suffered from severe depression. I no longer associate myself with the negative thoughts that I previously did but I tend to struggle a lot with issues and I just came here today in hope for adv... View more

Im currently a high school student, who has in the past suffered from severe depression. I no longer associate myself with the negative thoughts that I previously did but I tend to struggle a lot with issues and I just came here today in hope for advice. My friends, the people I've spent my whole high school experience with, are continuously ignoring me, not inviting me anywhere, talking behind my back and pushing me out. I keep blaming myself for this but i know that i have done nothing wrong. I haven't confronted any issues with them because knowing them, so well, they will not have a mature conversation with me. I know this will potentially be the end of our friendships, leaving me with no body. I know many people will tell me to leave the group, find new friends but i have booked several holidays with them which causes an issue. I know this doesn't seem like much but I have never really felt this alone. Please help.

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