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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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anna so, i wanna tell my parents im a furry
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so, i want to tell my parents that im a furry. i just think it would be so much easier to do that as i want to explore more about it and create things. but i am not sure how they would react. because there was this one time when i was at supernova (a... View more

so, i want to tell my parents that im a furry. i just think it would be so much easier to do that as i want to explore more about it and create things. but i am not sure how they would react. because there was this one time when i was at supernova (a convention.) with my family. i saw a group of furries and they looked like they were having so much fun, dressing up in their fursuits. (this was before i realized i was a furry.) And i would glance over at the group a couple times because it was just so interesting how excited they were. i told my mother how much i admired that, but she just said, "anna, they are furries." and honestly, i don't know what she meant by that. so now, i am nervous about telling her because i feel like she may hate that or something. honestly i dont know and sorry for bothering you guys.

macie i’m sad and hate school
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i hate school idk what to do anymore. i love being with all my friends but they are all in year 10 and i’m in year 9 and i hate my grade because everyone is so mean to each other. i hate most of my core classes especially math because i don’t get alo... View more

i hate school idk what to do anymore. i love being with all my friends but they are all in year 10 and i’m in year 9 and i hate my grade because everyone is so mean to each other. i hate most of my core classes especially math because i don’t get along with my teachers at all i also barely have any friends in class and feel ignored because everyone is so close. i feel like i’ve given up and now i can’t do anything mostly cuz i don’t want to because i’m a huge procrastinator. i struggle the most in math on my own but my new math teacher is so annoying he’s so mean to people for no reason and he gave up on me and ignores me so i can do whatever but i wish he at least pretended he cared even tho i’d still probably not wanna do anything. it’s like when teachers don’t help i’m mad but when they do i’m also mad because i really don’t want to do the work. i like to draw and make art and i want to do it as a job one day and i always draw in class and when i’m meant to be doing homework and stuff. i don’t feel bad normally but my parents get mad. i used to feel extreme guilt to the point i would skip days of school from things that really didn’t matter much. that was a few years ago now but i went to counselling to help me last year (i was mostly feeling guilty about my thoughts even tho i can’t control them) i feel so trapped in school and it’s worse because my closest friend lives far away. and my parents NEVER let me stay home because they don’t want me to be behind. i love my parents and they are so supportive of me but i just desperately don’t want to go to school sometimes but i can’t do anything because of them it’s so annoying. i’ve thought about just dropping out and going to tafe or something. i also do music (percussion/drums) so i have stuff to bounce back onto. but i just hate my school and i also think i have a lot of intrusive thoughts thats are annoying me a lot recently and weird dreams. sometimes i think i have adhd or something going on but i feel like i can’t talk to mum about it cuz she said she thinks she diagnosed my sister too early and that she just says everything is cuz of her autism (but she has a lot more problems going on and she is against therapy) i skip a lot of my classes in chill out space. whenever i try to tell adults about how i reallyyyy don’t wanna go to school they tell me “i don’t wanna go to work but i still have to” but it’s so different because they chose to be there i didn’t choose to be at the place that makes me miserable i feel like no one really listens to me even when i genuinely feel really upset no one ever helps me feel better except for my friends or my brother (he doesn’t live with me) i love my parents so much but when it comes to school they don’t comfort me in the way i wish they would i feel like adults don’t take me seriously anymore . anyway sorry if the grammar is bad i just have a lot of feeling right now. i’m so tired and can’t sleep so i thought i’d just write this instead

cantdothis Hate year 12
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I just want to rant because I don't have anybody that I can talk to this about.Well, I guess there are a lot of things that have caused this but for I hate myself. I am behind on all my subjects because I spent the entire year focusing so much on my ... View more

I just want to rant because I don't have anybody that I can talk to this about.Well, I guess there are a lot of things that have caused this but for I hate myself. I am behind on all my subjects because I spent the entire year focusing so much on my assessments. I am so stressed because now there is less than a week of the holidays and I have to cram all my subjects in. I really have nobody but myself to blame but now, I don't even feel like working. I get so demotivated somedays so I usually do nothing most of the day, and then I also don't go out with my friends because I feel guilty because I know I should be working but I'm not. I just like, there's nobody I can blame, so I hate myself for not doing anything. There's another thing that's been weighing on my mind a lot. I just want to start by saying, I know my friends all work extra hard, their marks show that so I am in no way trying to discredit their efforts or what they have done. Sometimes I feel like I work really hard for my subjects, and I feel like that is the hardest I've worked in my life. But then I get a bad mark, and no matter how hard I try, I still get a mark that is lower than my other friends. So it's really demotivating and I feel like no matter however hard I try, I'm going to get the same bad mark. I mean, there's not much I can do really but just keep trying, but it's just like why do I have to work so hard when it feels like nobody else is. I know I am a jealous person and I know that I compare myself to my friends a lot. I just hate year 12 because these marks and ranking thing just makes it so much worse. I know there are a lot of people who have worse stress when dealing with school, but I just really needed to get this out since I couldn't talk to anybody about this.

angecorn Therapy?
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Im sorry to be a bother to anyone but ive never been close to my parents and i was wondering how to ask them to get me therapy or support for what i think is ptsd since somthing recently happend that has extreamly affected me i dont know how to ask f... View more

Im sorry to be a bother to anyone but ive never been close to my parents and i was wondering how to ask them to get me therapy or support for what i think is ptsd since somthing recently happend that has extreamly affected me i dont know how to ask for help in the correct way im sorry to bother anyone i was just wondering if somone could provide me with an answer sorry!!

Guest_01698185 idk
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recently it was my birthday, and i turned 16. idk why but i feel so different. i feel older but then again not really. i haven't changed, but everything around me is changing. im closer to becoming an adult, closer doing my hsc, i got my Ls yesterday... View more

recently it was my birthday, and i turned 16. idk why but i feel so different. i feel older but then again not really. i haven't changed, but everything around me is changing. im closer to becoming an adult, closer doing my hsc, i got my Ls yesterday. i just want to be a kid again, i don't want all this stress and this pressure to be happy and content all the time. i cried a lot on my birthday, and i dont know why. not really. im scared of growing up. im scared of being 16. i know im still young, i just need someone to tell me that.

Sens Lack of all motivation
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I'm in my final year oh high school and I have been doing well in terms of grades and managing my work load and had a general idea of what I wanted to do after school. but in the last month or so I have lost all my motivation to complete work and I d... View more

I'm in my final year oh high school and I have been doing well in terms of grades and managing my work load and had a general idea of what I wanted to do after school. but in the last month or so I have lost all my motivation to complete work and I don't have any idea on what I'm meant to do after school, I feel lethargic and simply I just don't want to do school anymore but I know I need to finish. any advice or tips?

bril4 I'm just so tired
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I'm currently in year 12 and I never realised that when people said it would be difficult, they really meant it. School for me hasn't been good since primary and it's only gotten worse the longer I've attended. Now as I'm only a few months from reach... View more

I'm currently in year 12 and I never realised that when people said it would be difficult, they really meant it. School for me hasn't been good since primary and it's only gotten worse the longer I've attended. Now as I'm only a few months from reaching the finish line, I feel I've reached my breaking point. I can't continue to force myself to do all this schoolwork just for a small chance at a better future. Because how good can the future really be, when time has done nothing but ruin me? I was such a happy kid growing up, I loved school and I always got good marks. Now, I'm a procrastinating mess who barely gets out of bed in the morning making up any excuse to skip school. And to add to it, I have to go to uni after this? Even more school, even more stress and anxiety, fear of failure, tears, bursts of rage. When will it end?? I'm just so over it all, so so tired.

Indi Joining the Australian with a history of mental illness
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Hi,I’m 18 this year and planning to join the ADF next year in a combat role. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety 4 years ago (due to grief, mental abuse, a broken family etc) and diagnosed with ADD (inattentive subtype) in 2022. I’m currently... View more

Hi,I’m 18 this year and planning to join the ADF next year in a combat role. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety 4 years ago (due to grief, mental abuse, a broken family etc) and diagnosed with ADD (inattentive subtype) in 2022. I’m currently medicated for depression and ADD but have been on and off them since being diagnosed. I’ve seen many professionals in the last 7 years to help me cope with my problems and I don’t struggle with anxiety anymore. I really want to stop taking pills soon, hopefully soon enough to join. I was wondering I f anyone has any advice or insight about my chances any other information that would be really helpful. thanks

Idek I feel ugly
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I don't really know exactly what to say but that I really feel extremely unattractive. I know this sounds dumb, but lately I've been feeling down and just before I decided to write this thread, I got this very familiar feeling of worthlessness. Just ... View more

I don't really know exactly what to say but that I really feel extremely unattractive. I know this sounds dumb, but lately I've been feeling down and just before I decided to write this thread, I got this very familiar feeling of worthlessness. Just for some reason I just began feeling really ugly, I kept on focusing on all my flaws and lately I've just been hating the way I look lately. I look around at the people around me and everyone looks normal, then there's me. I just hate how insecure I am and I hate thinking I'm ugly. But at the same time, I just can't help it.

HDOG_Z Crush at School
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Hello, I like this girl in one of my classes and I Started getting mood swings and also started getting sad about it.According to some of my friends she looks at me when we are walking around at recess and also my friends like to shout my name Infron... View more

Hello, I like this girl in one of my classes and I Started getting mood swings and also started getting sad about it.According to some of my friends she looks at me when we are walking around at recess and also my friends like to shout my name Infront of her when she walks by and she looks every time. I started Talking to her and she was a nice person, But then she started talking to other boys in the class and it devasted me and I stopped talking to her. So now i get mood swings and I cannot get over her. What should i do?

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