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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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Mags1 All up-hill from here - acknowledging and accepting
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Hey! I'm Maggie, I'm 20 years old, I'm studying Sound Production, I've been struggling with depression/anxiety since I was 15. This is my first post, here we go... I guess the biggest thing going on with me at the moment is the realisation that I am ... View more

Hey! I'm Maggie, I'm 20 years old, I'm studying Sound Production, I've been struggling with depression/anxiety since I was 15. This is my first post, here we go... I guess the biggest thing going on with me at the moment is the realisation that I am truly Ill and have been for a long time. My acknowledgement and acceptance of my own mental illness has grown gradually over the past year or two (very gradually and with little to no action taken) but recently the realness of it all has really smacked me in the face. This realisation is mainly due to the incredibly overdue sessions I started with a psychologist about a month ago. The confirmation that I have a serious mental disorder is both comforting and terrrifying. Comforting because It’s all up-hill from here, It’s something that can be treated, it is possible for me to get better, and mainly, get back to myself, which I find incredibly exciting (I actually love who I am when I’m not mentally scrambled). Terrifying that this has been going on for so many years and I’ve only just started getting help. I’ve been through so much pain and I never understood how serious it was. Terrifying and also saddening how bad it had to get before I did anything. The past couple of days I’ve felt like myself. It’s a pretty foreign feeling to me, something I don’t feel very often. Right now I feel at ease. The irritableness, anger, sadness and anxiety that has been everyday life for me for so long has taken a backseat and I’m completely calm. Conversation comes easily, I have motivation to do things, my concentration is good. Basically, i’m a well functioning human for once. I am myself. There are a few strong feelings that have come up from this period of ‘normal-ness’. Mainly i’m angry at my mental illness for turning me into a wreck of a person. This huge, dark monster of an illness destroys every part of me that makes me who I am and I am so angry at it for doing that. On the other hand, i am so relieved that my true self is still around. Although it may only be a snippet, I am back to myself, I love who I really am and I can see that my illness is an illness and is not who I am. Heres to hoping that these snippets will become longer and more frequent as time goes by. Like I said, It's all up-hill from here. -Mags

Tilly1 pushing everyone away
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I have pushed everyone important away from me and am feeling so lonely. For the past ten months I've been unwell and unable to work or study...although I was experiencing depression before I got sick. everything used to feel so romantic, colourful, m... View more

I have pushed everyone important away from me and am feeling so lonely. For the past ten months I've been unwell and unable to work or study...although I was experiencing depression before I got sick. everything used to feel so romantic, colourful, mysterious and now it's all a grey cloud, even on sunny days. I don't know what to feel anymore. It's so hard being in a relationship because he is so pro active and full of life, and I have to keep up with him. Sometimes I'm a mess and he doesn't know how to react...not many people do. He thinks by going for a walk or trying harder that everything will be ok but it hasn't been for me for over a year now. Im just so angry that I'm like this, sometimes I wake up in tears because I don't know how I will face the day. meds scare me, and I'm seeing a psychologist

bonnie_the_bunny anxiety, insomia and more (read to found out!!)
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i have no idea how to start this... hi i'm new here, i recently found out i suffer from anxiety and i also have insomnia. ive been having trouble sleeping for the past 18 months, i normally don't get to sleep till 2 or 3 in the morning and im not a m... View more

i have no idea how to start this... hi i'm new here, i recently found out i suffer from anxiety and i also have insomnia. ive been having trouble sleeping for the past 18 months, i normally don't get to sleep till 2 or 3 in the morning and im not a morning person, i normally be late for school or sleep in for too long and theres no point going to school. i sometimes have trouble with school work because i get tired and i get distracted easily. recently i found out i have anxiety, before i found out that i have anxiety i would feel anxiuos a lot and nervous about things, i wouldn't eat much because i would feel sick for no reason and still happens to this day. since i got distracted easily i would find it hard to understand the teacher and would start to draw or do something else. sometimes i would have to ask the teacher to explain the questions or what were doing or even sometimes i would ask a friend. i cant stand studying because i get distracted easily and i like to do my own thing instead of doing boring maths or any other subjects... i am happy with my shcool though even know i dont understand most of my teachers and get distracted easily, have anxiety and insomnia. im happy because i have a lot of people who care about me although i have someone who i like and that person likes me to but the person wont talk to me because the person is to busy and moved away but i still really like that person and hope to here from that pertucular person soon thankyou to those people who read my post and understood of what i have and been going through ☺ and thankyou again to the beyond blue community

purpleskyy distracted
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i can never concentrate in school anymore, i just can't stop thinking about depressing and bad stuff, and get really off topic and never get anything done, ironically i'm sitting in Maths as i'm typing this haha i wish i still cared about school and ... View more

i can never concentrate in school anymore, i just can't stop thinking about depressing and bad stuff, and get really off topic and never get anything done, ironically i'm sitting in Maths as i'm typing this haha i wish i still cared about school and work and stuff, but i dont. i'm kinda finding it hard to believe i'll ever care about anything again haha Well this a bit of a depressing post, but wondering whether anyone gets that too, like being really distracted? Jessie

reeg01 confused :/ guitly? :| worried
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so i am new to this site, so hi everyone i guess i don't really know what to do about my thoughts, phobias and anxiety triggers. and i just don't understand how this all happened really and i just feel guilty, guilty that i have everything so good an... View more

so i am new to this site, so hi everyone i guess i don't really know what to do about my thoughts, phobias and anxiety triggers. and i just don't understand how this all happened really and i just feel guilty, guilty that i have everything so good and yet can't seem to have it together. It hurts me and i feel like i can't escape it sometimes. i don't understand and i don't know what to do. i know i can't do anything. but i don't know how to push through the bad days.

lp1379-3906dx Way to cope with an unhappy life and not let depression hinder work?
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Please read my previous thread for background info: “Would talking to a psychologist help me feel better” in the Young People forum I am so anxious about immigration, because I need to do a lot of to prepare and policies are so volatile. I really do ... View more

Please read my previous thread for background info: “Would talking to a psychologist help me feel better” in the Young People forum I am so anxious about immigration, because I need to do a lot of to prepare and policies are so volatile. I really do not want to go back to my country. My mum makes the anxiety worse as she calls frequently to verbally abuse me, stress on how I have always failed, and generally say very horrible things. She would later attempt to make up with me by conversing casually and just not mentioning what happened. She has repeated this behaviour as far as I can remember, whether I live with her or not. When I tried to ignore her before, the backlashes were terrible and it traumatised me. I get terrible anxiety if I don't answer the calls. A few other things she has done: pull and tear the clothes I'm wearing if she is unhappy with them, tear my letters (I tried to communicate with her through other means as talking was futile), beating me and then telling me I'm selfish and ridiculous when I said I wanted to kill myself. She pressured me into quitting my job to pursue postgrad education and as such I am not fully independent, again. Even though she made me do it, she always says that I'm selfish, blaming me for literally everything -big or small - that happens to her, and continues to project her hatred for my father and his family onto me. 25 years ago, she couldn't file a divorce because she was pregnant with me in the first place. My mother has been a victim of the systematic misogyny in our backwards country, I know, but I hate her, I hate her so much, I constantly get sad because I know she won't die. I can't get rid of my love for her either, I still worry about her a lot. Contradicting, I know. A phone call from her would make me depressed for days, unable to do anything, and these days I am so anxious about migration, I can't focus on study, I can't read, can't write papers - I can't think. I have been so unhappy my entire life. As it stands now I have virtually no chance to pursue happiness - which would involve never having to associate with my mum again, never having to live in that terrible home country again, becoming stable and starting to invest in things that interest me. Consultation wouldn't help when the problem is with my life and not with my head. Alright, I am actually supposed to be writing a paper right now, but I cannot...for the life of me...I don't know.

demetrious_alien New
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New here, diagnosed with high-level depression and anxiety since I was 11, I'm now almost 16. Having a really hard time at the moment and finding it very difficult to talk to anyone.

New here, diagnosed with high-level depression and anxiety since I was 11, I'm now almost 16. Having a really hard time at the moment and finding it very difficult to talk to anyone.

doggo101 ha
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I have severe depression, anxiety and have been diagnosed with a eating disorder. My parents made me break up with my girlfriend, they thought a relationship was too stressful. I am not allowed to see her, she is the only thing that made me happy. My... View more

I have severe depression, anxiety and have been diagnosed with a eating disorder. My parents made me break up with my girlfriend, they thought a relationship was too stressful. I am not allowed to see her, she is the only thing that made me happy. My parents wont listen and I am getting worse. I miss her. So yah help

Scollie I don't know what to feel
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I tend to hold things in a lot, will reframe myself from posting on social media but will always have an urge to because I want to cry for help without feeling like an attention seeker. I feel like nothing is going right, and I always will compare my... View more

I tend to hold things in a lot, will reframe myself from posting on social media but will always have an urge to because I want to cry for help without feeling like an attention seeker. I feel like nothing is going right, and I always will compare my lives to others and dwell on how misshapen mine is compared to theres. I know I'm so young but why do I feel so much, why am I so dissatisfied with my life. I mean as cliche as this sounds, the only thing I look forwards to is my dreams at night. The only person I want to talk to won't talk to me and even if they did I don't even know how I would start this conversation. Everything is slowly digesting me, my heart aches non stop and I can't help but blame myself because I made these decisions that make me feel like shit. I feel like I have no one.

Magic_bunny Should I seek help or overthinking?
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Hi I am an international student who been away from home for 5 years so I don't have anyone on the sidelines to help identify if I have a problem or not as I'm pretty much on my own most of the times, only back for holidays. Hope you don't mind this ... View more

Hi I am an international student who been away from home for 5 years so I don't have anyone on the sidelines to help identify if I have a problem or not as I'm pretty much on my own most of the times, only back for holidays. Hope you don't mind this long explanation as I want to be thorough. So it's my first semester of uni and I haven't really make any friends, together with other stuff happening it lead to a bit of an self evaluation. I honestly don't think I am depressed cause I don't feel sad but here goes. It's been 4 years since I have had any close friends or tbh any friend's at all. Combined with the fact that I was bullied when I was in my country back in secondary school, I had only 1 close friend pretty much since I was 13 but whom I have not talked much to due to distance now that I'm overseas. I don't know why but I am not able to form any relationship at all, friendship and romantic which I'm really struggling with. In fact, its literally been 6 years since I made a friend and maintain that friendship or even a guy at all. But 1 thing I have been happy about is recently reconnecting with 4 of my childhood friends back home. Other than that, I don't feel the motivation to make friends or even step out of my room even though I do feel a little sad about the lack of friends.

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