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Sophie_M How are you feeling about the social media restrictions in Australia for under 16s?
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Hey everyone With the upcoming Australian social media restriction for under 16-year-olds coming up we want to know what this means for you and maybe even the young people in your life. This conversation is a place for all of us to share how we are f... View more

Hey everyone With the upcoming Australian social media restriction for under 16-year-olds coming up we want to know what this means for you and maybe even the young people in your life. This conversation is a place for all of us to share how we are feeling and what we think the challenges and benefits might be for you or the wonderful young people in our community. Have you thought about how to stay connected with friends you’ve met online? Are you focused mostly on the positives, or the negatives? What do your parents think, and what could they do to support you? Importantly the Beyond Blue Forums are not impacted by these restrictions, we're here for anyone under 16. In short, from December 10 Social Media companies will need to ensure that only people over 16 actively engage with their platforms. There is a lot of information out there which can make it tricky to know what to expect on when it comes into effect. To learn more we think these are a helpful place to start eSafety commissioner + Headspace FAQs. We know this change will impact some more than others, QLife provide anonymous and free LGBTIQ+ support and 13YARN are here for all Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people. We want to hear your thoughts on how this might impact the mental health of under 16s in both a positive and negative way. The Beyond Blue Forums are a place for constructive and helpful conversation and the regular moderation rules apply which means we look forward to a kind and understanding discussion. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings Sophie M

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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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rosie_4455 advice please
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hi im new to this whole thing and i was wondering if you could help with something. so i am going to say i am only 15 and lately i have lost a few people i was close to. i am moving for the 7th time in 4 years and again to a completely different town... View more

hi im new to this whole thing and i was wondering if you could help with something. so i am going to say i am only 15 and lately i have lost a few people i was close to. i am moving for the 7th time in 4 years and again to a completely different town and well my really father is well not exactly what you would picture as a dad. he does nothing but lie to me tell me that i am pathetic that he wished i wasnt his daughter and some other things i really shouldn't repeat. i know it doesnt sound bad but having my own dad tell me that is killing me mentally. i have gone and talked to two psychologist and they both think i am just a teenager over reacting and going to my grandparents doesnt help they only tell me that it will past so i should stop crying and get over it. so i have come to you asking you for advice on what i should do and how do i stop my personal life and feelings of getting in the way of my school work and other areas that are being affected by this. please only nice comments so if you think i am just being a normal teenager fine but keep it as a thought but if you have some advice please please please let me know thank you so much

hm Feel guilty for being angry and sad
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Sometimes I just feel like I hate my family, but mostly my sister. She's 21 and I'm 18, and she lives out of home, but still every time I see her I get so angry. We've had so many problems in the past that led to her getting kicked out of home becaus... View more

Sometimes I just feel like I hate my family, but mostly my sister. She's 21 and I'm 18, and she lives out of home, but still every time I see her I get so angry. We've had so many problems in the past that led to her getting kicked out of home because she was just awful to everyone, and I don't understand why everyone acts as though it's normal now when it's not. She's still horribly rude to me and when I complain to my mum she gets angry at me and says I should make more of an effort but it's hard to do that when my sister is still bullying me and being rude to everyone. Sometimes I think I would be totally fine if I never heard from her again. She's so horrible to me and I really can't stand her. She's still acting like a child and it's so frustrating. I can't talk to anyone about it because every time I do they either say the simple "that sucks" or they tell me that she's my sister and it's normal and I'll get over it. It's not normal. It's out of control and I honestly hate her. I don't know how I can make people understand

ad32 I cant deal with it anymore. :(
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hey guys, I have just joined beyond blue because my life in the past couple of weeks has gone completely downhill, i cannot explain everything in the selective amount of words i am given, but i will give it a try. My mum had to go to hospital a coupl... View more

hey guys, I have just joined beyond blue because my life in the past couple of weeks has gone completely downhill, i cannot explain everything in the selective amount of words i am given, but i will give it a try. My mum had to go to hospital a couple of weeks ago for a operation to provent her from getting a cancer (don't worry she is cancer clear). i wasnt able to be with her 3 weeks after the op for she was unable to do anything from walking to driving. 2 Weeks ago was meant to be my first day back with her, for some reason i wasnt exited and i have no idea why, i feel like such a ungrateful brat, i should of been jumping up and down counting down the last couple of hours to see her, anyway thats beside the point, we ended up having a massive fight and i have been staying with dad now. Along with this i have been completely unmotivated to do anything for the past 2 months, school is the only thing that was keeping me going, but now that its the holidays all i have done everyday is lay in my bed and completely make no use of myself. I think today has been the worst, i have had several anxiety attacks today and had a completely rubbish sleep last night i feel crap, nothing is getting better, everything is falling around me, even my relationship with my own mum, who has done so much for me, that i love with all my heart, i dont want to deal with this anymore, i just want my mum through all of this but i have been trying to contact her, and no reply, every time i contact her no reply. i dont know what else to say, im not eating or sleeping properly, i feel completely flat. Someone help please :(. Thankyou all kindly With regards, Adah

Stepppphh Trying to find my way
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Im 25, im just finishing my second year of a pretty successful but demanding internship. Over the past few years I have felt myself lose control. I feel like I'm in a black hole. Last year I was excluded from my group at uni and felt very isolated. T... View more

Im 25, im just finishing my second year of a pretty successful but demanding internship. Over the past few years I have felt myself lose control. I feel like I'm in a black hole. Last year I was excluded from my group at uni and felt very isolated. Thats when the panic attacks started where I would cry for hours and I wouldnt be able to cope. When those happened the only thing I could do was sleep. The past few months have seen these come back a lot worse. I have panic attacks so frequently. But more recently i have began seeing a guy I thought was amazing, he was perfect in what I wanted but at the moment Im not sure. I have had a few really bad relationships with some guys that have just wanted sex and now I have petrified that he is going to turn out like all the other guys. He is lovely and caring towards me, however I am so constantly thinking about him doing so just to win me over and get what he wants. How do I stop myself thinking this? Now I cant find enjoyment in us hanging out and I feel the black cloud over my head which means I cant stop crying. I am so scared of him hating me for not wanting to have sex with him yet that im freaking myself out. I need to stop feeling like this. I want some happiness back. What is wrong with me?

Omni_Legate I'm just a dog
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Vigorous, Resourceful, Meek, terrible person who tricks people out of there own way, i feel everyone is stupid because i edict their lives and they feel so demoralized... So what now?

Vigorous, Resourceful, Meek, terrible person who tricks people out of there own way, i feel everyone is stupid because i edict their lives and they feel so demoralized... So what now?

Miss__Wanderlust I just need an opinion...
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I sound like a crazy person, just letting you know. I think I just need some reassurance, but I tend to have issues with sleeping and now I have really unhealthy sleep patterns due to being literally crazy. I see and hear things when at night when th... View more

I sound like a crazy person, just letting you know. I think I just need some reassurance, but I tend to have issues with sleeping and now I have really unhealthy sleep patterns due to being literally crazy. I see and hear things when at night when there's not the same white noise there is in the day, so I can't sleep and when i (see/hear) things I freeze up and I can't move and I'll start hyperventilating, thinking I'm going to die and there are so many whispers. Obviously I tell my parents, since this has been going on since I was 9. As I began to get older, they still wouldn't go away. I told my VERY VERY close friend about it and she made a joke like "Damn, you're schizo..." I didn't really know what it meant then. At twelve I bought a nightlight, which I used for a year, and seemed to help, until I got really embarrassed and stopped using it since my 'friends' AND my parents began to mock me for it. Since my parents hadn't got the nightly I'm-running-into-your-room-because-there's-people-that-want-to-kill-me routine, they began to think it was okay again. When I stopped using the nightlight which was at 13, the routine started again and the next morning they threatened to commit me because they said I was crazy, so I stopped waking them up, but the 'visions' didn't. The intense fear I felt at night began to weigh me down. I started new habits like scratching my hands incessantly. I began to become withdrawn from seeing people/friends or going anywhere and one of my other friend's said I had 'fallen into a state of depression' because I didn't want to go with her to her house all the times she had offered, which were a lot. My friend that I told didn't tell anyone my secret but continued to make little jokes about me being schizophrenic, which I can tell you now is not funny, and I knew the definition by then, and now every time she mentions it, I freeze up, like I do with the hallucinations and start to hyperventilate because now I'm scared that I'm going to be committed. I'm scared to be around my parents because I don't want to let anything slip and my mum calls me a mental patient because my legs have an uncontrollable twitch that aches when they're not rocking. I think i just need reassurance (?) Or just forget the sugar coating and recommend psych help because writing this makes me feel crazy. Am I crazy?

Guest_2345 Out of breath- unsure if anxiety related
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Hey guys I was diagnosed with anxiety about a year ago and have had several panic attacks and anxiety attacks etc so I know the symptoms. Occasionally, but more often lately, I get really tight in the chest and I feel as though I have to take really ... View more

Hey guys I was diagnosed with anxiety about a year ago and have had several panic attacks and anxiety attacks etc so I know the symptoms. Occasionally, but more often lately, I get really tight in the chest and I feel as though I have to take really deep breaths to get air. When this happens I don't feel anxious, and it isn't the same as when I've been really anxious or panicky before. Does this happen to anyone else? Do you think it's to do with my anxiety or is it something else? Thanks

ellebelle22 Suicidal boyfriend, in need of advice
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Hi there, Two weeks ago my boyfriend of two and a half years told me that he was planning to kill himself. We had been in a long-distance relationship for the last three months because I went back home to spend some time with my family. He said he ha... View more

Hi there, Two weeks ago my boyfriend of two and a half years told me that he was planning to kill himself. We had been in a long-distance relationship for the last three months because I went back home to spend some time with my family. He said he had a plan and was getting his 'affairs in order', and that he wanted me to try and understand that this was the only way for him to be happy. I got very, very freaked out, especially because I was in a different state. I called both his parents and told them that he needed support etc. I got him in touch with a help-line, he's had some phone sessions with them and now he says he's okay & is going to get more help. I have moved back to Melbourne (where he lives too) since then, and he wants me to live with him. There have been some warning signs I've been concerned about (he has been verbally abusive in the past, when he's been drunk). We've spoken about this and he hasn't acted like that for more than a year, which is why I have stayed with him. I think it more came down to immaturity, but it still really freaks me out. I am quite confused about how to handle this. Obviously I love him and I think living together would be a good step. We lived together for a few months last year, it was really great and he makes me very happy. He's going to start seeing a psychologist, and has been getting help, but we both know getting better is a long process. He wants to live together right away, but I'm not sure if this is a good idea. He also seems to be going about this in a pressuring way, like an ultimatum almost. He says that he needs to think about the relationship if I decide not to live with him, even though he's aware of the reasons I'm hesitant (what I've spoken about above). I'm just a bit confused about how to handle this whole situation. Can anybody shed some light on what they think from what I've written here? I'm not really even sure what I'm asking, I would just really like an outsiders perspective. Thank you!

Mr__kipper my boring problems with depression
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hi all I am new to BB so I am kinda nervous about posting this. I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety for just over a year now and I have been getting really sad over extremely minor stuff like being yelled at and changing schools. I know... View more

hi all I am new to BB so I am kinda nervous about posting this. I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety for just over a year now and I have been getting really sad over extremely minor stuff like being yelled at and changing schools. I know you don't care but I have been hating myself TONS and have hurtmyself , I am probably just emo. I also feel like my mind is working against me that my brain is constantly forcing me to cry and automatically take things personally, telling me to stop talking to people and stop ruining their lives maybe I am just selfish and want to blame someone. I feel like I should stop now because I am just wasting your time.

Jess_164 Panic attacks
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hello reader, Recently I've been having these 'experiences' that I think are panic attacks. I have this fear of the ocean, I know it sounds dumb but it's really bad. The other day I was in my room and this thought came over my brain like I was on a b... View more

hello reader, Recently I've been having these 'experiences' that I think are panic attacks. I have this fear of the ocean, I know it sounds dumb but it's really bad. The other day I was in my room and this thought came over my brain like I was on a bridge and I would fall off. I started breathing heavy and backed into a corner really hard. I felt hot and cold and like I was dying. It was the worst I had ever felt in my life. And it's happened a couple times. Is this a panic attack? I would really appreciate your thoughts, thanks.