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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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MsCroft Newbie looking for a chat! ^^,
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My name is Oliviah and I am 16. Recently I've been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, but no one has been here for me. I have no one to talk to and someone mentioned beyond blue to me. And here I am.....

My name is Oliviah and I am 16. Recently I've been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, but no one has been here for me. I have no one to talk to and someone mentioned beyond blue to me. And here I am.....

A1 ">I'm so lonely
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Yo, I have no friends, no one understands me or has my back, I don't know who to trust, every day at school I sit by myself and it's driving me crazy. It hurts so much being lonely and this has been happening for nearly 3 years and when I do make "fr... View more

Yo, I have no friends, no one understands me or has my back, I don't know who to trust, every day at school I sit by myself and it's driving me crazy. It hurts so much being lonely and this has been happening for nearly 3 years and when I do make "friends" they turn out to be fake and turn their backs on me. I just want people to see the good in me, you know someone who can stick with me regardless of my flaws or whatever instead of seeing me as that crazy guy with anger issues. Not only that but I feel so worthless, I've literally never achieved or finished anything in my life, when it gets hard I give up like a little bitch. I also feel like I'm losing myself, I've lost interest in things I used to love(Basketball, drawing, etc) and yeah, trying to make this as short as possible so yeah I guess I'm done.

LaurenLauren98 Becoming depressed again? How do I avoid this
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I'm 17 years old and around this time last year I was clinically depressed. I attended therapy for about 4 months however didn't find this useful and stopped it altogether. After this I moved on from my ex boyfriend and moved out of my mums house whe... View more

I'm 17 years old and around this time last year I was clinically depressed. I attended therapy for about 4 months however didn't find this useful and stopped it altogether. After this I moved on from my ex boyfriend and moved out of my mums house where the problems were just before Christmas. i was starting to feel better everyday for 2 months now I've started feeling alone and emotional often. I feel like I'm beginning to rely more on my new boyfriend to feel happy. I feel most of my time is spent at college studying or working at weekends. I've recently started taking the contraceptive pill too. Is there any advice you could give me? thanks, Lauren

Emm11 My story
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When I was 10 I was molested by my step father for about a year. He lead me to believe that it was normal for a fatherly figure to do. I was scared and he must've been able to tell that I was scared. My mum had no idea because he told me "It was our ... View more

When I was 10 I was molested by my step father for about a year. He lead me to believe that it was normal for a fatherly figure to do. I was scared and he must've been able to tell that I was scared. My mum had no idea because he told me "It was our little secret" When I started getting really uncomfortable and scared I pretended I was asleep just so he would go away. And then slowly it just fizzled out. At 16 I started taking risks that i never realised I was doing until after. Slowly, it got worse to the point of planning my death. I messaged a friend at the time how I couldn't do it anymore and that I felt so alone. They freaked out and told their mum who then called mine. After a few hours of screaming and crying she took me to the hospital where I stayed for a while. It took a few months until I opened up to a psychologist about my step dad. She figured out that what triggers my anxiety attacks were linked to it. So, I confronted my step father about it who apologised profusely. I told him that I had forgiven him but I wanted him to tell mum. Under the assumption that he had told her, we continued to my normal psychiatrist appointment the next day. Mum was acting strange so I asked her what my step dad had told her last night. She replied with "You accused him of sexually touching you but he said he never even did!" She didn't believe me and my step dad denied it. My entire family thought I was crazy. I couch surfed for 3 months, moved into a youth organisation, moved back to mums and now I am at my biological dads. I am now 18 and I have my good days and my bad days. Recently, its has been more bad than good. I feel like I am getting worse. Which has drove me to this...

Gnair3 Feeling So Alone
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I don't usually do anything like this... but I can't stand it any more. I'm so lonely its driving me insane. I cant even sleep at night and I feel so lonely even when I'm around other people. I feel so cut off from others and have no real healthy rel... View more

I don't usually do anything like this... but I can't stand it any more. I'm so lonely its driving me insane. I cant even sleep at night and I feel so lonely even when I'm around other people. I feel so cut off from others and have no real healthy relationships in my life. At school im the class clown that everyone laugh at because I do stupid stuff all the time. But I do it because when people laugh sometimes is easy to forget that they're laughing at e and not with me. For a while it even abated my loneliness but now its still come back. I have a group f friends at school who tolerate me but even when I'm around them i feel so disconnected from everyone and everything. I always feel so incompetent, slow, clumsy and I hate how I look. Inside and out...The loneliness is becoming unbearable and i feel like my head is being ripped apart. I cant stand it any more and I guess this thread is my way to vent..... beyondblue's clinically-trained moderators often work offline (invisible to you) on issues relating to suicide or self-harm. At the same time, general supportive comments from the community are encouraged. If you have concerns around suicide or self-harm, please phone our support service on 1300 22 4636. Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}

Prufrock My introduction to anxiety
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Hi All I'm new to all this, and to anxiety. Well to mental illnesses at all. One month ago today my Gran died of Liver Cancer, she was an incredible human being and has left a whole in my world. I have never lost anyone especially close to me so this... View more

Hi All I'm new to all this, and to anxiety. Well to mental illnesses at all. One month ago today my Gran died of Liver Cancer, she was an incredible human being and has left a whole in my world. I have never lost anyone especially close to me so this struggle I've being going through has been as much about accepting Gran's death as it is about death itself. Sorry if this post is long... but I think it will help to let it out a bit. I have read other posts and incredibly after fighting this anxiety for a month this has been the first thing to make me feel normal. So, thank you. Anxiety has a way of making you feel very alone in the world. So I guess this is my story: I spent a lot of time with my Gran throughout her 9 month illness, especially towards the end. I saw her suffer and that's something I will never forget. I sat by her side for 5 days and 4 nights after she was put into a coma. I waited and even wished for her death, so eventually after watching her gasp for breath for 5 days she passed peacefully I thought i would be relieved. Instead I felt numb. Totally numb for 3 days. On the Sunday after I felt sick after eating and suddenly was overcome by the fear of throwing up. I had to leave the room because I couldn't control my shaking in front of my parents. Later that night I felt like I wasn't breathing properly, then suddenly I couldn't really breath at all. I had chest pains and sweats and shakes. Naturally I googled my symptoms. Among the reasonable explanations on the page I saw 'Heart Attack'. Game over until 4 am. I was beside myself all night genuinely believing I was going to die. The next day I saw a GP and was told I had been having anxiety or panic attacks following the traumatic experience the week before. Incredibly I still didn't really believe the doctor. Sometimes I still don't. Especially in the mornings. God I hate mornings now. That may be the worst thing about this anxiety; feeling like I've lost myself. I'm just not sure if I will ever be the same again. That scares me. But I haven't had an attack in 3 days! Whoop! Although I still have anxiety at times during the day. I guess now it's just about finding my way back? Or is that unrealistic? Thanks for listening... or reading more like! Have a good day and be kind to yourselves xx

Cina My story
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When i was a child my father was diagnosed with schizoaffetive dissorder, he would have episode's and was constantly in and out of hospital. A symptom of his illness is mood swings, sometimes he would become so angry and abussive for no reason, it wa... View more

When i was a child my father was diagnosed with schizoaffetive dissorder, he would have episode's and was constantly in and out of hospital. A symptom of his illness is mood swings, sometimes he would become so angry and abussive for no reason, it was hard and confusing to deal with, i constantly felt anxious about what i said and did as i didnt want to provoke him. I feel this has alot to do with my own mental problems. I was diagnosed with social anxiety when i was 14. I left school when i was 15 and stopped talking all of my friends, it was just too exhausting constantly feeling anxious and uneasy around people. I tried going to college the next year and lasted all of about a month before it all got too much for me. I constantly feel uncomfortable and anxious around people even my family. I was also diagnosed with panick dissorder about 18 months ago, i get random panick attacks for absolutely no reason sometimes. I'v stopped doing things that i use to enjoy, things like exercise scares me because im scared of my heart rate going up and something happening. I constantly have trouble breathing, my chest feels like something pushing on it or i feel like my throats closing up. Docters have run tests on me and assured me there is nothing wrong with me physically, but every time i have a panick attack or get these symptoms i feel like im going to die or that somethings wrong with me. Im just so sick of feeling anxious and uneasy all the time worrying constantly about having a panick attack or dieing, its so exhausting i just dont want to feel like this for the rest of my life. Sorry for the long post!

ReconciledSolace Just anxiety?
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Hi all! I'm really looking for guidance and/or reassurance on coming to terms with anxiety. One day a few years ago I woke up struggling to breathe with palpitations. Since then, I have managed reasonably well but it does feel that the symptoms have ... View more

Hi all! I'm really looking for guidance and/or reassurance on coming to terms with anxiety. One day a few years ago I woke up struggling to breathe with palpitations. Since then, I have managed reasonably well but it does feel that the symptoms have gotten worse. I have experienced a lot of physical symptoms including chest pains, shortness of breath, nausea, fatigue, plus some occasional minor discomfort or pain in the abdominal region. I never used to hyperventilate but since it all started I will for a short period when I enter the water to go swimming, or even sometimes when I notice the symptoms increasing, which consequently acts as snowball effect. I will sometimes go through periods where I feel forced to blink excessively and hard almost out of my control and this is very irritating. I struggle to come to terms and accept it all as anxiety as I feel my mind is mentally stable and not stressed out or anxious, although on a subconscious level perhaps so. Even after having many tests and such done to identify that it isn't a heart problem and that my body is very healthy, functioning as it should, I can't move my thoughts past it perhaps being some physical medical issue rather than a mental one. There are times when I'm at work or occasionally out with friends when I feel fine and I guess that confirms that it's a psychological issue, but once I realise that I feel okay, it resurfaces and again, the snowball effect follows. Now it has got to the level that I do fear going out and travelling in case something goes wrong away from home. Now, I see that resonates with social anxiety, but that could perhaps be linked to a bigger issue. I have seen other threads with similar concerns and read many responses that are very reassuring, but I thought I would try something that focuses a bit more specifically on my personal experiences. The physical symptoms are what really holds me down and I would love to conquer that and get out more. I greatly appreciate any thoughts and feedback anyone can provide. Hope you are all well, and thanks in advance.

Smareeb Dreading my birthday
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Hey everyone, I love birthdays and christmas and all those cute little holidays. Except my own birthday. I used to love my birthday but over the years i have learnt to dread it. Its my birthday in 3 days and i really just dont want it to come. Last y... View more

Hey everyone, I love birthdays and christmas and all those cute little holidays. Except my own birthday. I used to love my birthday but over the years i have learnt to dread it. Its my birthday in 3 days and i really just dont want it to come. Last year i turned 22. My mum called me to tell me that she had no momey to buy me anything because she had just spent money on my brother. Now this would be fair enough except for the fact that when her borthday comes around i am expected to buy her a present and that she wasnr comigm to see me because she was busy. It really upset me and i told her that only to get back that i was ungrateful. And i do feel guilty as though it was my fault but i dont really know what i did wrong. In all honesty she really didnt have to say anything she could have just said nothing and asked me how my day was. I woll be 23 in 3 days and i was planning on just going to dinner with my frienda and not making a big deal out of anything. I decided today to invite my family and it has stressed me out to the point of tears because i dont feel like they deserve to see me on my birthday.. Maybe thats wrong and a little crazy. My birthdays are always treated this way within my family. We never go where i want to for dinner or we never get the flavour cake that i want. I know this is all little petty stuff but it does get to me. And maybe it should and i should just get over it. I just needed to get it off my chest. Thank you, -s

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