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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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Ellxe Voices in my head?
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Basically I get this screaming voice in my head. I can't really understand what it's saying because it says it so fast but sometimes I can make out what it's saying and it's mostly insult at some of my biggest insecurities. I don't what's happening..... View more

Basically I get this screaming voice in my head. I can't really understand what it's saying because it says it so fast but sometimes I can make out what it's saying and it's mostly insult at some of my biggest insecurities. I don't what's happening...

Blue_Blood Bipolar Disorder
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I have bipolar disorder and need help. I don't know how to tell anyone, and am finding it very hard to get through. I am planning to tell my friend whole is comeing over next week, and let her see underneath my mask. If you don't know what bipolar di... View more

I have bipolar disorder and need help. I don't know how to tell anyone, and am finding it very hard to get through. I am planning to tell my friend whole is comeing over next week, and let her see underneath my mask. If you don't know what bipolar disorder is you may knokw it as manic disorder, Bipolar disorder was formerly called manic depression. It is a form of major affective disorder, or mood disorder, defined by manic or hypomanic episodes (changes from one's normal mood accompanied by high energy states). Bipolar disorder is a serious condition, for instance, mania can cause sleeplessness, sometimes for days, along with hallucinations, psychosis, grandiose delusions, or paranoid rage. In addition, depressive episodes can be more devastating and harder to treat than for people who never have manias or hypomanias.Bipolar disorder was formerly called manic depression. It is a form of major affective disorder, or mood disorder, defined by manic or hypomanic episodes (changes from one's normal mood accompanied by high energy states). Bipolar disorder is a serious condition, for instance, mania can cause sleeplessness, sometimes for days, along with hallucinations, psychosis, grandiose delusions, or paranoid rage. In addition, depressive episodes can be more devastating and harder to treat than for people who never have manias or hypomanias.

XYZ123 Drifting apart from friends
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I have had practically the same group of good friends since primary school and I'm now in my early/mid 20's. Particularly in the last year I'm finding that I'm drifting apart from these friends but continue to pursue these friendships because I don't... View more

I have had practically the same group of good friends since primary school and I'm now in my early/mid 20's. Particularly in the last year I'm finding that I'm drifting apart from these friends but continue to pursue these friendships because I don't want to be lonely. I am almost at the end of my university studies and am working fairly long hours in a professional job. My close group of friends on the other hand are focused on going out to night clubs, relationships and their casual jobs. I always seem to be the one making the effort to get in contact with them and I find that when we catch up its usually me listening to their stories and they aren't interested in my life. Without sounding pretentious, I also think that I am more mature. I have also recently separated with my boyfriend due to our careers meaning that we needed to be in different cities. We are still good friends but only message each other approx once per fortnight. We were only together for 6 months but during this time I was able to tolerate the distance between my friends and I because my ex and I have a lot in common. Now that we have been separated for approx 6 months, I feel like I am finding it difficult to find someone to confide in and its very lonely. I am now in a dilemma because I don't want to loose these friends forever but ours lives are so different and I am really needing a connection with likeminded people. My parents understand my situation but I feel like I need to have my own life and probably friends close to my age.

Dinomight Technically, I should be fine
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Hey. This is my first thread. I've had a quick peak at the forum rules but forgive me if I write something wrong. I have an active social life, I have a good sense of humour, I'm seeing a stunning girl, I (attempt to) keep fit and I consider myself q... View more

Hey. This is my first thread. I've had a quick peak at the forum rules but forgive me if I write something wrong. I have an active social life, I have a good sense of humour, I'm seeing a stunning girl, I (attempt to) keep fit and I consider myself quite smart. But something's seriously wrong. I've spent a very long time trying to work it out, but I've come as far as I can alone. I have good days and bad, like everyone. Imagine it's like somebody in a pitch black room, tracing their hands along the wall and trying to find the switch. Sometimes I feel so close, yet so far. It's almost like...(I love my metaphors) spending years formulating some algebraic sum to work out 2 + 2. I'm not a religious person, but it's almost like I'm not allowed to be happy, karma for something I don't remember doing. Imagine emotions are colours; red, blue, orange, and so on. Mine are like a tasteless, singular brown mixture swirling around, waiting to be simplified back to the basics, happy or sad. A great example, our beloved family dog of 17 years passed away earlier this year (mid 2015), and I have yet to feel anything. Now, bear with me here- this may sound confusing and contradictory, but I need to be honest so you have the full picture. I do feel pleasure still. I am a bit of a narcissist. I love the thought of people worrying about me, and thinking about me. Yet, the opposite also applies. If for example, I say or do something, and nobody responds, it's a gut-wrenching feeling... equivalent to falling off a cliff. A form of humiliation, shame and embarrassment unlike anything else. So here's a quick summary. I still feel high's and lows. But they're so...distorted, on a different wavelength. If I, say, make a Facebook status and nobody replies, it's the end of the world. If my dog dies, I don't feel anything. Simple emotions- sad, happy, angry, I've lost. Does anyone relate? Or does someone just need to flick my ear and say "snap out of it!"? Thank you for taking the time to read this. I've got to admit, I feel a bit better just getting it out.

Barniie Mixed-state, anxiety, and being motivated.
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Hi all, I was diagnosed with mixed-stated depression anxiety a few months ago, meaning I have symptoms of mania and depression at the same time or rapidly interchanging. On top of/included in this is severe anxiety and panic attacks. I feel like I ca... View more

Hi all, I was diagnosed with mixed-stated depression anxiety a few months ago, meaning I have symptoms of mania and depression at the same time or rapidly interchanging. On top of/included in this is severe anxiety and panic attacks. I feel like I can't do anything, all I think about are my ex-boyfriend who really wronged me, I focus on how they are moving on with their lives and I lost what I put so much effort into (our relationship/their families and I was denied any benefit or love in return. I get very stressed and worked up, extremely emotional and angry, causing migraines. I've also moved across the country, and basically had my whole life turned upside down. The current medications I'm on are definitely not as good as what I used to be on, so I feel this has exacerbated the situation, but I can't attend my GP for another few weeks. I'm having trouble staying motivated. I am so depressed I can't be bothered to/come up with things to do and when I do (or even if I don't) I get so agitated and anxious about it. I've started to associate these feelings with the people I'm with when they happen and thus am becoming scared to hang out with these people. I want my old life back and can't make myself move on, and I don't see any point in all this if I'm going to be so miserable all the time. I'm exhausted of it - it feels like I'm living in a horror movie where I just watch everybody else move on and that's all there is to do. Even last night at New Year Eve was awful, knowing where my ex-boyfriends were and how much pain they have caused me and how terrible 2015 was to me. I lost a lot. Even though I am only 18 it feels like my life is on a fast track to nowhere - I'm terrified of getting older and my brain is so muddled I can't think straight about the future. All my friends are becoming irritated by me and saying that they can't help and it's all in my mindset etc. and that i'll have to change my own situation. But I need people to help me because I don't know what to do. Has anybody gotten themselves out of a situation like this? Is moving cities a viable option, to start afresh? Or would I just alienate myself more? What helped you break out of feeling like you are stuck in a horrible place. Thanks in advance.

Babyjo Can't live my life because I am continuously anxious
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Hello everyone (: I will make this brief as I can so I don't bore you too much. Basically I have had mild anxiety attacks for a few years just at random maybe once a month, but for the past few months it has been a daily struggle. No matter where I g... View more

Hello everyone (: I will make this brief as I can so I don't bore you too much. Basically I have had mild anxiety attacks for a few years just at random maybe once a month, but for the past few months it has been a daily struggle. No matter where I go what I do, I get panic attacks and can't think straight, it makes me not want to go out or go to work because I constantly worry about passing out because of the physical effects of my anxiety. I have also lost quiet a few friends this year, and feel very alone. I am 20 years old, I'm very slim and I know I'm not ugly so it's not a confidence issue. I'm not sure if it's my anxiety that's pushing people away, but I just can't make close friends, I feel like girls are just all mean and jealous (I have dealt with that growing up). I'm just so lost and sad, I honestly don't know what to do I just want a whole new life please someone help me all I want to do is sit in my apartment thank you xxx

Simply_Me Friendless, worried and scared to go back to school
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Hi all, First of all, I just want to say a big thank you to everyone for welcoming me into this forum. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you for your time. Anyway, I'm a 16 year old girl. Due to a recent mistake of mine, I've lost my last two fr... View more

Hi all, First of all, I just want to say a big thank you to everyone for welcoming me into this forum. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you for your time. Anyway, I'm a 16 year old girl. Due to a recent mistake of mine, I've lost my last two friends. At first I was devastated, but now three days have passed and although I'm no where near feeling okay again, I'm healing. I'm just so worried about going back to school, though. I'm starting year 11 in February and I'm so nervous because I now have no one to sit with in classes and during recess and lunch. I know that may sound petty, but it's a big deal for me because I have mild social anxiety and I take judgement harshly. I'm not good at dealing with judgemental people, and my school is full of them. People online keep telling me to find new friends, but the trouble is that everyone in my year already has their friends. I get so intimidated by everyone and I'm not good at talking to new people. I'm so scared that I'll be the only one with no one left, and that people will look down on me because my what seemed so stable friendship group of three has broken down and I'm the one left alone. I'm not ready for all the questions, for the looks of surprise and having to explain what happened. It's not that I need these two people in my life - I've realised that they were toxic friendships - but I need someone. I can't go through upper school on my own. I'm too fragile. I just don't know what to do anymore Thank you again for any suggestions.

Will17 I'm so jealous and angry all the time!
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Hi, I'm 17 years old and been dealing with depression for the past year or so. The one specific problem I have with this depression is an extreme jelousy of my best friend and an extreme anger and resentment towards my parents. My friend gets a lot o... View more

Hi, I'm 17 years old and been dealing with depression for the past year or so. The one specific problem I have with this depression is an extreme jelousy of my best friend and an extreme anger and resentment towards my parents. My friend gets a lot of things...a car, a trip to America (he's already been twice), a new dog, a great atar (92) and his family is so much closer in general. I want his life but I know I won't have it and it makes me so sad. I'm so angry at my parents because all I want to do is learn to drive but they continually give me false hope. my dad is emotionally and can be physically abusive at times and he's greedy. My friends think that it's weird that my parents don't pay for anything of mine when I work hard to pay for my necessities at 17. My parents took me to therapy at a psychologist and a psychiatrist...nothing has worked. They say they can't afford to pay for my counselling sessions so they're not gonna bother with them anymore, I'm angry at them for being so selfish and everyday I have terrible feelings of hatred towards them and I lash out them through saying terrible things about them and myself. Also I haven't mentioned in gay, I have a girlfriend and the stress of telling her I'm not interested is hurting me as well, my mum knows and the best friend I'm jealous of but no one else, I hate this world as I feel everything is against me and wants me to not succeed, I went well in my atar (88) but I still feel inadequate compared to my best friend, it's always been like this and the problem is he's so likeable and nice it's hard to be jealous of someone like that. I've been to every type of therapy and counselling you could think of and been on many different medications but nothing has worked...words don't really help the low self esteem I have they just reinforce the insecurities I already had. I talk to the psychology and psychiatrists but they don't listen to my problems with my parents, I believe the problem isn't all my problem but some of which is my dads as well. I don't want to move out and I can't afford to do so. I don't know what to do, all i want is to have what my friend has but I know it's impossible and I don't think I'll ever be happy ever because of it...nothing has worked and all I see is more negativity and greater depreciation in myself and the relationships around me, someone please help me!!!

Provisional Outcast needing an ear
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Hello, I've been outcast from my family after doing what I thought was the right thing; my parents split up after years of emotional abuse from my father and him cheating, I tried to stay on the fence but I knew my father was a bad man and eventually... View more

Hello, I've been outcast from my family after doing what I thought was the right thing; my parents split up after years of emotional abuse from my father and him cheating, I tried to stay on the fence but I knew my father was a bad man and eventually the facts taught me to hate him (illegal activities, cheating, emotional bullying). I moved away from everything I knew to help my deeply depressed mother (she has had alot of loss in her life, cutoff from her family, and been an slave for so long) because I knew if I werent there she wouldnt be around for much longer. We moved three hours away, and she seemed to be more independent, but once her bestfriend died in a car accident, she needed support for that and my father was all she'd known and found his way back into her life. She lied to me about her contact with him and one night after work she messaged me to let me know he was at our house staying over, I reacted badly and it became a shouting battle between my mum and i, then he entered my room and became physical so I grabbed some things and left, she had chosen him. Police were involved but they never gave me the avo like they said they would. Many times through the years she would come and go, promising she would never go back. But after years of trying and failing to get her back on her feet, she has ran back to my father. Apparently they're not dating but I know this is just a lie she tells herself to not feel so pathetic, she is still a slave, she takes him to the doctors, visits old "friends" with him, and i'm sure she would do his housework and errands although she refuses to tell me her weaknesses. She constantly lies to me about her going ons. She attempts to contact me occasionally, but I've honestly just given up. I would love to have a heathly relationship with her but I know all I say or do gets delivered back to him. It all makes me so mad thinking about it, and sad that she chooses him over me. I thought that parents are meant to love their children unconditionally, and I feel pathetic that I'm so easily forgotten.

emmi7 need some help with social anxiety
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i need some tips for how to deal with social anxiety. its really hard for me to talk to people outside my friendship group and it took me forever to open up to them like i have. i can't talk to strangers that well and i feel like I'm going to faint e... View more

i need some tips for how to deal with social anxiety. its really hard for me to talk to people outside my friendship group and it took me forever to open up to them like i have. i can't talk to strangers that well and i feel like I'm going to faint every time i do. it gets to the point where i don't want to leave the house. i would really like some help

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