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Eeep! When study is overwhelming! - Tips, ideas and coping strategies

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Hi! Just thought I’d make a post with some tips for study. I know this is something we can all struggle with. These are all suggestions so feel free to take them or leave them! Hope they help! If you only remember one thing, let it be this: You are important. Your grades don’t define you. (support) Studying can feel isolating but know you’re not alone! Reach out – and find or make friends that can support you along the way. If you’re having trouble finding some friends, join some local communities or clubs! They have lots at Uni’s and even stuff like open days are great ways to meet new people and find out what’s happening. Study groups can also be a great way to meet people and stay motivated. Also remind yourself why you’re doing this; inspirational wallpapers or quotes can be super inspiring. Remember the saying about the oxygen mask? If you can’t take care of yourself first studying will be harder. You are important. You know the drill - water, food, exercise, sleep. Try to stay calm. Stuff that might be able to help include mindfulness, breathing exercises, colouring in, going for walks, journaling, listening to music… If you’re struggling – reach out. See a therapist. Talk to your student counsellor. If you need help, don’t be afraid to ask for it. Also lots of Universities and TAFE offer disability services – which includes conditions like Depression and Anxiety. (study) Find the right study space for you. Maybe that’s in your room, or a coffee shop, or the library. Some people find that noise helps; other people not so much. If you like particular kinds of noise, you can find ‘coffee shop’ noise or ‘rain sounds’ to help concentrate. Make a plan. It helps to do it often so it becomes a habit. Anytime you get a due date, write it down. Maybe you could use a diary, planner, bullet journal or an app. I find the 30/30 App helpful - study for a bit and then break for a bit. You can also get add-on’s for your computer to block sites like Facebook if you find them too distracting. Find out what study technique works for you. Do you like cue cards? Mind maps? Colour coding? Does highlighting stuff help you remember? Charts, maps, diagrams? Recorded lectures? Goals! These are so important – not just writing down deadlines but rewarding yourself for meeting them. Even making smaller goals like ‘read two pages from a textbook’ can help. Break it down into bite size pieces, and don’t forget to reward yourself after!

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The Young People space is a sub-forum within the wider Beyond Blue forum community. 1. Its purpose is to provide members aged 25 and under a space to discuss anxiety, depression and other related life issues. If you are aged over 25, please be mindful that this forum is a space for younger people to connect and provide peer support for each other. 2. Content from this sub-forum is displayed on both the beyondblue and youthbeyondblue websites. 3. Please bear in mind that some members find content relating to suicide and/or self-harm distressing or triggering. If you would like to post on these topics, please do so in our Suicidal Thoughts and Self Harm section. Please see also our guidelines for making posts on this topic. Posts made here in the Young People sub-forum containing content relating to suicide and/or self-harm will be moved. 4. These forums are moderated, so your posts may not appear straightaway. Information on how our system works can be found here. Being familiar with our community rules can help ensure that your posts appear online as quickly as possible. 5. This is a peer support community, and to get the best out of being here we recommend that you 'give support to receive support'. More on how that works here.

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Hey there. This is all new to me. Im only 21. For the past 4 or so years ive felt quite off and down, but have always found stuff (whether it be work or friends) to keep my mind occupied. Over time It has slowly become worse. Ive always been a strong willed person and managed to cope and so nobody has taken notice, which worked for me. Just recently I had a breakup with a person whom id become really close to. While im not very upset with them, I feel as though it was the tipping point and now find myself in a bad place and not sure how to get out of it. I feel as though ive given up. I find that talking doesnt seem to help and its extremely hard to keep my mind off thale fact that im down. I have seen my GP who believes I do suffer depression, and have booked an appointment with a counsellor. But im still stuck and just dont know how to deal with this or what to do. I feel helpless, but dont want to be stuck where I am. Am I alone?

Need some advice

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Hey guys, i am 19yrs old and need some advice with anxiety/depression. I was diagnosed with anxiety/depression about 3 years ago. Im on antidepressant and taking regular counselling sessions. Although both of those take the edge off, i have trouble when i am at work. I find my self being really anxious, afraid and shaky. I recently quit ny job as i wasn't getting treated good and my anxiety was really going through the roof. I have found that when this happened i would drink more alcohol then i usually would so i could just escape from everything (i know its not the right thing to do). This has been the case with my past two jobs and now im about to start my new job. Im really worried about the same thing happening again and i don't want to have a new job every 6 months. Im not sure what to do and i would like some advice to help with this issue.

Need Advise.. Anxiety first timer

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Hi everyone this is my first time posting on beyond blue, since this is my first time suffering from anxiety. I am 18 years old, male and working part time in my family business. These couple of months have been extremely hard for me because I've had health issues that i kept to myself, and googled a lot of info about it, and i was self diagnosing myself with a lot of terrible illnesses. Finally, i opened up to my family and they took me to the doctor for those issues and my doctor has referred me to a specialist and now i am maintaining the health problems i had. The main issue now is that i am experiencing a lot of random muscle pain, chest pain, problems swallowing, back of head pain, and lost about 9 kilo and weigh 60kilo. I'm seeing a psychologist next week about it, since doctors have told me this is anxiety im going through. Everyday i say to my parents about my pains i feel everyday because im constantly thinking about the pains because it's always there, EVERYDAY since all these health issues started. Also these last couple days i've had like rabbit poo stoles everytime i go toliet. not sure if this is part of the stress? please HELP. sorry if i didn't go into depth im not the best typer

Still Feeling Very Alone

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my best friend & his mum were my 'saviors' they helped me get back to what i thought was normalsy after i moved states because my ex & I split, but because i had left my job had been diagnosed with epilepsy & was constantly sick I didn't work. I eventually got caught up in a bit of debt, wasn't entitled to government support and was so afraid of asking family for help (i have always feared the authority figures in my life, from a young age but I still don't know why, the worse they do is yell). For sometime i tried to bury myself in the sand & would hope all the pain & anxiety would go away &everything would get better. It got the point where Id avoid family dinner &events due to feeling like the failure in the family i felt inadequate. A few months had passed and although i was still bottling up alot of things i felt somewhat better. That was until my mum rang me & told me how she felt no one loved her and that a few months ago she tried to kill herself, i cried for hours after that i couldn't wrap my head around it. This was the moment "the lid blew off the bottle" alot has happened in my life especially as a young adult & i spent so long burying it.I took my meds like any other day but i didnt stop I OD'd. when i came too my family was there & my mum was flying over from the east.. they all wanted to help me get better but no one actually helps. Dad asked me to move in with him so he could help me get better &stand on my own 2 feet but its now become clear to me he has no idea what hes doing & has no intention of finding out how to help. He records me when i have anxiety attacks & tells me I belong in a mental institution, on the days I struggle to get out of bed he yells at me & threatens to kick me out , tells me no one wants me & that life isnt just a free ride (im applying for about 60 jobs a week & finally get government support which i give him). I feel very much alone because my mum is over east my sister doesn't want to deal with family drama & my dad is just angry all the time, he believes that my anxiety attacks and me being in hospital was just an attention seeking move, i go to the psychologist once a fortnight & he believes i don't go tho because im not 'cured' yet like its suppose to happen in 10 weeks like the world is suppose to be magic.magic. Im exhausted with fear & just in general and i dont know how to get him to see Im struggling 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.

I'm scared this anxiety is here to stay-that things won't ever get better

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My anxiety has gotten significantly worse over the last month and a half. It's starting to majorly affect my everyday life. At it's worst, when I'm in the middle of a panic episode, I feel like I'm gonna lose control of myself and end up in a mental ... View more

Anxious to get a job, I really need help.

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Hi, I'm pretty new to this and I don't really know what to write but I need help. I feel like a failure, I get so anxious all the time and I'm absolutely terrified to get a job. I've never had a job before and I'm so scared to get one. I know it wont be as terrifying as I think but the thought of being somewhere new and around new people scares me. I panic whenever I send a resume of because I get worried that they will call me and I might actually get the job. I'm scared my anxiety is ruining my relationship, since we both want to move in together but we can't because I can't get a job. I'm becoming so sad because I have no idea how to help myself, I see all these stories of people getting jobs even though they have anxiety and it makes me feel awful because I have so many difficulties overcoming this. I want to get a job, I want to so bad but I cant help but feel so anxious about it. I hate social interaction and I thinks that's why I'm so scared to get a job.

please help

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I've been told that I have bipolar and now people know, I feel like I'm being judged. I feel like everybody hates me and I hate going in places with lots of people I get nervous and I don't know why

I'm lost and I'm nearly giving up.

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Hey Everyone, I just wanted to share on whats happening on my life right now and I hope anyone can give me their opinions on how I can cope with things :(( I recently had a blew up with my parents coz we really don't get along as much. Its been almost 1 and a half year since things has been going on and it never really stopped. I felt that they were always on my back and I couldn't do and make my own decisions and if whenever I did all I could hear them say was "you're so immature and u can't even be an adult" and whenever I hear those words it makes me soo angry and I shut off really quickly (that I don't take in whataver they say after that). I went to a school counselor and told them how I felt and everything. and when my parents found out that I was going their, they got really angry and called the counselor and asked what "lies" I've been telling. I then got told by my parents that I am an "irresponsible person, immature and babyish" coz I can't take responsibility of my own mistakes and have to go to the school counselor. They even said that I am"mentally disabled". My dad called my boyfriend. My parents thought that I loved him more than anyone, I don't know what they have talked about but he then broke up with me coz of my family issues and he said he is willing to stick it out there after it all gets fixed. And I'm scared that its just a lie or he's just giving me hopes so that I don't feel down. I really don't know how to fix all these problems and I'm trying to figure it all out but the angles are confusing me, I'm getting lost on what position do I start and where do I stand to everyone of these people. I have to boost my marks up, I have to get closer to my parents and I want to gain him back. and Its all killing me coz I think its very impossible to gets this fixed :(( and I'm ready to just lay back and surrender. Help anyone?? :((

depression or am i just a silly teenager?

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I've done so much research on depression and if thats what I'm going through and everything is saying that i do and i think i am experiencing depression. I so badly want to work out whats happening with me but i can't bring it up to parents or anyone because I'm scared they'll think low of me and think that I'm just an over dramatic teenager, normally I'm an 'energetic and happy person in front of people and it was just when i was alone but for the past few months its been really strong and I'm almost always feeling depressed. Can anyone help me? i don't know what to do.

Feeling alone and not coping

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I'm 16 and I have been diagnosed with clinical depression. I've had it for about 5 months but recently it's got even worse. My mother also suffers from the same thing plus other problems, my friends don't include me in the group or talk to me anymore. The only person it feels like I can rely on is my ex boyfriends (who is still very supportive) but I often feel like I bring him down and he doesn't need me as much as I need him. I recently attempted suicide and see a therapist now. I find that it doesn't seem to work and often feel really alone and like I have no body to talk to. I don't see any hope of getting better and I don't know what else to do. Are there any coping strategies I could try? Or somebody else I could talk to? 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 areencouraged. If you have concerns around suicide or self-harm, please phone our support service on 1300 22 4636.

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