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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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Michael202 I am fighting a losing battle.
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If anyone does happen to read this, i would firstly like to introduce myself - I'm 17 years old, I work 30-35 hours a week and I have very recently dropped out of high school (Year 11). Before year 9 i was what teachers would call an exceptional stud... View more

If anyone does happen to read this, i would firstly like to introduce myself - I'm 17 years old, I work 30-35 hours a week and I have very recently dropped out of high school (Year 11). Before year 9 i was what teachers would call an exceptional student. I stick by my decision of dropping out of school, I was not learning anything, I was constantly getting in trouble for sleeping in class, teachers would accuse my of cheating if my work was well done. I often felt as if the people around me didn't care about me at all. I would often find myself sitting alone with my headphones in reflecting on the little things & the big things. I have been seeing counselors my whole life, that's no exaggeration, when I was younger it would be for anger management, which progressed into stress, which progressed into anxiety, which progressed into depression (I was diagnosed in January). In year 8 I think it was my counselor suggested that I talk to my parents about my problems. My Dad replied with "Get a job, then tell me about stress", and my Mum said "Welcome to the club". I have been told my Mum also struggles from depression, and my dad is a hard worker, which i respect him for, I understand that they do not know how to approach the matter. I haven't been to school for 7 weeks and I only really see one of my friends he comes over after school 80% of the time, he is the source of my sanity, my other friends I only see once a fortnight if I am lucky. I think my Mum thinks I love their Mums more, which isn't true. There is only one other friend that I would ever talk to, but he goes to school 5 days a week, he is on like 2 different basketball teams, and he is madly devoted to his girlfriend of one year, I am happy with how well his life is going, but I wish I could talk to him more. I am growing to hate my job, which right now is my only outlet, i feel the employees there that are my age have a problem with me. At the start of the year 9 I started writing songs, because I'm pretty good with words, it was also therapeutic and I got really good at it. It's now my only REAL career option, but lately I have been getting writers block like crazy. I'm really sorry about the length I was trying to direct, but I guess in conclusion, I feel incredibly alone, I hate failure and I feel that no matter where I go failure will follow and I'm so over these fireballs life just keeps throwing at me. Thank you if you got this far.

Liam007 One year later, starting to feel depressed again
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So it was around this time last year that I started to feel depressed and lonely. I fear it might be coming back..... I hate myself and feel I don't have any good qualities that people would love. I plan routes whenever I go for walks to avoid locati... View more

So it was around this time last year that I started to feel depressed and lonely. I fear it might be coming back..... I hate myself and feel I don't have any good qualities that people would love. I plan routes whenever I go for walks to avoid locations where I might see people I know, I walk alone a lot. I just feel so left out and worthless

8r00k33y Depression, Anxiety or just Overreacting
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Hi guys, I'm 14 years old and Female. so for the past year or so I've been feeling down and worrying more my grandfather passed away last October and that's when everything started to seem different. I didn't notice much last year but this year I've ... View more

Hi guys, I'm 14 years old and Female. so for the past year or so I've been feeling down and worrying more my grandfather passed away last October and that's when everything started to seem different. I didn't notice much last year but this year I've been worrying more. I found out my dad has been smoking behind my back after he said to me he would quit, (he got pneumonia). I've been having terrible dreams about family member being killed or my dad is in a coma or has cancer. I wake up sweating and sometimes before I go to sleep I get horrific thoughts in my head about the dreams I had the night before. I sometimes have panick attacks due to the dreams. Or I have them when something doesn't go right most of the time it's random and unexpected. i have wanted to tell my mum that I'm feeling this way but she has always been very blunt and if I told her about this what would I say I get so shy and embarrassed when I even think of telling her. I feel like if I tell her and have to go to a GP to get diagnosed and medication and therapy it will be too much of a burden on her. I don't want to make her spend more money. if anyone has tips or ideas on how to talk to her about it I would love to hear. But I'm scared she will think I'm just lieing... thanks ~ B

PetaRina Treatments for depression & Anxiety?
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I feel like this is something i could just google, but i'm looking for a more specified response, particularly from people around my age or regarding people my age. What treatments are there for depression or anxiety? If you 'qualify', are you just g... View more

I feel like this is something i could just google, but i'm looking for a more specified response, particularly from people around my age or regarding people my age. What treatments are there for depression or anxiety? If you 'qualify', are you just given medication or anti- depressants? Do you just get counselling until you get better, or to a point where it's manageable? I don't know if i'm even depressed or have anxiety, but i'm hesitant to go and speak to a GP or anything because if it turns out i did have something wrong, i don't want to be drugged for the rest of my life as a solution, and counselling just seems like too much of an idealistic solution, something that doesn't really work in practice. Coming from a position of naivety, I've never been to a counselor so i don't know how it works, but i don't know how talking about it can make it go away. I've read over this post and it comes across as really ignorant, i don't mean it like that, i'm just not good at wording my questions. i'm trying to ask if treatments for anxiety or depression actually help you overcome it, or it's more about just teaching you to live with it., and thus is it worth the money to try and look into it. Also, i'm 18, so if i was diagnosed as having a mental illness, does the severity impact whether i'd be medicated or not or whether I'd be referred to counselling & has anyone had success with counselling or did it just teach them to accept what's wrong with them?

Poppy Anxiety is tough for boyfriend
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I often worry that my beautiful boyfriend who I've been with for over a year who does so much for me will one day stop because dealing with someone with anxiety isn't easy ; I get scared he could have it so much easier even though he adores me. I wor... View more

I often worry that my beautiful boyfriend who I've been with for over a year who does so much for me will one day stop because dealing with someone with anxiety isn't easy ; I get scared he could have it so much easier even though he adores me. I worry it's unfair on him but he says if you love someone you love every bit of them even the bad bits. I have a dad with bipolar so I know how tough it can be living with a person with a mental health issue. What are other people's partners like with their anxiety ?

Lara1 Anxiety in a serious relationship
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Ive suffered from severe anxiety for the past 3 years and my boyfriend has been there through it with me the whole time. My anxiety first triggered when i found out my mother was diagnosed with cancer and ever since then its been extremely overwhelmi... View more

Ive suffered from severe anxiety for the past 3 years and my boyfriend has been there through it with me the whole time. My anxiety first triggered when i found out my mother was diagnosed with cancer and ever since then its been extremely overwhelming, but he always stayed by my side. Now lately I'm in a really stressful period of my life and all the negative thoughts are snowballing in my head and i feel my emotional state is really impacting on our relationship so i can't stop worrying that i'm going to lose him. I don't know what to do anymore - i love him very much, to me is my everything however since i've been in this really stressful period our relationship keeps making me upset. I don't know what to do, i've tried to explain to him how i'm feeling but he can't really understand. I try to challenge the negative thoughts but I'm in such a dark place right now its really hard. Any advice on what i should do?

J96 How it all began
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Hi everyone, My name is Jess and it is my first time posting on these forums. The thought occurred to me today to check out the BeyondBlue website, I didn't realise there was a forum but I wanted to give it a go, maybe others here feel the same way t... View more

Hi everyone, My name is Jess and it is my first time posting on these forums. The thought occurred to me today to check out the BeyondBlue website, I didn't realise there was a forum but I wanted to give it a go, maybe others here feel the same way that I do. Here goes then... The day of my first year 12 exam in year 11 is when everything came to a head. I woke up feeling a little nervous but nothing out of the ordinary. Then I just remember feeling sick and like I couldn't do the exam. I was crying and I couldn't eat and quite frankly, freaking out! This more or less came out of nowhere to me. I'd done exams before, I'd performed well in the subject through out the year and while feeling nervous I didn't think it was anything unusual. Well, I managed to get through the exam. But everything just went down hill from there. For the next few months I could barely eat. I was constantly hungry all day every day but I just didn't feel like eating (I know that probably doesn't make much sense but it's hard to describe). I didn't have the energy to do anything and quite often I could barely even stomach trying to eat anything before 12 midday. Even then it was a struggle. I had been to the doctor multiple times and the hospital a few times also. At first everyone thought it was just a virus and it would go away after a few days. My GP thought it might be depression or stress. No one could really tell me what was going on. It was hell for me. I ended up on anti depressants as well as some things a naturopath gave me. It seemed to help. My eating increased to almost back to what it was and things were travelling okay. But it was never the same as how it was before it all started. I came off the anti depressants at the end of the year. I was okay for a little while but my eating was constantly going up and down again. I'd feel okay for a few weeks then crap for the next weeks. I ended up going back on the medication. Even now while I feel better it's just not quite the same. I still feel quite unwell frequently. It's hard to put into words. It sort of feels like no one really understands what it's like to feel like this, well maybe just no one around me. It makes me feel quite isolated. I've never dealt with anything like this before. I try to get on with my day and do what I have to but it can be quite the struggle at times. Especially when feeling sick, it can make it really hard to get things done. Thanks for reading.

Bodey294 don't know how to cope - need help
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i have fluctuated out from a fairly long-term depression and have just given myself some breathing space from all the no-helpful coping ways that surrounded this state such as excessive TV, movies, video games... just anything that is entertaining bu... View more

i have fluctuated out from a fairly long-term depression and have just given myself some breathing space from all the no-helpful coping ways that surrounded this state such as excessive TV, movies, video games... just anything that is entertaining but non-intellectually stimulating (just melting and dulling my brain). right now i am focusing on music and discovering lots which is helping me a lot throughout these past weeks. at the same time i am fairly anti-social. its not that i don't feel confident but have no idea what i would talk to people about. this has left me with feeling anxious just thinking this way and unauthentic when around and towards people. i can be authentic in myself (which i haven't been able to in a long while) when i am listening to music and reading (interesting online articles and newspapers) but having literally an almost - non existent social life is making me feel lonely. music and reading is not enough... and i'm getting sick of being on my own all the time. everything is internalised and i'm starting to talk to myself a little bit (is that healthy?).all of this making me sad and i'm worried ill spiral back into depression. please help

Joe1234 New friends
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I need some new friends.my old ones have forgotten how I used to have their back through everything and now cause life is working out for them they can forget about me. sooo if your looking for an honest,reliable and trustworthy friend to enjoy life ... View more

I need some new friends.my old ones have forgotten how I used to have their back through everything and now cause life is working out for them they can forget about me. sooo if your looking for an honest,reliable and trustworthy friend to enjoy life with then hit me up!

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