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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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pink_veil antidepressants
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hi I'm new on here,I'm 15 years old I've been depressed and have had anxiety for 2 years now. I've been struggling with school i had a break down this morning in front of my mum so she took me to the doctors and today is my first day on medication. View more

hi I'm new on here,I'm 15 years old I've been depressed and have had anxiety for 2 years now. I've been struggling with school i had a break down this morning in front of my mum so she took me to the doctors and today is my first day on medication.

Kendall Hey I'm new
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Hey so I'm new, umm I don't really know what to post here for this but I'm trying ahaha

Hey so I'm new, umm I don't really know what to post here for this but I'm trying ahaha

L1 am I depressed or overreacting?
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I'm 15 and in year 10 this year. I don't know if I am depressed or if I am just being silly about this all thinking I'm depressed. First of all let me just say I hate school, but not just like every other teenager does, I hate the students, the teach... View more

I'm 15 and in year 10 this year. I don't know if I am depressed or if I am just being silly about this all thinking I'm depressed. First of all let me just say I hate school, but not just like every other teenager does, I hate the students, the teachers, and just being there. I've skipped so many days of school not because I don't want to do work, but because I just hate to leave the house. If I could stay at home all day everyday, I honestly would. I also get into trouble at school and I hate it, the other day I skipped a class because I didn't have the energy and I wanted to be by myself and today I had to go see the principal but instead I skipped school, petrified of what would happen and because I love to be by myself in my house. I usually only get about 7 hours of sleep per night, and I can never wake up on time. I always feel anxious, my heart is always pounding. I just want to scream and cry some of the time. Im also a dancer, I use to love it, I use to be happy that I had to go to dancing, now Im just over it. I HATE it now, I want to stay home in my room and not do anything. I feel useless, I feel like I don't deserve a chance at life and I feel like I've let a lot of people down and that what I'm doing is wrong. am I just being paranoid? And I just overreacting? Please help.

PetaRina What's it like speaking to a professional for the first time?
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I really want to talk to someone, and I've been trying to for months, but every time i call or email to make an appointment i get too scared and cancel, or i ring and then say nothing and hang up. I think i have anxiety, but i kind of feel like i'm g... View more

I really want to talk to someone, and I've been trying to for months, but every time i call or email to make an appointment i get too scared and cancel, or i ring and then say nothing and hang up. I think i have anxiety, but i kind of feel like i'm going crazy so i want to talk to someone sooner rather than later but i'm just too nervous. I guess i'm lucky i have all these avenues available like headspace, or uni counsellors or a gp, but which one is best to go to? which one will be the least awkward? I couldn't think of anything worse than sooking to a stranger for an hour and i don't know how beneficial it'll be, if it's actually worth it. Is it uncomfortable? I'm worried i'll be too scared to speak, or start crying, or not say everything or screw it up somehow. What is it like for others? Did it work for you (excluding those who were given prescriptions from whoever they saw) did it actually help you at all?

C_DUB noone understands
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Lately I have been feeling so isolated and the worst part is I have been doing it to myself. I feel like no matter how hard I explain how I feel no one understands, and why should they? I cant even fully comprehend what I'm feeling inside let alone e... View more

Lately I have been feeling so isolated and the worst part is I have been doing it to myself. I feel like no matter how hard I explain how I feel no one understands, and why should they? I cant even fully comprehend what I'm feeling inside let alone explain it to someone else. I have tried to explain it to my boyfriend as my depression is taking a toll on our relationship but I can tell that it is beginning to feel like a burden everytime i feel 'upset'. My depression has been at an all time high with me not wanting to go to work, see my friends and family or even leave my room. I used to have the closest relationship with my mum and see her all the time but now I feel that I need to lie to her because it kills her seeing me like this and she thinks its her fault, then when I lie to her I feel even worse (terrible cycle). I have tried talking to a professional about my situation but I just feel like no one understands where I am coming from and they are judging me... and thats what lead me here. I need to hear from other people in my same situation how to help fix this, I just feel so broken all the time. Please help me get back to myself.

littlehammond I'm so scared and anxious about deciding to move school, and I'm stuck.
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I started year 7 at a private, catholic girls school. And it was okay. The facilities were amazing, the use of technology was astounding and the environment was great. The community feeling was helpful too. But I took all of that for granted, and mov... View more

I started year 7 at a private, catholic girls school. And it was okay. The facilities were amazing, the use of technology was astounding and the environment was great. The community feeling was helpful too. But I took all of that for granted, and moved to a public school where most of my friends from primary school had gone to. This public school excelled in their music and arts, which is what I loved about it, and had a musical stage program thing (which I did this year.) But since I moved, I became depressed. I have to take meds. I see a doctor. My anxiety sky-rocketed. Everyone is so fake at the public school and I only have two friends to talk to. I miss my old school. I miss my friends from there. I took it all for granted. But I'm so scared of going back. My anxiety kills. And I'm worried I'll regret the move once I'm there, and I'm worried my friends won't like me anymore and I'm worried they've changed. Its been two years since I was at that school. A lot can change in two years. I miss them. I miss the support. I can't stand this public school anymore. I know moving back sounds like the right thing to do, but I'm so terribly anxious that I'll regret it or something. I'm scared and I'm stuck and I know this probably isn't what this forum is for but I need help on deciding. I'm 15 and in year 9.

Civilised_Biscuit Anxiety and Depression involving human extinction.
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Hi everyone, A little over a year ago, I started to have nervous quarrels with myself over human mass extinction and the destruction of our planet. It was a dark time for me, my grandmother had been diagnosed with cancer recently, so the anxiety grad... View more

Hi everyone, A little over a year ago, I started to have nervous quarrels with myself over human mass extinction and the destruction of our planet. It was a dark time for me, my grandmother had been diagnosed with cancer recently, so the anxiety gradually got worse as she got more sick. When she passed, I felt better for a while while and I got back into the groove of school life. Now, a year later these worries are starting to come back. I constantly have very dark thoughts, which make me feel very uncomfortable and I am always feeling exhausted from constant panic attacks which seem to come randomly in the middle of class. My friends are great people, and I want to stay friends with them but they are at the roots of the problem, since they talk about nuclear war, climate change and viruses wiping out the earth in the next 10/20 years. I have tried talking to them about stopping this talk but in doing so I always get caught up in an argument with them about the subject, which makes me more depressed in the long run. I have been to doctors and Physciatrists about this. They always tell me to "accept I cant change the future" which to be honest, doesn't help at all. I cant stop thinkning about the death of the me and the people I love and accepting that that is going to happen only makes me think about it more. My anxiety has become a white noise, something I cant get out of my head like TV static. I've talked to my family, who are very supportive but its an uncomfortable area to talk about to people so close. Ive been told this is natural, and that all pubescent boys feel this way. Looking over personal stories, what I am experiencing seems very different to most. It's constant, tiring and frustrating and I want to be done with it so I can continue enjoying my life. Thanks guys.

PetaRina Anxiety attack or just being paranoid?
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the other day i had what i want to call a panic attack, but i'm not even sure if that's what it was. (long rant, sorry) I never like answering the door, i'm afraid of the awkward small talk whether it's someone i know or don't know, recently i've tho... View more

the other day i had what i want to call a panic attack, but i'm not even sure if that's what it was. (long rant, sorry) I never like answering the door, i'm afraid of the awkward small talk whether it's someone i know or don't know, recently i've thought i may have anxiety & i want to see someone, but every time i try to i get to, i get too nervous and cancel the appointment. Anyway, the other day someone came to the door and i freaked out massively. I didn't know them, but it's this person who goes around our area around a few times a year to sell his amateur paintings, so i knew it wasn't like an axe murderer or something. But for some reason after he'd left (i didn't answer the door so he gave up and went to the next house) I started freaking out and kept thinking that people we're coming to get me and he was just the first person and that more we're coming and that all these people were after me. I ran upstairs and was trying to find somewhere to hide and was crying for ages, i kept trying to look out of the windows to see where they were, if they'd found me. For about an hour i was really freaking out and thinking all these people were after me. That they were outside watching. I wasn't hallucinating, i didn't actually see people outside or anything, i just for whatever reason thought that some people we're after me and i was terrified. Nothing like this has ever happened before, but his sort of thing is happening more often. The other night i had this feeling that there was someone in my room. I didn't see anyone, there was no one in there, but for about two hours i lay in my bed terrified to move because the man at the end of my bed was going to kill me. I lay in the most uncomfortable position, really needed to pee, but couldn't move because I was so scared the man would kill me if i moved. The other day i was walking home and i had this thought that people were following me. It's not uncommon for girls to feel like that walking home at night, so i dismissed it. But when i thought about it later, i was way more scared than usual i kept looking around and i was hyperventilating and at one point i started running because i thought there were people around, watching me, when no one was there. So basically, i know it's not normal, I'm not stupid. But i haven't been sleeping, or eating well. I've been quite stressed so i don't know if this is just because of that, or something else and i don't know what to do, i kinda feel like i'm going mental.

Kendall Just wondering
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Hey so I was just wondering if it is normal for me to always be surrounded by people but still feel lonely and lost? I often find myself fake smiling more than I should and lately I just feel like I don't belong.

Hey so I was just wondering if it is normal for me to always be surrounded by people but still feel lonely and lost? I often find myself fake smiling more than I should and lately I just feel like I don't belong.

unigirl1994 Seeing GP for anxiety, advice on possible treatments?
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Hi all, I've never seen my GP about anxiety before but it's been so horrible lately with the end of my uni degree in 4 weeks and many sleepless nights. Been putting off an appointment for weeks so going to bite the bullet next week and just do it! Fi... View more

Hi all, I've never seen my GP about anxiety before but it's been so horrible lately with the end of my uni degree in 4 weeks and many sleepless nights. Been putting off an appointment for weeks so going to bite the bullet next week and just do it! First of all, I'm not 100% how to bring it up and what to say? I think I might have depresssion to but I don't want to self diagnose. I also am worried that he will refer me to a psychologist/psychiatrist and I hate the idea of that - I talked to a psychologist once when I was 14 and hated it, she didn't help me at all and I felt like it made me more upset. I'm just not sure about the treatment options apart from that and medication that he can help with? I'm happy to be put on meds as long as it helps but I feel like that wont be the first option right?

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