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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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Well_Then How To Talk To Mother
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Hey, Without going into copious detail about my self or my circumstances I will simply make some dot points. - Age: 17 - Father died when I was in year 4 (10yr). - Mother Suffers from Bipolar (medicated). - Was diagnosed with ADD (6 months ago) - Suf... View more

Hey, Without going into copious detail about my self or my circumstances I will simply make some dot points. - Age: 17 - Father died when I was in year 4 (10yr). - Mother Suffers from Bipolar (medicated). - Was diagnosed with ADD (6 months ago) - Suffer from severe on going back injury. In short I feel that I'm struggling with everyday life, spending hours simply starring at my homework, assessments and general school work when I get home until I go to sleep. I lack motivation... Don't sleep well or at all. All of this has lead to a noticeable decline in school achievements. How would I discuss this with my mother, have tried before and was told I was just lazy or faking. How could I have a serious discussion to my mother about how I fell when she really doesn't seem to want to listen. Kind Regards...

Anonymouz Very treatment resistant depression/anxiety
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Title says it all... How long do I have to keep living like this? I've tried 8 different antidepressant medications from the ssri/snri category. And about to start my 9th one which is from the TCA category which I also have no hope for... I don't kno... View more

Title says it all... How long do I have to keep living like this? I've tried 8 different antidepressant medications from the ssri/snri category. And about to start my 9th one which is from the TCA category which I also have no hope for... I don't know how I'm going to cope if this doesn't work. I've seen 2 different psychologists and psychiatrists, got nowhere with the first lot as they both recommended me to one another which isn't comforting at all.. The first psychiatrist saying I'd have to work together with a psychologist and the psychologist saying I'd need to work on finding the right medication first...( they were notes they left with my GP ) Leading no where and no wonder I've lost hope, that itself is depressing. Onto the 2nd lot and I just can't budge and also getting no where with the psychologist and he knows that himself I can tell.. Although I've just gotten a new medication from the psych but I don't know how I'll keep managing... I'm currently not working or studying, have never worked, and struggled studying and only had to do that because my job provider pushed me into it.. I want to apply for DSP because I'm sick of running on this hamster wheel.. I don't even want the extra money or whatever, I'm just sick of explaining my situation to different centrelink workers or job provider works all the time. Two psychiatrists have told me I wouldn't have a chance at DSP so do I continue living like this until I can't take it anymore? In saying that the first psychologist recommended DSP and the 2nd wasn't sure but he didn't say I'd have no hope he just said it'd be hard... It's embarassing enough to have to rely on that in the future but how can I go on like this? Been saying that for years but each day get slightly worse! I have a centrelink assessment coming up and who knows how that'll play out... Nervous just thinking about it.

Cocopops Feeling alone
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Since I was kid my family moved around a lot and I have been movingschools. I never stayed more than 4 years in one school. The only school that Iwas happy When I was in year 10 I moved to Australia. Since my transfer to thenew school I didn't have a... View more

Since I was kid my family moved around a lot and I have been movingschools. I never stayed more than 4 years in one school. The only school that Iwas happy When I was in year 10 I moved to Australia. Since my transfer to thenew school I didn't have any friends. I missed my old friends and I started upmaking happy stories about my life to them. I started pretending to my parentsthat I was making great friends and was happy. I had a friends but only hungout with them during school hours. I though that if I make friends in highschool, it would be hard to leave them when I leave for uni. So I completed myhigh school with pretended stories about my happy life. Then I started uni. Uniwas so overwhelming I lost control of my life. I use to get good marks in highschool. But I lost interest in studying. Suddenly my life was empty withall the made up stories. So I moved to another course. But still I can’t makeany friends. I have friends that I hangout in class but no one close. I don’t knowhow to make friends. And lately I am feeling hopeless and aimless. I don’t knowwhat to do. My family thinks I am happy because of the mask that I wear. I waswondering if I ever will be to take off my mask

Misslauren93 Nothing makes me happy
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Hi Recently I landed my dream job everyone around me is so happy and excited for me but for some reason I can't be happy for myself I feel like I don't deserve it or something will come along and ruin it I don't know how to accept happiness for mysel... View more

Hi Recently I landed my dream job everyone around me is so happy and excited for me but for some reason I can't be happy for myself I feel like I don't deserve it or something will come along and ruin it I don't know how to accept happiness for myself

Mocha007 Depression is eating away at my loved ones
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We used to live a very family orientated life, however about a year and a half ago my dad was diagnosed with PTSD. A lot of stuff came up about his childhood upbringing, and how his parents treated him, and it caused him to break down completely. Eve... View more

We used to live a very family orientated life, however about a year and a half ago my dad was diagnosed with PTSD. A lot of stuff came up about his childhood upbringing, and how his parents treated him, and it caused him to break down completely. Even now we can see that he struggles to do the simplest of tasks, but since he had to quite his job, home life has been really stressful. And then, what seemed like completely out of the blue, the pressure began to hit mum. She began breaking down at work and would spend almost every night crying herself to sleep. And when she went to the doctors, they told her that she too has depression. Both of my parents are going to psychiatrists, but dad has been going for nearly 1.5 years, and he seems to be barely improving. Having both parents go through something that I feel like I can't help them with, hurts so much. It is tearing my family apart, and I feel like there is nothing I can do to make it better for them. All I want is for my family to go back to the way it was before, when everyone was happy and loved life. But now, nothing is the same. So I want to know if there is anything that I can do to help them! Anything at all!!! Cheers

Lost_n_confused Working is so hard. Please help
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Hey guys new here so give me a chance to spit this all out. I have had depression and anxiety for years now and I usually manage okay but not lately. I am a manager at a place I rather not name and it makes me feel like shit! I apply for work daily a... View more

Hey guys new here so give me a chance to spit this all out. I have had depression and anxiety for years now and I usually manage okay but not lately. I am a manager at a place I rather not name and it makes me feel like shit! I apply for work daily and am getting no where. When at work I actually hide and cry in the office sometimes. The place of killing me but if I leave without another job I will not be able to support myself. I just don't know what to do? I have tried everything to be positive I try telling myself it's not forever but I wake up the days I have work feeling so sick. I do to bed after work and cry. Any tips?

Alyssashby Pressure
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Hey, I'm new here so I'm not really sure how this works, but I thought I'd try it. I don't know what to do a lot of the time. I haven't been diagnosed with depression so sometimes I'm worried that I'm over reacting. But the things is, all the pressur... View more

Hey, I'm new here so I'm not really sure how this works, but I thought I'd try it. I don't know what to do a lot of the time. I haven't been diagnosed with depression so sometimes I'm worried that I'm over reacting. But the things is, all the pressure builds up, and there are days when its hard to summon the strength to smile through it. The worst part is my parents. Every conversation we have turns into a lecture about me not thinking of others, not doing enough exercise, not trying enough at school. These topics are brought up no matter how the conversation begins. I can't talk to my friends either, sometimes they pressure me too... I'm not really sure what to do anymore. Every time I try to talk to my parents, or try to summon up the courage to talk to someone - anyone; fear of judgement and failure stop me. Whether its from my parents telling me that I'll be fine, I'm being dramatic, I'm not listening to them properly, or whether its just the idea that, if I do talk to them about it, they won't look at me the same. I don't want pity, just understanding. Sometimes, when the pressure gets too much at home I end up fighting with my family, and every time I try to explain how I'm feeling I'm shut down. I don't let myself do that at school. There, I hold on the shreds that people can believe that I'm okay, because I'm afraid that I'm not. What should I do? I don't have anyone to turn to, not that I really trust.

_Truffles_ Depressed or just being dramatic??
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Hi, I'm 16 for about the past 18 months i have been really down, and I think it is getting worse. You see, I am always comparing my self to my older sister who is really academic and hard working and always has a one up on me. I just feel like I am n... View more

Hi, I'm 16 for about the past 18 months i have been really down, and I think it is getting worse. You see, I am always comparing my self to my older sister who is really academic and hard working and always has a one up on me. I just feel like I am never going to be good enough, especially because she had this teacher last year who loved her, and she got a super good study score and now I have that same teacher for the same subject this year. I hate going to work because my sister works there and she is a great worker and I feel that there is an expectation that I have to be the same, and then we get comments on how cute and how similar we are and I just hate it. Lately I have been feeling distant from my friends, particularly because two of them (they ones whom I hang out with the most) have boyfriends and I don't... Which I don't care about, but I am always the odd one. My other friend, who I have been friends with since kinder sort of ditched me last year for this other girl, who turned out to be a b**ch, so then she came back to me and we sort of rekindled the relationship. Then, again this year she has just left me all together and hangs out with different people and the worst part is her mum and my mum are best friends and I feel like her mum is some how still trying to force us to be friends. I also play basketball and I am really bad but our team isn't really competitive, but I always get the sympathy vote and it makes me feel worthless, like I am a child. I have had quite bad acne and mum took me too the doctors last year because I was a bit self-conscious and I got some medication to clear my skin up, I am off it now but my skin has flared up again, mum wants to take me back to the doctors but I just don't care anymore. I have been feeling really hopeless, sad, frustrated and stressed (especially about school and after school) lately. Some days are good and I am happy for a bit, and then someone will say something or do something and it will put me into a 'bad' mood. Im too scared to tell anyone how I am feeling because I don't want to tell mum and dad because I don't want to disappoint them and I feel like my problems are pointless and irrelevant, especially because there are other people that have much bigger problems than mine and I don't want it to look attention seeking. am I depressed or just being dramatic? Sorry for lots of writing

BlueNinjaX2912 Can't afford to lose more family members
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Right now, it has been over a year since this tragic event has happened. For two/three years, my Nana was diagnose with cancer. Early March in 2014, she lost her battle and passed away. She was the closest grandmother I had. The one who cared for me,... View more

Right now, it has been over a year since this tragic event has happened. For two/three years, my Nana was diagnose with cancer. Early March in 2014, she lost her battle and passed away. She was the closest grandmother I had. The one who cared for me, who loved me, who was always there when things got tough. So hard to lose her. A few months later, my mum's uncle passed away from a heart attack. The weight of struggle have added more to my shoulders. I was becoming more stressed. A while later, my idol and favourite actor, Robin Williams committed suicide which took me off guard. I was not expecting this to happened. He was the reason why I wanted to become an actor. And now, I don't know why... The weights was again added. And before Christmas, one of my aunt passed away from liver failure. More weight was added. It proves that 2014 was not my best year for me. I thought 2015 would be a year ignore the pain and more on. I was wrong. As the year was coming to an end, my mum's cousin (the son of my mum's late uncle) passed away from heart problems. Right now, after what has happened to my family, I was worried of who going to be next. Will it be my dad? My mum? My siblings? My cousins? Aunts? Uncles? Anyone I know? I'm bottling all this anxiety inside of me and I haven't been myself lately - even though I have always put on a brave face for most of the time. I could really use a talk... anything to get this off my mind...

Maui757 It's debilitating
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I have had depression and anxiety for the past 4 or so years, and have been treating it for the past 2 and a half years. Long story short, I've tried most the options out there, and they generally work. But I've found that no matter how much help you... View more

I have had depression and anxiety for the past 4 or so years, and have been treating it for the past 2 and a half years. Long story short, I've tried most the options out there, and they generally work. But I've found that no matter how much help you have, no matter how much effort and work you put in to getting better, no matter how many fail safes you have in place, I always end up at some point or another being super down, and not having anything or anyone to help. I see a psych, i try to exercise as much as I can, I try to eat often and healthy, I try to get out and enjoy life, I try to keep my stress as low as possible, i TRY to be better but it just gets the better of me in the end. I have a super caring family and a super caring boyfriend and super caring friends, but I feel like I can't talk to them anymore. I've been through the worst part of depression, the suicidal stuff, the self harm stuff, and now they all think I'm getting better. I mean, even I thought I was getting better. I AM better, way better than I was a year ago. But lately it's been coming back, hard and fast, just like it used to. I don't really understand, I know I'm stressed about uni and work and money like always, I've taken out most the things that used to trigger me in my life. But I'm starting to get those irrational thoughts and feelings again, and I feel like I can't talk to anyone about it. They all think I'm getting better, and I feel so ashamed to let on that I'm getting worse again. I'm a perfectionist so me going backwards is not easy to deal with on its own, but seeing the hurt I'm starting to cause my boyfriend again because I can't cope with simple day to day stuff that has to be done.. My friends and family are busy and I don't want to interrupt their day complaining about how sad I am. They've all been there and done that, I feel like I can't go there again otherwise it's just like I'm trying to get attention, which I guess I kind of am. My boyfriend has his own stuff to do and can't drop everything every time I feel like this because I feel like this a lot. I thought I was getting better but now it seems I'm going back to where I started, and I can't cope with that

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