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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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stargirl Anxiety
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I just started highschool and I have anxiety disorder. I struggle to fit in and am considered a freak. how can people be so mean? Normally I just sit in the corner and cry during recess.

I just started highschool and I have anxiety disorder. I struggle to fit in and am considered a freak. how can people be so mean? Normally I just sit in the corner and cry during recess.

Pontius My Story - It Gets Better
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I have had depression on an off for the last three years. I know that in the middle of it all it is so hard to think that anything could get better, and I know people stuff this sort of thing down our throats all the time, but it does get better. At ... View more

I have had depression on an off for the last three years. I know that in the middle of it all it is so hard to think that anything could get better, and I know people stuff this sort of thing down our throats all the time, but it does get better. At the moment I am pretty OK. I am quite sure that sometime in the future, maybe even soon, I will spiral down again, but at the moment I feel so lucky to be alive. If you had told me I would feel like this one year ago I don't think I would have believed you. But please hang in there everyone. There are so many choices I could have made that would mean that I would not be here today, but right now I am so glad I made the choices I did. I can't help thinking that, though we have to die, it's better dying in the light, isn't it? I feel so lucky today. I have been in some pretty dark places so I understand this may not help, but I hope it will.

beep891 Confused
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I just joined this website because I've been feeling kind of different lately, and I don't know if it means I'm slightly depressed or what, I'm just super confused. I've been feeling so stressed out with all the work I have to do for uni, I literally... View more

I just joined this website because I've been feeling kind of different lately, and I don't know if it means I'm slightly depressed or what, I'm just super confused. I've been feeling so stressed out with all the work I have to do for uni, I literally feel like i'm constantly on the verge of tears thinking about how much I have to do. I've failed subjects in the past which has added an extra year and a bit to my degree, and i'm terrified of doing it again, but i'm sitting here looking at all the work I have to do and I can't stop crying. I've also been talking to someone online for a few months, he originally made me so happy because we would talk constantly, but lately we don't talk as much, although it's still everyday I feel that things are different. He told me a while ago that he's talking to other girls, and I didn't realise how many, he won't tell me an exact number but I know it's a lot, and it makes me really upset, which I've told him but it doesn't stop him from talking to them. I feel like he may be one of the main factors making me so upset lately, but at the same time, if I go a day without talking to him I hate it! I'm so confused and sick of feeling so down, not sure what to do, as much as I love my family and friends this isn't the kind of thing I'd talk to them about.

User1 Don't want to talk about it
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Hey guys , for a long time now I know I have been unhappy , I always use to shrug it off and just keep on moving. I don't understand why I am not happy , I have an amazing family , I am 19 work full time , have ambitions , have the car of my dreams .... View more

Hey guys , for a long time now I know I have been unhappy , I always use to shrug it off and just keep on moving. I don't understand why I am not happy , I have an amazing family , I am 19 work full time , have ambitions , have the car of my dreams .... All in which I worked for. Yet I just feel so alone , beyond alone. I believe deep down it is the fact that I never really have had a relationship with anyone. I feel like my time of prime years to be getting out and about are running out and I just want to be happy. I feel like an idiot for getting down about it when I have so many good things in my life . I have amazing friends but sometimes they seem like they don't make an effort especially one friend who means the world to me. It breaks my heart every time I see people together being happy , and again I feel like an idiot because that's a good thing , good on them for being happy . I am a nice guy , not bad looking and I just have no confidence in myself anymore. I just wish I knew what people thought , because you look around and people who treat people horribly get what they want and I am just not that type of person. I'm not trying to talk about how good I am , I'm just saying I respect people and get very little back and I can't stand it anymore . I have started pushing my friends away because I just don't want to talk. I just need help , I'm not doing to well and I don't feel comfortable talking to people about it in person. I just want to be happy

DownstreamPixel Hormones or Depression
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Hi, I'm a 12 year old girl in my last year of Primary School, and I don't know what is happening to me. I feel as though I have depression or anxiety, but people keep telling me that it's hormones and that it will all go away in a few years. I get up... View more

Hi, I'm a 12 year old girl in my last year of Primary School, and I don't know what is happening to me. I feel as though I have depression or anxiety, but people keep telling me that it's hormones and that it will all go away in a few years. I get upset about small things and never feel happy, a fake smile always on my face. My brother has depression (he's 19 and has already sorted it out) and my mum had depression. On the test on the Beyond Blue home page and I got a score of 37, high. I went to the doctors and they said I was just hyper emotional because I was growing up. But does that really make it normal to almost never be happy?

Char_93 New to the forums
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Hi everybody, I'm just new to the forums but I'm interested in other peoples approaches to coping with their anxiety. I was diagnosed with generalised anxiety when I was 17. My parents, younger sister and I emigrated from the UK to Australia when I w... View more

Hi everybody, I'm just new to the forums but I'm interested in other peoples approaches to coping with their anxiety. I was diagnosed with generalised anxiety when I was 17. My parents, younger sister and I emigrated from the UK to Australia when I was 15 which was seen to be the main cause of my anxiety. Leaving behind my older sister and the rest of my family and friends to move half way across the world out of my comfort zone was extremely overwhelming for me. When I was 17 in my final year of school the stress just got the better of me then mixed with my homesickness seemed to be the onset of my anxiety. I experienced a very dark 6 months at the beginning of my diagnosis. I didn't leave the house, I stopped driving, stopped socialising, stopped eating. I was having panic attacks daily and found it very difficult to talk to people about my anxiety. Despite doctors wanting me to go on medication I refused. With the help of psychologists and my incredibly supporting family I managed to pull myself through the hardest time. Im now 22, and of course like most people with anxiety I still have relapses every now and again. I am half way through my nursing degree and have since understood the importance of talking and sharing my stories of my anxiety journey. I realised that excercising and changing my diet has improved my anxiety. Although I still get anxiety symptoms, especially when I get stressed with uni, I no longer have panic attacks which was a major breakthrough for me. I would be interested to here other people's stories on non-medicinal approaches to helping with anxiety?

Missing What can GP's do, if you do have Depression?
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I don't know if I have depression for sure, I am almost 100% sure, but I don't want to 'self-medicate' based on information on websites. What treatment options are there if I do have depression?

I don't know if I have depression for sure, I am almost 100% sure, but I don't want to 'self-medicate' based on information on websites. What treatment options are there if I do have depression?

Vegankiitty Four years of disordered eating
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Hello everyone this is my first post. My names beth and im 20 years of age. Ive been struggling with disordered eating for 4 years or more. But I have been in denial until now. I met my 21 y.o boyfriend when I was 15, I moved in with him the first we... View more

Hello everyone this is my first post. My names beth and im 20 years of age. Ive been struggling with disordered eating for 4 years or more. But I have been in denial until now. I met my 21 y.o boyfriend when I was 15, I moved in with him the first week of meeting him because I didnt want to be at home as things were tense. He began being physically and emotionally abusive towards me and I.remember feeling helpless and worthless but I didnt want to go home. He took me to queensland and things got tense with his mum, him.and I and I remember power walking multiple times per fdayto get away from them and check my body shapr in the mirror. I wasnt allowed to eat his mothers food and had no choice of what food my boyfriend bought for us. It wasnt much and wasnt nourishing. Thats when I started to stress over my food intake. I got pregnant and we moved home. I had a misscarriage. Two weeks later I got pregnant again. I started to watch what I ate feeling slightly more free but didnt start to get out of hand until I had my daughter. I was doing step ups in the hospital room and.choosing low calorie options on.the hospital menu. when I got out of hospital I started wii fit and restricting my kilojoule intake consuming as little as possible. About two months later I had gone from 60kg to 46kg and my milk ducts dried up to breastfeed. My boyfriend started to control my eating habits calling me crazy and our relationship got worse. After he threw my food out one day I left him. I finally felt free, moved back with mum for two weeks. Within that time I saved enough money to get in a house and buy my own furnithre. I was 17. I joined the local gym that let me bring my daughter in her pram and continued with my rituals but was eating a healthier amount. Eventually my exercise began to get excessive, especially when my daughter was too big to be in the gym while I was working out. I began to panic about being able to.exercise. thats when I started trying to constantlt change

tashi need someone to tell me its ok
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i hate coming to these sorts of places just fr reassurance but thats really all i need right now. is for someone to tell me everything will be ok. my dad is about to start chemo, my grandfather is dying, my partner and i were about to buy a house and... View more

i hate coming to these sorts of places just fr reassurance but thats really all i need right now. is for someone to tell me everything will be ok. my dad is about to start chemo, my grandfather is dying, my partner and i were about to buy a house and start a family when he broke his back so we had to move back home we now live sepratley and he is so down and feeling so broken that i just feel so dragged down by all of it and i go to a job everyday that i hate. im only 22 years old i cant handle all of this weight on my shoulders everytime i get in the car i cry. life shouldnt feel like this

MooRich94 Stuck in a deep trench, not just a rut
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Today was the first time I have deliberately brought harm upon myself in years (nothing serious) which is why I am here writing a new thread seeking some advice. I should have seen it coming, since I stopped going to counselling (as I thought I had m... View more

Today was the first time I have deliberately brought harm upon myself in years (nothing serious) which is why I am here writing a new thread seeking some advice. I should have seen it coming, since I stopped going to counselling (as I thought I had my life back on track and so did my counsellor, who is wonderful by the way) my life has been continuously up and down, mostly down lately. I tried to overcome everything myself but it has gotten the better of me, which I hate to admit as it makes me feel weak and pathetic, another reason I avoid telling my friends and family about my struggles. My stupid "problems" are nothing in comparison to what other people face every day, I shouldn't be feeling like this when the issues seem like such an easy fix. To sum it up; I'm in my last term of uni and all of a sudden I have lost all interest and motivation in what I am studying and I couldn't be bothered to finish my degree, I started a new job a few months ago and the people I work for have sucked the fun out of everything I used to love about my degree (I'm not actually sure if it is the new job which I don't enjoy or if it's just my mindset at the moment), for the 3 years I've lived in the town I moved to, to start uni I have never felt more alone in my life even though I've made some good friends here, i feel so alone and I hate it, my grandma has recently had 2 strokes and it is extremely painful to see, especially because she has no idea who anyone is, I live a long way away from my family and some friends and I always miss them, I try to tell my best friend my feelings but she just has no idea and changes the subjects which leaves me always alone with my own thoughts which is never any fun, I don't bring it up much because I know I sound whingy and probably annoying, and this is going to sound really stupid but all of my friends are in loving relationships and I have nobody, I know I don't need anybody to live or be myself but I've had enough of being alone, I feel sad and down all the time and it hurts because I used to be so fun-loving and happy and I would give anything to go back to being that. I really want to move towns and start over but I have another 9 weeks of uni, and no guaranteed job. I really don't know how I am going to make it through the rest of the year going like this, I really want to pass uni, failing would destroy me even more, but with no motivation and all of these other thoughts and feelings I just don't know what to do. 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

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