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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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Noomy I don't know what to title this
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Hi there. I have a feeling I will like the anonymity of these forums, as it allows me to be to be straight forward. i have been struggling with depression and anxiety since around year four to year five. I am now in year 12. I haven't expirienced any... View more

Hi there. I have a feeling I will like the anonymity of these forums, as it allows me to be to be straight forward. i have been struggling with depression and anxiety since around year four to year five. I am now in year 12. I haven't expirienced any massive amounts of trauma, and my childhood was actually quite good. But unfortunately, my symptoms have been getting worse as time goes on, to the point now where I feel utterly hopeless. I have seen two mental health people about it, but neither of them really helped me out. I am in a very vague and confused place where I find it hard to even think. I feel like I'm going utterly insane. I find that I get so angry at little things. Like if someone says something off or tells me to "shut up" I get so angry to the point where I want to hit them, although I never would, as I hate violence. even things that aren't directed at me but is silly or stupid gets me angry, e.g. A high end auction done in the main part of a city (as I see it as showing off and insensitive). I hate the people at my school and I don't have many (if any) friends other than my girlfriend. The people at my school at one stage or another have all spoken badly about me behind my back or stabbed me in the back. As far as I know, every "best friend" I've ever had hates me now, after they have spoken about me behind my back. But hey, maybe I deserve it. I try my hardest to be nice and a good person and I try my best to not talk about anyone badly, but hey, everyone says that don't they. I have no concept of who I am as a person so I have no idea if I just deserve what I get. If I do anything wrong I ALWAYS try and apologise for it. No matter who it is. im in a very tough place at the moment, I feel like I'm slowly getting worse and going more insane for no reason whatsoever, and I feel beyond hopeless. I've taken a few online depression surveys and it says I'm at a "moderately severe" depression level and a "high" anxiety level if that means anything at all (I know those things are pointless but I don't know what else to do) I don't even know if I want to get better. I just feel stuck where I am with no way of moving forward. If you've made it this far, thanks for reading the stupid online ramblings of an idiot/insane idiot. I don't really know what Im expecting, but I guess I can try haha. Have a great day/night Noomy

hann1805 Losing Hope
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So things were looking up over this past week. I have an appointment with a psychologist this week and my boyfriend even got a job trial working for this furniture company earning good money. They worked him for three days and even told him that he h... View more

So things were looking up over this past week. I have an appointment with a psychologist this week and my boyfriend even got a job trial working for this furniture company earning good money. They worked him for three days and even told him that he had the job only for them to turn around today and say that the guy he was meant to be replacing this week has decided to stay on the job, they said they couldn't afford to keep him working for them and sacked him on the spot. I don't understand how this keeps happening to us. I don't know how much longer I can keep hanging on. I'm trying to find a job but with no luck at all with getting a call back, Job agencies won't help me even though I'm getting government benefits, my birthday is in a weeks time and I'm now another year older and another year behind what I'm "supposed" to be doing at my age. What more can I do

madzo2000 Anxiety is ruining my life...:(
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I have had anxiety for the past 3 years since grade seven but has gotten worse ever since. I have daily panic attacks and episodes where I think i actually think i will die. I have an ongoing fear of sickness such as vomiting and nausea and fainting.... View more

I have had anxiety for the past 3 years since grade seven but has gotten worse ever since. I have daily panic attacks and episodes where I think i actually think i will die. I have an ongoing fear of sickness such as vomiting and nausea and fainting. I have had this for the past 2 years and has gotten worse in the couple of weeks. I am too scared to go to school which causes my parents to be angry and stressed at me. They say they don't know what to do and Its up to me to overcome it. I am totally anxious all day that I find it hard to leave the house and interact with large groups of people. I see a psychologist but i kind of feel like its just all the same things that keep getting repeated that i have already tried such as deep breathing and the muscle relaxation. Its not that I don't want to do them its just that every time I do do it, its always the same. I am a bit scared that something will put me off the edge as my self-worth and life is falling apart. please Help. what do i need to do.

Georgina_H ">Fully Anti Bully
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Hi, I am 12 and I have been the victim of bullying many times already. At times, I have found this really hard to handle.Through the support of family and some amazing friends I have learned some good coping techniques. They have helped me how to rea... View more

Hi, I am 12 and I have been the victim of bullying many times already. At times, I have found this really hard to handle.Through the support of family and some amazing friends I have learned some good coping techniques. They have helped me how to react and how to not take it personally - it's more about what is going on in the bully's life than about me not being a good enough person. And the big thing that I learned is that it happens a lot - I wasn't the only person who was being bullied. Knowing that other people had gone through the same thing was very comforting.I see way too many kids who are self harming and even know two who have committed suicide recently because of bullying, particularly because of bullying on social media.I decided that I would dedicate a song and a music video to give support to people who have been and are being bullied, by letting them know that it can happen to anyone, but that you can overcome it.

mally compulsive lying
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im a compulsive lier i really want to change stop hurting the people i love

im a compulsive lier i really want to change stop hurting the people i love

Liamj Twice unrequited love
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It all started when i was 16 i fell in love for the first time in my life. But the girl i liked thought of me as a weird person and didn't talk to me and ignored me and I am still wondering why did she do that. I tried to move on but couldn't move on... View more

It all started when i was 16 i fell in love for the first time in my life. But the girl i liked thought of me as a weird person and didn't talk to me and ignored me and I am still wondering why did she do that. I tried to move on but couldn't move on i felt like i am a person not worthy of anybody. I slowly slipped into depression without me knowing what will happen. After some years , i still think of her, During my freshman year a girl fell for me and i had affections for her also. But i distanced myself from her so that she doesn't hurt my feeling. For sometime i felt depression free and happy but during my sophomore years i couldn't control my affections for her and now she doesn't like me anymore and she doesn't talk to me anymore. Everything has repeated again but this time i don't have enough hope and will power to go this through even a bad grade in studies will put me off for 2-3 days. I'm 21 now suffering from depression not telling anybody about myself ,trying to avoid drugs/alcohol ,trying to get my girl to notice me ,trying to not to end myself .5 years of sadness is a long time can't handle this now but still moving without real hope only creating hope from my dreams and dying slowly everyday. I just wish that I am the only person who is going this and nobody ever suffer from this.

Void Loneliness and depression. How can I get help?
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Hi all,I decided to post here because... well I don't really have anywhere else to go. I'm 23 and have was diagnosed with depression since I was 14. Throughout my life I have struggled with, well, staying alive. Over the years I have visited more psy... View more

Hi all,I decided to post here because... well I don't really have anywhere else to go. I'm 23 and have was diagnosed with depression since I was 14. Throughout my life I have struggled with, well, staying alive. Over the years I have visited more psychologists and psychiatrists than I can count on two hands yet all they have only managed to hand me some medication and send me on my way. But, even that is better treatment than most people have given me. The reason I feel so depressed is that I am lonely. Not sad that someone hasn't invited me out in a little while or upset because I can't get a date. Mind numbing, crippling loneliness. Often I will just want someone to confide in or talk on a more meaningful level but I will quickly remember I have no one. I don't have any close friends, only people I see around uni. My parents are ashamed and frankly, disappointed in my depression. They don't understand why I can't try harder, do better, be more social and get a job, etc.I'm currently in my final year of undergrad doing an honours year. It's draining, yet I feel even more so for me with my depression. I don't really have anyone to talk about my uni work with. I do have people I know in the course and even hang out with people but none of them are particularly interested in me or my ideas. I'm always the listener in every conversation. Nobody knows who I am, and nobody cares. If I died tomorrow, nobody at uni would be too bent out of shape. This has been a common theme in my life as I find it hard to connect to people. For the past four months I have been particularly depressed and I think about suicide daily. I don't know why I should bother continuing with my life if I cannot perform such a basic human operation as making friends. I reached out to my mum recently, to tell her how I honestly felt and she looked at me in disgust. She wanted to know what I was doing to make myself better. She was frustrated and tired of "having the same conversation" that we have been having ever since I was a child. I understand why she is frustrated. Who wants a kid with all these problems? How is she supposed to fix it? What can she do if therapy and medications haven't worked? When your own parents act like you're a burden, what's left? Not a hell of a lot. I was seeing a psychologist but I've used up my 10 medicare subsidised visits. I don't have the money to afford more therapy and this isn't something a short course of CBT can fix.... so what can I 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.

mental rough day
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had a long day,  been fighting with every one..  

had a long day,  been fighting with every one..  

Choppy I can't touch my phone screen.
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Hi. I am a teenager and nowadays, all teenagers have a phone and with technology and stuff....I'm sorry, I'm rambling. Anyway, I have an apple iPhone and I've had it for years now. But I cannot touch my screen specifically otherwise I freak out and h... View more

Hi. I am a teenager and nowadays, all teenagers have a phone and with technology and stuff....I'm sorry, I'm rambling. Anyway, I have an apple iPhone and I've had it for years now. But I cannot touch my screen specifically otherwise I freak out and have to clean it. Other people's phones are fine to touch as I want to keep my stylus clean and touching my stylus with someone else's screen would make my stylus dirty and unusable unless I bathe it in vinegar. I don't know if this is OCD. I don't know why I won't touch it. It just doesn't feel right, even when I touch other's screens. I feel uncomfortable and I must clean it. My current stylus is currently wearing down and I have to buy new ones that'll take forever to arrive. But a crappy stylus is better than no stylus. Sigh. I screamed in class today because my friend touched the screen after eating. It was so embarrassing. I didn't even mean to. But alas, thank you for reading anyway.

Jess_Black Depression Diagnoses
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I have recently been clinically diagnosed with depression , and when I found out, I felt even worse in myself, and cried the whole night and next day, is it normal? Or am I even worse than they originally thought?

I have recently been clinically diagnosed with depression , and when I found out, I felt even worse in myself, and cried the whole night and next day, is it normal? Or am I even worse than they originally thought?

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