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is it worth getting a GAD diagnosis? possible panic disorder too

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Hello, I'm 17 and in year 12. Most of my life, I have lived with autism and adhd, but for the last 2-3 years, I have really struggled with anxiety. I feel like without a diagnosis, it is just a part of my other 2 conditions, but I suffer really badly... View more

Hello, I'm 17 and in year 12. Most of my life, I have lived with autism and adhd, but for the last 2-3 years, I have really struggled with anxiety. I feel like without a diagnosis, it is just a part of my other 2 conditions, but I suffer really badly with anxiety in my everyday life. I also suffer from panic attacks due to everyday life stress. Will a diagnosis of GAD help?

Ocd

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I have been struggling with ocd since 2020 I am afraid of almost everything worried about contamination and who else may have touched it. I have found really hard to commit to exposure therapy and my family is getting impatient with me my mother says... View more

I have been struggling with ocd since 2020 I am afraid of almost everything worried about contamination and who else may have touched it. I have found really hard to commit to exposure therapy and my family is getting impatient with me my mother says I don't want to get better but it is not true i just don't know how to deal with the panic attacks brought on by exposure and I am so affrid to try it again but if I don't I will probably lose the love of my family.

School Stress

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So I'm in year 12 and have been feeling rather stuck lately. I'm in a bit of a paradox where I need to take time for myself but also feel like I have no time to spare. The workload is really getting to me; I've been feeling mentally exhausted, brain ... View more

So I'm in year 12 and have been feeling rather stuck lately. I'm in a bit of a paradox where I need to take time for myself but also feel like I have no time to spare. The workload is really getting to me; I've been feeling mentally exhausted, brain foggy, irritable, emotional, and drained despite actively excersising, sleeping 8-10 hours, eating fruits and vegetables etc. Went to the doctor about this late last year and had my bloods done which were all good, so I'm fairly certain this all stems from stress. I just feel a bit hopeless when I'm trying to do everything right but still feel really terrible, tired, headachey and SO behind. I've been making plans and breaking down tasks but when I go to do my work it's like my brain just shuts off, refuses and hurts. I understand that this is likely a natural stress response where my brain identifies my work as a threat to avoid but I don't know how to get it to stop, or at least make it better. I try deep breathing, practising gratitude, challenging negative thoughts and still feel stuck. I've spent many hours looking into why I feel this way and what to do about it yet I'm still stuck. While I know this year does not define me, I still feel pressure knowing that it sets me up for the rest of my life. I'm a bit of an academic, I'm doing methods, chemistry, biology and physics, which I managed to get an A in last year so I know that I'm capable. It just feels so much harder this year though, and like it's just too much to handle, especially on top of the UCAT because I aspire to get into medicine which is insanely competitive, and now I worry I can't do it. I just fear burning out, or even getting really sick again. (I had shingles and glandular fever in year 9 because I stressed myself into illness, according to my doctor.) Then there's part of me that worries if I'm just feeding into a placebo effect where I'm actually fine but am choosing to be this way, I don't know if that sounds silly or makes much sense but I do worry about it.. I don't know, my head just hurts really bad, my brain refuses to brain, I feel like I'll never catch up and that my dreams are out of reach. Some days I just don't want to get out of bed and sometimes it can get to the point that basic tasks and my own interests/ hobbies feel like too much effort and it physically makes my head hurt. Yeah, I feel really stuck and like I'm struggling quite a bit... I don't know what to do...

Im lost. I don't think I can keep doing this anymore.

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I feel like I'm going nowhere with trying to make friends. Currently, I only have one 'close' friend in which I can 'confide' in, but they are going through a lot right now, which deters me from adding more to that burden. I do have a friend group, b... View more

I feel like I'm going nowhere with trying to make friends. Currently, I only have one 'close' friend in which I can 'confide' in, but they are going through a lot right now, which deters me from adding more to that burden. I do have a friend group, but there has been a lot of tensions which is a large source of all my problems and anxieties. I feel that talking to my parents is not the same as talking to a friend. We have also had some familial concerns which has also placed a burden on their shoulders. I recently created a K-pop fan art account as a way to open up and find more people with my own interests, but I have now found myself at a dead end. It feels like everyone already knows each other, and every time a new account opens I miss my chance to make an actual connection. I've tried joining group chats, tried at the start to open up and add to jokes and conversations, but for some reason I never stick anywhere. I guess that is my introvertedness to blame. I feel like an outsider in my own life, I feel left out, like no one really gets me and I have no one to fall onto when I truly need help.

feeling lost

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Hello. Trying this out to see if maybe someone will see it. Im an international student and life is pretty hard since being here. Its been lonely but i have some ways to cope with that. Mainly its what happened before i came here. I started talking t... View more

Hello. Trying this out to see if maybe someone will see it. Im an international student and life is pretty hard since being here. Its been lonely but i have some ways to cope with that. Mainly its what happened before i came here. I started talking to someone back from where Im from and looking back i felt really manipulated. But he said he really liked me but didnt want to be in a long distance relationship. A month before i came to Australia he told me he wanted to stop talking. I found out 3 weeks later he was talking to someone else and while i was drunk i texted him to ask about it. He told me he had serious feelings for her. But the thing is we were on and off for 7 months. How could he be serious about someone else in 3 weeks but dragged me along for 7 months. Then today on accident i saw a picture of him kissing her. It just popped up even though I had already blocked him on the main platforms. I had been doing well the past few weeks but seeing this triggered all the hurt i felt when this first happened. Reading some of your contributions this seems like a really silly problem in comparison. But i cant help but wonder why he did that to me. What is it about her that I dont have. Why does he deserve to be happy and have found someone but Im still here taking so much time to move on and forget about it. I cant help blaming myself for giving him a chance and in a way letting this happen to me when I finally let my guard down and give someone a chance. How do i stop? How do i feel better? When will i stop spiralling if i happen to see something i dont want to again? I feel lost and stagnant and im so scared ill feel like this for a long time. Im afraid ill be stuck in this state or become worse. Thanks for reading and thanks for being here xx

Uni stress

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Hi,I'm a new uni student currently studying nursing. im worried and stressed that im not going to be able to pass the first semester as I don't feel comfortable that im smart enough for this. Everything seems so new to me all though im fairly familia... View more

Hi,I'm a new uni student currently studying nursing. im worried and stressed that im not going to be able to pass the first semester as I don't feel comfortable that im smart enough for this. Everything seems so new to me all though im fairly familiar with the topics. I don't have much of a social life and I really do try my best to study well but I feel like I don't process information well enough. on top of that, I have an exam in a couple of weeks which im extremely scared for because what if I don't pass? I'm just lost and so unsure what to do, I don't even want to think about the future. but this degree means so much to me I've always wanted to do nursing.

I'm worried my trauma is affecting my life

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I'm in Year 12, moved to Australia just a while ago, and while relived, it's still hard for me. I keep remembering old memories, obsessing over them and struggling to move on. I'm always pulled back to my deep depression afterwards, it makes me feel ... View more

I'm in Year 12, moved to Australia just a while ago, and while relived, it's still hard for me. I keep remembering old memories, obsessing over them and struggling to move on. I'm always pulled back to my deep depression afterwards, it makes me feel like I'll never be able to move on. It was only 3 months, but it changed me completely, and no one here understands. Even if I find people that I slightly relate to, maybe they also like the same hobbies, or I find someone queer, maybe someone from my country, but it's not enough. I feel so isolated and lonely, I lost the reason I stayed alive after leaving that place,my friends. I'm scared, I'm losing my connection to the only people who were in that hospital with me, the only people that know me and can make me feel better. I keep thinking, if some are dead or back in the hospital. There were two that I kept reaching out to but rejected me, saying they are going through a difficult time. What happened to them? Are they still suicidal? Should I worry? And what about the others? My only relief comes from a friend who said she's studying in uni to be a psychiatrist. We were in the same room together, and I always worried about her. She went through much more than any other human should, but it's still not the same. I can't meet her, I can't meet anyone. They are so far away. Even if I do, there are fears that a new war will start soon and I might need to cancel my plans. I'm never going back to that horrible country, I refuse to live there, I hate everything about it, but it's still my home, and all my friends are there. What will happen to them? Most of them are struggling. All the friends I went to school with have quit, all for different reasons, but mostly because the school got so much worse after I left. I feel responsible, as someone who always protected them and tried to support them. I abandoned them. In Australia, I've focused so much on myself, I tried to avoid anything uncomfortable, like the friends I left behind. I was worried the truth would be too painful. I enjoy our relationships, but they make me feel comfortable enough, and so I start talking again, about that horrible hospital and that horrible country full of all my worst and best memories. Thinking about my loved ones still there, I know it's hard for them. But I can't support them. I have to protect myself, but I know I can't avoid it, how I left them, how I didn't take care of them when they needed my help. I'm a selfish, bad friend.

Life

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My life is hard is yours

I need help, but I can't be bothered to find it. Please motivate me!

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I would not say that I am stubborn, but it really depends on the day. Usually, I can adapt to what other people want with minimal complaints. Last week, a friend of mine lost their father. They did not have a very close relationship with him, but I c... View more

I would not say that I am stubborn, but it really depends on the day. Usually, I can adapt to what other people want with minimal complaints. Last week, a friend of mine lost their father. They did not have a very close relationship with him, but I can tell that it still affected them greatly. I am very worried for them, but I know there is not much I can do about it other than be supportive and give them space when they need it. I am really stressed out about their situation as well as studying. I am also pretty upset because we are discussing refugees and asylum seekers in my classes and there was a speaker who shared their story about how they found refuge where I live. I am a rather empathetic person, so I have been crying about it all day. Our head of year always urges us to come to her if we need help, but I do not like talking about my problems in person because all I do is cry. The same is with my parents. I am very sensitive, so sometimes I can't tell if I'm really struggling or just being dramatic. Depending on the day, I believe one or the other. I want to find help (either from my head of year or a professional) but I simply do not have the time or the confidence to do it. I can not bring myself to talk to my school's counsellor. I do not want to talk to my friends about it because we are currently helping our friend who is struggling much more than me, and I would hate to make this situation about myself. Is this me being unmotivated from stress? Do I have social anxiety? Do I have another type of mental disorder? Did I just have a bad day today? I hope that somebody has had the same experience as me. Please motivate me to see a professional — and AI will never be an option for me. That's a robot. Thank you for reading, and please help!

how do i get through year 12 when i feel this way??

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so recently i started year 12, and by recently i mean term 1 has yet to finish. originally i was really looking forward to finishing school and dont get me wrong i still am- but now i wish i had just dropped out like i had considered during year 11.b... View more

so recently i started year 12, and by recently i mean term 1 has yet to finish. originally i was really looking forward to finishing school and dont get me wrong i still am- but now i wish i had just dropped out like i had considered during year 11.before i explain i want to note that ive always suspected ive had some kind of mental health issues. i did used to have depression (edit: i cant remember if it was diagnosed or not because i was so young) and i also suffer from tourettes syndrome which happens to get worse if im really stressed so those things could maybe interfere with or sort of explain why im feeling this way but im not 100% sure.now the context. since i started year 12 ive noticed a huge difference in myself not physically but mentally. mornings have gotten ridiculously difficult for me and not in the normal sense, ive lost almost all motivation, i struggle to do my homework, ive become more forgetful and i feel unhealthily tired during the days. on top of all this im so mentally exhausted and feel at a loss because now that ive started year 12 its like i might as well get it over and done with- yet at the same time every day feels worse and more tiring. my parents often ask me if im okay and if i just had a bad day, but its more than just a bad day for me. ive started seeing a phycologist for reasons other than this but it feels like no matter what i do this feeling never goes away. when im in class i just want to cry the whole time and slump over and sleep. i hate it. i dont like feeling the way i do right now. the entirety of highschool especially from year 9 to now has been mentally exhausting but this term has been on another level. so now my main question is how on earth do i get through my final year when i feel so horrible?? edit: my parents are so great to me as well so im not shy or scared to open up to them, matter of fact i do. but theres only so much they can do to help me.

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