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Anxiety

Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia. Share your own story and learn about other member’s experiences with anxiety.

Guest_47894528 Depression/Anxiety
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I have recently moved into my own place by myself, not something I wanted to do but was told to spread my wings. For the first few weeks it was okay, but over the last 1-2 weeks I’ve been a mess. My anxiety has gone through the roof to the point I’m ... View more

I have recently moved into my own place by myself, not something I wanted to do but was told to spread my wings. For the first few weeks it was okay, but over the last 1-2 weeks I’ve been a mess. My anxiety has gone through the roof to the point I’m on medication, I’m lonely, my depression is back with a fury, I find no joy in anything other than leaving this place for hours everyday & I don’t know what to do. I want to make my family proud that I’m doing well but I’m not. I’m struggling to do anything other than getting day to day & I would really appreciate some advice. I’ve caused my family so much stress over the years I feel anxious & guilty about wanting to tell them I’m struggling. I’ve tried so hard & I will continue to but I’m really hitting a hard wall that’s affecting my daily life significantly. Thanks in advance to anyone who replies

Depp Trying to understand my place
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Hey, I’m a little confused at the moment, my partner and I had a break up, Is my partner is telling me she wish she hadn't messed things up with her ex boyfriend meaning she wants to go back to him? or she’s not being fulfilled with what I have to of... View more

Hey, I’m a little confused at the moment, my partner and I had a break up, Is my partner is telling me she wish she hadn't messed things up with her ex boyfriend meaning she wants to go back to him? or she’s not being fulfilled with what I have to offer? She's trying to go help him while he's going through a rough mental time but is it her responsibility to if they’re no longer together but have a kid together? I don't want to get in the way of there original family but I feel as she needs to focus on her current life with me instead of the one I feel she misses because of her own doing? or is that selfish of me?

Guest_73769665 I feel lightheadedness and not myself
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Hi fellow community, just a discussion point to what I am feeling now from at least a month time, have been experiencing lightheadedness, tiredness, restlessness, dreamy, not real. Has anyone experienced same and how to deal with this?appreciate inpu... View more

Hi fellow community, just a discussion point to what I am feeling now from at least a month time, have been experiencing lightheadedness, tiredness, restlessness, dreamy, not real. Has anyone experienced same and how to deal with this?appreciate inputs to feel myself confident.

Depression

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Guest_52178034 loneliness
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I am 32 year old male I am suffering from depression loneliness for a long time I don’t have any real friends I have no one to talk to and I feel hopeless I have thought of self harming myself what do I do

I am 32 year old male I am suffering from depression loneliness for a long time I don’t have any real friends I have no one to talk to and I feel hopeless I have thought of self harming myself what do I do

Love79 How do I pull back, move forward and not 'fix' it?
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My husband is an amazing man, but we have found ourselves so stuck in the daily routine of life. We have both made decisions that have affected us, and I acknowledge my decisions while stuck in my own spiral have affected him greatly. We have been fi... View more

My husband is an amazing man, but we have found ourselves so stuck in the daily routine of life. We have both made decisions that have affected us, and I acknowledge my decisions while stuck in my own spiral have affected him greatly. We have been financially stressed for years, and feel like we haven't gotten anywhere. We have arrived at a crucial point in our lives and I feel we were making progress with plans, but to do this we need to do some things that don't sit right with either of us. I am taking the path that it is a stepping stone (of which we have had many) and he is feeling like it is putting him back in prison and he is stuck. He acknowledges that this is depression due to environment, and I am petrified that he will leave and we won't get the opportunity to live our dreams. We are both suffering anxiety for different reasons, and he recently admitted that the thought of spending time alone with me creates an anxiety in him but he can't explain why. I know I have let him down in the past, and please don't get me wrong, he is also not perfect, just me acknowledging my contribution to his unhappiness, but I have recognised everything and honestly validated his feelings with him, and felt we took a huge leap forward, and now his anxiety is overwhelming him. He feels he is not the father he wants to be, the husband he wants to be, has taken a job he doesn't want to do in a place he hates, but the thought of relocating (which we were in talks and plans for) is too much for him. I love him but I feel that I am a huge trigger for him at the moment, how do I do this?

randomxx Would really appreciate peoples thoughts on a housing situation !
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Hi to all.lt's an unbelievable time in life to find myself stuck in this position, just don't know how to look at it, or what to do about with it, if l can anything at all. Problem is, at almost 60, yeah l've mixed up details in other threads just a ... View more

Hi to all.lt's an unbelievable time in life to find myself stuck in this position, just don't know how to look at it, or what to do about with it, if l can anything at all. Problem is, at almost 60, yeah l've mixed up details in other threads just a bit concerned some l know may also be here and haven't wanted any connection here that l might know, butttt, yep.Thing is l didn't get anything out of my last house, the people l went into the property with as it was a big place, went broke.Well , sort of lucky although maybe a curse , not sure anymore but l do still have a 1ac country property, 18yrs now, from back when l was married.l can't work anymore for mh reasons but if l took care l can survive until l can get the pension- living at the 1ac place- it only has a small over nighter atm but l could extend and it'd come up quite nice . Problem is, it's in a ting town, 30mins to the main town which is a really nice place and there's also a couple of tiny ones in between before that main buttttt, out where this place is, is tiny and out on it's own .l always planned selling it about now but problems are now that for 1, even if it did sell, it's just a cheap little country block it'd only be a good deposit on something closer in- but circumstances now that'd mean a new mortgage and l'd have to keep working too, don't think l could stomach either of those especially the stress in trying to make it happen.2nd thing highly possible it doesn't even sell anyway. l know l'm lucky to at least have it and all , with the housing crisis and so many in worser positions , l just never dreamed l'd be living on it though and honestly, just don't know but it looks like l might be forced to.l grew up in the city and have lived in some of the nicest places in the country but to have to settle on this place out there now- look the property itself is a really cute block and in a nice little back street- if l could put it on a truck to somewhere else it'd be really nice - but this town. rx

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Halecia PTSD alone and I have No life
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Hey it’s been a while since I posted on here. I’m extremely distressed and I’m moving house too in the next week.  Everytime I have a clear heart and mind I call my mother. Or people who I reach out too who i usually block. It’s like my body heart a... View more

Hey it’s been a while since I posted on here. I’m extremely distressed and I’m moving house too in the next week. 🙂 Everytime I have a clear heart and mind I call my mother. Or people who I reach out too who i usually block. It’s like my body heart and mind wants closure so I reach out but these people are narcissistic. Having put me in that moment of distress in the first place. my Mother looks at conversations towards her as a competition. Instead of LISTENING To the words I’m expressing and conveying to her she listens to what she can get out of it and how it affects her. She thinks she’s being attacked so she has her guard up all the time. I could be expressing how much I loved my Country coastal trip and how I was abit worried about my cars Gears, but I had a good trip away, AND SHE’LL FOCUS ON MY NEGATIVE EVENTS. Which is NOT WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. im 38 I’ve gone through a few domestic violence incidents one which was very traumatically VIOLENT. Then the other phycological more after he went to the remand centre. writing to people is hard when SO MANY NASTY NARCISSISTIC PEOPLE Have tried to make me react and say things to take from me. What I generally mean by that is that growing up in a single parent house hold even though my dad wanted to be with my mum. I Would always be told to do things I didn’t want to do my Other sister ran off one day when she was 14. And she didn’t come back. She hasn’t spoken to my mother since. shes 39. if I mistaked something I would get punished usually hit. im stressed right now due to strangers like plumbing technicians coming around to my place of rental to fix a plumbing Issue only to forcefully demanding and Outrageous. This happened yesterday. I’m moving out of this property. But it was disgusting. only word I can think of is Apporant. Behaviour. It’s time to go away. It’s time to focus on my own self and thoughts. It’s difficult when I’ve got horrible things my mother has said in the back of my mind. She needs to go away and let me be happy. I’ve always dreamt she’ll go away to live somewhere and let me us be happy. my sister has moved to Canada. She did when she was 28. I had a strong bond with my other little sister but she hasn’t spoken to me since me and my ex finished (she’s 27) I have another sibling who likes to control me. She’s 44. She my halfsister. my mother deposits small amounts into my bank account without me asking. So now I’ve had to block her recipient. I hope things do work for me

Depp Confused
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My partner and I just went through a breakup, had it’s good and bad times, I was voicing what’s on my mind as we do and I said “thing you do make me feel like an option” the relationship ended the next day and made me the option.. where did I go wron... View more

My partner and I just went through a breakup, had it’s good and bad times, I was voicing what’s on my mind as we do and I said “thing you do make me feel like an option” the relationship ended the next day and made me the option.. where did I go wrong?

sid_123 I was raped in a small town
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Two years ago I was raped while unconscious from drinking, by a close friend. I felt in my small town I couldn't talk about it, for fear of not being believed or honestly I couldn't imagine the rift that would bring n his family (who are lovely), and... View more

Two years ago I was raped while unconscious from drinking, by a close friend. I felt in my small town I couldn't talk about it, for fear of not being believed or honestly I couldn't imagine the rift that would bring n his family (who are lovely), and he is a popular person. I had bruises and people knew he had taken me there unconscious so I should have done something. I told only a couple close friends a month after it happened, and they were unfazed and still talk to him and are friends with him. I struggle to see him around and I have to fake being polite to him even though it kills me. Even my new boyfriend (who knows what happened) will maintain conversation with him. I have so many mixed feelings about this and would love someone to take me seriously when I talk about it.

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ashi "disqualified as a human being"
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i recently read a book called 'no longer human', and unsurprisingly, i found the character very relatable -- excluding the misogyny and some political beliefs. i went to some kind of mental health professional(s) multiple times, school counsellors an... View more

i recently read a book called 'no longer human', and unsurprisingly, i found the character very relatable -- excluding the misogyny and some political beliefs. i went to some kind of mental health professional(s) multiple times, school counsellors and an external psychologist. i really hoped they'd find something wrong with me (ironically) but i was always marked off as simply having a 'phase'. they didn't phrase it like that, however, that's exactly what it sounded like.so if i'm not mentally ill, am i normal? it certainly doesn't seem like it's 'normal' to go against the typical nature of a living being and begin self-destructing for no particular reason. no, i don't harm myself, i'm scared of pain. but living is a hellish cruel pain. "disqualified as a human being" is a quote from 'no longer human', and it perfectly describes how i feel. i feel as if society has some secret inner joke that everyone but me was born with the knowledge of. acceptable behavior, code of conduct, social etiquette, MORALS. it really feels like i've failed to even fulfill the basics of living. it's less "i want to die" and more "living is absolutely not for me" i have a lot more to talk about, but that doesn't belong here. i apologize if this doesn't sound much about suicide.

Guest_74949396 suicidal thoughts
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ever since i lost my grandma about 2 months ago I've been a lot more depressed i haven't been myself ive tried distracting myself but nothing has worked and I'm wanting some sort of guidance on my life because everything is starting to get to much View more

ever since i lost my grandma about 2 months ago I've been a lot more depressed i haven't been myself ive tried distracting myself but nothing has worked and I'm wanting some sort of guidance on my life because everything is starting to get to much

Guest_78529838 Am I crazy? Or is it just the people
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I can see and hear people I’m suicidal but do I tell anyone no. I want to feel safe in my own head but will that happen not really don’t want to open up. It’s scary but yk it’s ok I’ll always put myself and mh last I first need people around me to be... View more

I can see and hear people I’m suicidal but do I tell anyone no. I want to feel safe in my own head but will that happen not really don’t want to open up. It’s scary but yk it’s ok I’ll always put myself and mh last I first need people around me to be okay first and I’m trying that but not rlly working