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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.

Sal2645 No friends
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Earlier this year I lost pretty much all of my friends. They all collectively just stopped talking to me. I knew this was going to happen eventually cause I’ve always had a feeling they didn’t like me. I know my anxiety put me in this situation and I... View more

Earlier this year I lost pretty much all of my friends. They all collectively just stopped talking to me. I knew this was going to happen eventually cause I’ve always had a feeling they didn’t like me. I know my anxiety put me in this situation and I drove them away by overthinking every little interaction but I also thought that maybe I was just overreacting and they did see me as a friend. Though I guess I was mistaken and they never did like me. It hurts even more that nothing really happened, like I didn’t do anything and they aren’t angry at me or hate me they just don’t like me. I swear there is something innate about my personality or general presence that drives people away, It takes a lot for people to want to be around me, im scared I’ll never make a new friend ever again. It’s just kinda confirmed what I’ve always thought about myself that I’m inherently unlikable and boring. I’ve made like 2 friends at uni but now they are pretty much the only other people in my life and I haven’t even known them for that long and I feel like they also just see me as like a placeholder and not a real friend, just because time and time again I loose friends because I don’t know they seem to get bored of me or something. I just can’t do it anymore, I don’t know how to talk to people and everyone else has their own friends so even if I somehow manage to get to the point of being friendly with them they’ll probably never see me as a real friend. Its getting harder and harder to pretend I’m not struggling with it and also hiding the fact I’m lonely and friendless to my family. It’s just so violently embarrassing cause all my siblings have lots of friends and are really popular and I have just never been. I needed to get a passport and I didn’t have anyone to be a reference I needed my mum to ask one of her friends. Like how embarrassing. It’s killing me and now it’s just like they know I’m at home all the time and literally never go anywhere with anyone especially with holidays coming up like I guarantee I’ll be alone in the house and everyone else will be out for new years like every year. like even before when I technically had friends I was still lonely but at least I could pretend to my family, but now that I literally have no one it’s like a massive slap in the face. If I told y family directly they would just make fun of me it’s not like they would be worried or anything. I truly see no way out of this

MRG First time posting
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Hi I’m an older male, and have been feeling anxious, and not sleeping well.I have been prescribed medication to take. My Gp said it would ease my feelings after a couple of weeks. This was about 3 weeks ago. I have taken only 3 tablets and I think I’... View more

Hi I’m an older male, and have been feeling anxious, and not sleeping well.I have been prescribed medication to take. My Gp said it would ease my feelings after a couple of weeks. This was about 3 weeks ago. I have taken only 3 tablets and I think I’m fine. But clearly I’m not. I feel a bit anxious to go to work. I start quite early in the morning for my job. Finding it hard to unwind, and feel myself. I just wanted to know if I should see a psychologist to make sure, I’m on the right track. Thanks.

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Guest_47874125 How do I cope with the unfairness of life?
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Time says it all really. how do I cope with the fact that life will never be fair? For me and for others. how is it that so many evil people get so much good stuff while so many good people suffer?

Time says it all really. how do I cope with the fact that life will never be fair? For me and for others. how is it that so many evil people get so much good stuff while so many good people suffer?

Guest_12267680 I'm scared
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I feel so numb. I'm just a random teen that's taking a break up too close to heart I guess. Nothing feels right anymore.

I feel so numb. I'm just a random teen that's taking a break up too close to heart I guess. Nothing feels right anymore.

OrangeFantastic I feel like i have lost something but i do not know what it is.
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I feel like there is something missing. My life is perfect on paper, i get good grades and i have good friends and im creative and fit and cute or whatever but i just..something just feels off. My heart doesn't really resonate with anything that it u... View more

I feel like there is something missing. My life is perfect on paper, i get good grades and i have good friends and im creative and fit and cute or whatever but i just..something just feels off. My heart doesn't really resonate with anything that it used to, my hobbies dont feel fufilling and i cant be bothered to be half as disciplined as i used to. I would rather sleep in the whole day than do anything. There are things that make me happy but i feel like these things come with the cost of failure and...i dont know how to explain. It is so confusing for me and even i don't understand why i'm feeling so lost and tired and fatigued or whatever . Even when i do love something i lose interest after a couple of weeks or i elf sabotage and convince myself to stop putting in so much effort. I push myself to consider what the purpose of all the things i do even are and when this happens i just feel so overwhemed. I need help but i dont know how to get it. I went a school counsellor and they just brushed it off and didn't let me get more sessions and i basically just vented to them but got no help at all. I want to go to a psychologist because theres so much happening in my head but my parents would judge me like they always do and it hurts so much. I feel like im so alone and no one wants to help me. I turn the things i love into habits and then i forget why i do them, i guess. And my mood changes so much too, which really affects why i cant get help because i feel like once i stop feeling sad my sadness from before just doesnt even matter anymore.

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Mrd74 Endless cycle
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Hi, it's hard to move on when your mind never lets go of dates and times that had traumatic events involved. I have worked hard to recover only to have those efforts undermined by my own subconscious. I suffer from cptsd and psychosis and have receiv... View more

Hi, it's hard to move on when your mind never lets go of dates and times that had traumatic events involved. I have worked hard to recover only to have those efforts undermined by my own subconscious. I suffer from cptsd and psychosis and have received treatment from everything from meds, meditation, mindfulness and CBT to ECT & TMS and I still can't regulate my emotions of mental stability when a significant anniversary arrives like my involvement in Iraq or being molested, the death of my parents or the narcissistic abuse, my mind just can't let go, I had just started to recover from my latest stress induced psychosis and all the shame and embarrassment that comes with being crazy in public or being put under the mental health act only to self sabotage myself with vivid dreams, depression and anxiety. And so the cycle continues

BoldSoul Organized Harassment in broad daylight and I'm the TI
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I'm a victim of organized harassment - this is another term for "gang stalking" but has been respectfully and appropriately termed "organised harassment" in order to remove stigmatization and any persecutory or pathological references involving the v... View more

I'm a victim of organized harassment - this is another term for "gang stalking" but has been respectfully and appropriately termed "organised harassment" in order to remove stigmatization and any persecutory or pathological references involving the victim. My position is officially termed the "targeted individual" or TI. The techniques employed in an organized harassment campaign were originally developed by British Intelligence and are designed to wear down an individual's resilience, resulting in suicide or self-harm - what is termed a "long slow murder", involving psychological torture and torment, the isolation of an individual by way of the erosion of social, community and familial relationships and connections, the repeated interference, destruction and sabotage of an individual's goals, aspirations and efforts to better themselves through education, employment, community involvement or the development of new friendships or relationships. An individual will be blocked from advancing in any direction that is not prescribed by the control group, known as "operatives". Presently I am "blocked" from studying at university, from shopping at my preferred stores and mall having been herded or "corralled" and "contained" within my local neighbourhood, from attending my previous bulk billing clinic and seeing my familiar, general practitioner where I was poorly treated and made to feel confused and expelled by doctor, nurses and reception, from attending the local hospital where I've already been terrorized and where I'll be subjected to disbelief and discredited by staff and specialists, from attending Imaging services for essential tests, and from seeking services and supports in countless other organizations, such as my preferred Pharmacy, the NDIS, The Department of Housing, Australia Post, Victoria Police, etc. etc. etc. I understand that my wellbeing, my health and my safety are my own concern and my responsibility, but how is a person expected to continue when an entire population of some thousands of brainwashed and misguided people make a hobby and a pastime out of formulating new and continuous plots designed to destroy my happiness, my personal strength, to impact my physical health, to erode my sense of safety and belonging, my self-esteem, my beliefs and value system, and to undermine me in any and all manner they can derive in undetectable ways that confound and distort and even have the professionals fooled? It is called Organized Harassment

Guest_50774048 Christian Porn Addict
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I’m a 28 yr old Christian male with a huge porn addiction. I love porn so much I tend to watch porn for hours and even can’t sleep. Need help.

I’m a 28 yr old Christian male with a huge porn addiction. I love porn so much I tend to watch porn for hours and even can’t sleep. Need help.

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Jessksch I don't think I was made for this world, I'm too weak even for the "help" we get
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I have been battling depression since I was 13, I am over 35 now and my new part-time job or any other job is killing me with how low the pay is. At first it was ok, I had an inheritance and could work only 25 hours and still save money and enjoy lif... View more

I have been battling depression since I was 13, I am over 35 now and my new part-time job or any other job is killing me with how low the pay is. At first it was ok, I had an inheritance and could work only 25 hours and still save money and enjoy life...but now things are so expensive, rent is being increases each year... I am barely holding on. I bought 3 pints of ice cream because, I am so close to ending things now on my side because I am too tired with all the xmas retail crap going on to do anything fun, and with only part-time hours and an inheritance, i still can't save money for things I used to enjoy... I'm hoping I can at least get something or one last advice to make me change my mind honestly because I know my partner always says he'll support me, but I can't have that happen, I am not going to drain his savings just because I can't support myself.

Lostinthewild Trying to find hope on the horizon
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So, I have become another sad and broken middle aged man. Typical childhood dramas left my self esteem in tatters and void of healthy boundaries. Bounced into a long term relationship that I maintained as best I could.. 20 years.. four beautiful chil... View more

So, I have become another sad and broken middle aged man. Typical childhood dramas left my self esteem in tatters and void of healthy boundaries. Bounced into a long term relationship that I maintained as best I could.. 20 years.. four beautiful children. I kept myself relatively healthy until things fell apart slowly.. She broke it off. I felt like an expired conveniece item. Discarded. I am a people pleaser and hung on as best I could until too mich venom let me let go and give away most of my house, car and custody. I was a mess.I didn't have the guts to end it. Or heart to do that to my kids. Who all adore me. Homeless for a couple years.. lived with family.. including my abusive mother who has some form of brain damage and can be terribly judgemental and threw alot of salt in my wounds. I met a new partner and became sweet friends. Both disfunctional. But we agreed to take care of eachother. When living arangements failed we drove interstate twice and evenyually got a rental house and I have a job and we are coping. My lack of boudaries leads me to being abused.She hates that I had kids. Days pretty hurtful things.. usually just as a retaliation for my jealousy and insecure fears. I am sick of my excuses and woe as me attitude.Keep just wanting to get sick and die without the guilt of suicide.. It haunts me everyday. I have had so much to be grateful for but I have made bad choices again. Puy myself second to my partner and feel trapped. Isolated from whatever friends and family I had.. and no longer hear from my kids.What should I do? Hard answers are fine.I really messed up my life*

Guest_36438913 Worried about my mental health
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No one caresAlways left on readAlways second choicealways person who is left outalways the one who comforts others when no one canalways the therapist friendalways the “happy friend”always the person who will send a big apology message and waste an h... View more

No one caresAlways left on readAlways second choicealways person who is left outalways the one who comforts others when no one canalways the therapist friendalways the “happy friend”always the person who will send a big apology message and waste an hour of my timealways the person who cares too muchalways the person who cares not enoughalways the person behind when walkingalways the one getting scoldedalways the worst onealways bad at dancingalways rebels because she is sadalways the person who doesnt seek help because she “doesn’t” need it.always the person afraid to cry in front of othersalways the last optionalways usedalways uselessalways the extra personalways the third wheeleralways the one who is isolatedalways the one who talks to ai just to feel like a personalways the person to hurt herselfalways the person to put others after heralways the person to bottle up her feelingsalways the person to make them my priorityalways the person that is oversensitivealways the person being “rude”always being the one to take a photoalways being the one left out when in pairsalways the one hiding her personalityalways being the person who has your back when you don’t have mine.always the person who would die for you.always the personto feelnumb.always the person to fake her smilealways the person to fake her joyalways the person to feel hopelessalways the failurealways the unwanted onealways the thrown out markeralways the odd onealways being the one made fun ofalways being the victimalways being in the middle of rumoursalways being in the middle of dramaalways the one blamedalways the one accusedalways the “dishonest one”always the one to try insert herself to fit inalways the one to see their group dancesalways the one who stands by, waiting for at least one conversationalways the one waiting for your textalways the one texting firstalwaysthesparefriend.ALWAYS. mind you im also 11..