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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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Dollie Pressure
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Hii angels, I understand pure joy is one of those rare things that you can't just find you just come across it.Yet I barely have any of those happy moments either.I look like I do, constantly smiling and laughing, making jokes.But its never genuine, ... View more

Hii angels, I understand pure joy is one of those rare things that you can't just find you just come across it.Yet I barely have any of those happy moments either.I look like I do, constantly smiling and laughing, making jokes.But its never genuine, it's more like an act and performance.It's exhausting hiding my emotions from everyone.The pressure constantly feels like it builds up and it feels like I have nobody to cry too, to lye on their shoulders and talk about my struggles my real raw emotions.I've perfected this mask, this performance and act.I could cry in the school bathroom for hours and minutes then walk into 6th period smiling and laughing.Crying at night, wanting to die, not in the casual way people just say easily, in the way that I genuinely write goodbye letters and wonder what would happen if I die.There's things about me that people can't understand and stories that I had that no 12 year old should go through.But for now nobody will nothing my tear stained eyes.The ones that hold betrayal, anger, anguish and this ambigiuous pain that nobody my age will understand.As I'm crying writing this, already waiting for tomorrow where I smile and joke with my brother, ask what's for breakfast, I know nobody will understand me and see the mask slip.Notice the forced laughter matched with my emotionless eyes. -Dollie

Mario_Sonic I'm Looking For A Girlfriend
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Hey everyone. Liam here. I'm 20, soon to be 21, um, the reason I'm posting here is, if anyone doesn't know, I've been trying to get more friends, and after a long time of debating, I realise now that I want a girlfriend, to date, but NOT to have sex ... View more

Hey everyone. Liam here. I'm 20, soon to be 21, um, the reason I'm posting here is, if anyone doesn't know, I've been trying to get more friends, and after a long time of debating, I realise now that I want a girlfriend, to date, but NOT to have sex with. I want to make that very clear. What I want in a girlfriend is I want someone to hang out with as a very close friend, sort of like my male best friend, I want this girl to be able to come with me to family gatherings or when we visit family, I want someone chatty but also gentle, soft and sweet at the same time, and finally, and this is the most important one, I want to be able to receive hugs from this girl whenever I can.

Guest_17977777 losing hope in myself to do well
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im currently in high school, and i really love science and would love to become a doctor. last year with my chem tests, i did decently, not up to my usual standard, but above average and not bad so i was fine with it (chem is an elective). last term ... View more

im currently in high school, and i really love science and would love to become a doctor. last year with my chem tests, i did decently, not up to my usual standard, but above average and not bad so i was fine with it (chem is an elective). last term i was extremely proud of myself as i studied extremely hard and it paid off since i got the highest mark in my course. i was really excited for the next test and i studied really hard in hopes to make my teacher proud of me and make me proud of myself. i was truly confident when i entered the test. i was confident when i put the answers down. i got my mark back, and it was 20% lower than average. i tried to play it off when my friends asked, but i avoided eye contact and kept saying reassuring phrases such as "i'll learn for next time! i read the question wrong!", but when it was time for lunch, i went to the bathroom and cried so hard because i was really disappointed in myself. my big final chem exam is coming up and im losing hope of even wanting to be a doctor. worst part is the mistakes i made in this test were all the same reason as the ones i lost last year. i feel like i cant improve and i feel even worse when classmates around me are doing better when im not. i mostly hate that my teacher thinks i cant improve either

Guest_10532 Uni failure
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Whilst it’s not official yet I look set to fail one of my university subjects. If I fail I have to retake but course isn’t available until start of next year. Does anybody have any advice on how to get through this period and what I can do between no... View more

Whilst it’s not official yet I look set to fail one of my university subjects. If I fail I have to retake but course isn’t available until start of next year. Does anybody have any advice on how to get through this period and what I can do between now and then?. I’m desperate for it.

JohnJohn Changing Degree, woes about general young adult living
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Sorry if this reads like a rant but I’ve been the most stressed in my life for the past few weeks. I have recently decided to switch out of engineering because I hate (and frankly not that good at) the technical cad/math side of things. Up to this po... View more

Sorry if this reads like a rant but I’ve been the most stressed in my life for the past few weeks. I have recently decided to switch out of engineering because I hate (and frankly not that good at) the technical cad/math side of things. Up to this point I had never really thought about my career, I’ve always just had the plan to go into engineering since I’m ok at maths and science (at least at a high school level). I think I was stunted since I could cruise through schooling without having to study while still achieving good grades. Every career path I look into is either going through periods of low hiring or are going through drastic changes due to ai (idk if it’s just recession market or it’s going to be like this forever). I was potentially looking at accounting or data science but both of those industries seem to be in the gutter for entry level due to offshoring and ai. The only career that I could see as enjoying and has ok job prospects are geology or social work. That excludes the matter of me graduating at 23-24 while my peers are already years into their careers. All of this accumulates to me feeling like a bit of a failure, wondering if anybody has similar experiences or words of wisdom, I’m desperate…

Guest_59056682 Am I unlovable?
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These past few days, my boyfriend and I haven't been doing well, Ive been struggling a lot with my anxiety and my overthinking because of the health issues I've been going through, so I asked my boyfriend if he still wanted to be with me and he said ... View more

These past few days, my boyfriend and I haven't been doing well, Ive been struggling a lot with my anxiety and my overthinking because of the health issues I've been going through, so I asked my boyfriend if he still wanted to be with me and he said "I don't know, I had a realisation about our relationship last night and I don't know what to think about it.", hearing that made me really scared so I asked him what he realised and he said "I realised that I'm not scared of losing you. In my past relationship, I was terrified of losing my girlfriend but with you, I just don't feel that way." He says that he still wants to be together and doesn't want to break up, but how are we going to work if he isn't scared of losing me?? My whole life I've been the one worrying about losing people and nobody has ever been worried about losing me. Am I just unlovable? Am I just good for sex?

moody-_ahhhhh does money actually buy happiness?
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maybe, i contemplated this the whole winter break but as my issue is that neither of my laptops are in good condition i feel it can because i can go to the technician near my uni to troubleshoot. i want to dispose my older one and for my current one ... View more

maybe, i contemplated this the whole winter break but as my issue is that neither of my laptops are in good condition i feel it can because i can go to the technician near my uni to troubleshoot. i want to dispose my older one and for my current one to get fixed.

pigeonsniffer wildlife conservation
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hiya!! im very passionate about conservation (especially birds) and was wondering if anyone else was too? i have struggled with friends my whole life, not has one lasted, so i’m trying to build that again but with more likeminded people. so if ya wan... View more

hiya!! im very passionate about conservation (especially birds) and was wondering if anyone else was too? i have struggled with friends my whole life, not has one lasted, so i’m trying to build that again but with more likeminded people. so if ya wanna chat with me about birds (13-16 pls!!!) feel free too!! (ps i absolutely love pigeons and doves)

Tan779 Hopeless
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Hi there, I’ve think that my mind wasn’t in good condition. Sometimes, I scared of myself because I don’t see any future in me. There’s no kind of life I’ve dream since I know that I wasn’t planning to live this long. Should I check on psychologist? ... View more

Hi there, I’ve think that my mind wasn’t in good condition. Sometimes, I scared of myself because I don’t see any future in me. There’s no kind of life I’ve dream since I know that I wasn’t planning to live this long. Should I check on psychologist? It’s getting heavier inside my brain 🧠

Gorblitzer Is it too late to change schools?
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I am a year 11 student, about to enter term 3. Despite this, I am friendless, very lonely and feel alienated at school. I go to a private catholic school, with a pretty small cohort so I am already acquainted with essentially all of my peers, and I h... View more

I am a year 11 student, about to enter term 3. Despite this, I am friendless, very lonely and feel alienated at school. I go to a private catholic school, with a pretty small cohort so I am already acquainted with essentially all of my peers, and I have tried incredibly hard to fit in, to no success. I do not feel as though I fit in, so I am looking to change schools. I’ve brought this up to councillors and my parents, where I’ve then been told to simply just ‘wait until uni’. I don’t want to wait until uni, I am sick of being told to compromise my own emotional and mental health to stay at a school I don’t even like. Of course, there is a more impending problem if I were to change schools, that being my upcoming ATAR results. As far as I know, changing schools won’t actually do anything to affect my ATAR, but the adjustment period might affect my results. I want to do well regardless but I’m so tired of my current environment and want out so badly.Thus, my question; Is it too late to for me change schools without affecting my final results upon graduating?

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