My very first anime was Cinderella Monogatari. I don't think it's well known, but it has been broadcasting in my country when I was a child. It was before I knew that there exists something like anime but I really love it, watching it is like coming back to childhood reply
I am diagnosed with depression and anxiety. Anime or manga can help just as a distraction, like many people here said it. I try not to watch it as much as before because my work/studying is piling up on the side and that just puts more stress on me. But watching Natsume Yuujinchou and Mushishi gives me solace before sleep sometimes. Going to the gy...... reply
I never formally tested for depression but from some online quizzes they said I got mild one. I used to read manga to kind of 'cured' it or you can say to distract myself when I was lonely anad got nothing to do, but lately I got too picky and hard to find a good manga.
I always looking for yaoi, romance with bits of intrigue, a long lenght (not o...... 1 reply
My depression has been going on for 4 years and I’ve also had a constant cycle of suicidal thoughts and still do. I still need to get help but I can’t as long as I’m with my family. They don’t understand me. So I have wait until I’m older to get help. Anime and manga were my escape from reality. In the meanwhile I’m not really recoverin...... 1 reply
It was a snowy day,I was in college back then and we were setting in a cafe with a view, no one was there because everyone went home as it was really cold and snowing.. he told me: I want to tell you a secret..I said: ok tell me..he said : first you have to close your eyes, when I did he kissed me, it was my first kiss,tasted really sweet and emoti...... reply
More often than I'd like, especially in the last couple of years, I've felt apathetic and indifferent towards many things happening in my real life. Sometimes, that apathy delves into depression. But reading has become my Go-To when I need something to validate that I'm normal and can still feel empathy.
Usually when I'm not feeling so good, looki...... 1 reply
Actually Ive been diagnosed having mental illness since 2 years ago. And I hate the fact that I am still alive everyday. Escape? Yes sometimes its feel good when u absorbed to something and forget that ur body is still in the real world. But sometimes it doesnt work too so I am kind of escaping from those feeling in extreme way but dont ask for it....... reply
I don't know if I'm depressed or just feel terribly sad and regret or things like that. But yeah these past few days I've been feeling so worst that I ever had this kind of thought to end my life. But then again, maybe, I'm still burdened by family or my sins so I cannot do that, lol. I wanna go out but when I went out, my mind wandering everywhere...... 1 reply
I've developed depression in middle school and all throughout high school, until my senior year. So a good portion of my school life was burdened by self-loathing, depression, and consistent suicidal thoughts.
The best way I can describe it is living on the edge of depression by a rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland. You retreat to that edge when ...... reply
