Depression

I have PTSD, which overlaps quite a bit with depression and anxiety. When I was younger, I had a dream of creating comics myself, but my mental and physical health issues have worsened to the point where it's difficult for me to concentrate on anything or sit in one position without intrusive memories or physical pain kicking in, so I read manga as......   reply

I got depression i high school. Probably because of stress, pressure from school and so on. My school was very strict and i hated it. It got so bad that every time I went to school i got fysically sick and i needed to go home. Around that time i started to watch anime and read manga. It really helped to put my mind off school and try to feel better......   reply

I suffer mild depression (i.e. I have my episodes every now and again). This week was particularly bad, I got rejected from a University I really wanted to go to, resulting in my family being extremely disappointed with me. I broke down in front of my tutor today, and started crying for no particular reason when she said I was still struggling with......   reply

I kinda have depression, but its not as bad as others. I just get attacks for like an hour or so somedays, but it leaves. Manga has helped me, mostly shoujo, action, adventure and sometimes romance, but as everyone is saying its just a distraction. It helps me a lot tho, since my attacks are short, but its not the best always. The one that helped m......   1 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

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