Depression

Well lot of people say "you have to try to overcome it" but to me, is ok to "not be ok", that is life, I always say that no matter how hard or miserable my life is as long as I get to feel happy one hour per day, or even just 5 minutes per day I will be able to live every day of my life being happy, not the whole day but it still count as every day......   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 think no need to explain that dark feeling can be cleared only by another human being. it's only recipe for recover the real problem of these feelings - loneliness. it's difficult to find 'your' person, but just believe - somewhere he/she is and wants find you as well. keep strong!   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

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

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

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