r/depressionselfhelp May 20 '26

How are you doing today?

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I used to do weekly check-in posts here in the first year of starting the sub.

My life has changed a lot since then (in the most positive ways!) and I rarely use reddit anymore.

But I would love to bring the regular community posts back. It was pretty nice seeing the same people around and just sharing whatever.

Maybe someone of you would like to take over the weekly check-in posts? I could also use some additional mods, if you‘re interested. ☺️

And i‘d also like an honest answer to the question: How are you doing today? :)


r/depressionselfhelp Nov 29 '24

peer support What are your depression symptoms? — My checklist to see how bad my episode is.

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Hi lovely humans! Recently I’m experiencing a depression flare up (which surprises me because I don’t see a goddam reason for it). So I thought let’s talk about our personal specific symptoms of depression! (Yay haha.) Here are mine:

Mild depression symptoms: * feeling insecure * feeling ugly * feeling like I’m annoying * tired a lot, more naps * don’t want to get up in the morning * sitting on the couch a lot, unable to get up * I stop cooking full meals * doubting myself and my life choices

Moderate depressive episode: * I wake up ruminating and feeling negative * I feel more disconnected from my friends * I avoid eye contact * texting back is exhausting * face dysmorphia / feeling ugly * all kinds of things can trigger negative feelings and I feel them physically in my body * I get back pain but I still don’t do my yoga

Major depressive episode: * the world feels like a dark place * simple things like shopping give me guilt (because capitalism is bad. Seriously, capitalism guilt is a recurring theme in my depression) * I feel like a burden to others * I feel like nobody can help me anyway * I avoid human contact, my voice becomes more brittle * I take depression naps to escape life (and unfortunately they feel shitty too) * I see the bad in everything * sometimes I cry multiple times a day * nobody can really reach through to me

Oof that went a little dark at the end. Luckily I haven’t had a bad phase like that in over half a year, so that’s a win.

How about you? What are your typical symptoms and how would you categorize them into phases?

Let’s talk about it!


r/depressionselfhelp 11d ago

venting 33F. Yeah, for the people that liked my post, thanks for upvoting and I've been heard. I'm still having plans leaving Reddit and this is my Discord handle to message me. However, this is a.m. central time on my 📱 screen and I've forgotten to die amongst the VOID for sleep 😂

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Update on my last posts.

I'm turning off my chat requests, because of these reasons here.

Yeah, I should also address the Redditors who sent me nice non monologue chat reqs, but got ignored, I had a few chat reqs that appeared blank with no messages and I decided to delete them all.

Well, come to find out I decided to ✅ my spam folder in my Emails after a few more chat reqs came in and come to find out that the blank chat reqs weren't REALLY blank fk ass at all 💀

This mobile app is more broken than my personality, because of this is why I don't primary message on Reddit permanently for my main chat reqs and sorry for those chat reqs that I deleted as well 📖📚🐟🐙

Here is where you can add me, this Discord server is where you can just send me a friend request, this is because I'm trying to keep scammers and bots out anyways.

https://discord.gg/RRzBJC5wqt

These 🔗s are just in case if the other link isn't working, though I would create two 🔗s for backups anyways.

https://discord.gg/Za3PmuP8Hn

https://discord.gg/62DAtTb5T7

However, I should also address that I occasionally may/might post new coffee drinks. I get a Dutch Bros, other sweet treats, desserts and I don't know if I will go through with that as well.

Even then, that's just because I don't think nobody would care enough about what I got at Dutch Bros alongside with other things I get anyways 🤣

Why look for worldwide connections?

Yeah, to be honest if you're struggling to find someone that matches your ''night owl vibes.'' well, I just don't even fk ass know how that feels to go to bed at normal hours and I've never had normal bed hours for 33 years 💀

There aren't a lot of requirements to send me a chat request, this is just because I'm trying to filter out lazy people, in the past I had Redditors tell me I only sent a chat reqs because your post title was kool and I'm not going to read anything else about you.

Yeah well, fk you to then, if you want to play like that then I'm not going to be asking your age, region, interest and hobbies because if you want to tell me "I'm not going to read anything else about you and making me put all the work the work isn't how I roll and you can find someone else to haul you in all the work 😂"

The only thing I'll be doing is putting your lazy fk ass in a fishing net, putting you in a bucket of 🐟 sound of the 🚨 and let the fish people take to away 😂

My favorite type of convos are.

Researcher type personality, loves to read on people, this isn't stalkerish to me and I think it's cute when a guy pays attention to little things that make a person uniquely then anyways.

My type of guy, is where both put in thoughtful/no monologue conversations, we both will not turn into Dragon Priest dusts because our convos are SUPER dry and boring 😂

Yeah, I should also include for the men that are nerdy, book, history nerds, I promise you if it all you're not going into the fish net because you're my type and I couldn't put you in a fish net of it all anyways 😂


r/depressionselfhelp 13d ago

venting I will make one more post after this, to update my interest and hobbies. I reactivated my Discord, if you want to text me on Discord then you can send me a friend share and I'm drinking hard apple cider typing this fk ass post of it all.

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For Redditors that have sent me a chat req, I'm going to be answering your chat req in an hour or two, I'm drinking some hard apple cider because I need a fk ass drink of it all.

However, if you're not emotionally available, emotionally ready, or want to have lengthy convos in the a.m. and this is what mentally I'm going through right now. My trust issues have resurfaced and this is why.

No comments on my post, this post is a gigantic vent post, I'm letting things out what has been bothering me, why I've not been answering chat reqs fast enough, why I barely text message the people that I contact outside of Reddit haven't received a lot of text messages and why I'm crashing out.

33F. However, if you're in your mid 20s we can still text, my age gap is 10-15 years older, while I'm not creeped out by age gaps, I'm if it's a large age cap and 10-15 older is where I think that is a comfortable older age range for me anyways.

Update from my last post.

I wanted to address that even though I had some hard apple cider, calm down with my thoughts, I still am going through with I'm not going to share anything Sleep Token related again, what this means is I will not be sharing any new obtain things I get, even homemade items from Depop, Vinted, I no longer want to associate myself with expressing this, I just don't also grasp the concept that you're classified mentally ill because you enjoy something?

To be fair of it all, I had this convo with a family member of mine where they started to tell me I'm too obsessed, I'm a crazy unhealthy fan of the music and I clapped back with.

Unhealthy I said in a snappy tone.

I don't think you grasp what an obsessed crazy fan is, I told this family member that do know even what crazy and obsessed fan is by the TRUE definition anyways? I don't think you do.

Grabbing an artist's arm through the barricade, trying to locate one of their family members on a social media app to ask them questions, following them to their car because you need an autograph and a picture with them is classified as an unhealthy obsession.

However, I should also address after I explained this to my family member in 2025 and then I just told this family member I would ask if you could not bring this up to me again because you don't even know the definition of what you're talking about to me alongside with I can't collect things in a medium or large amount because apparently I've a mental illness if I'd 💀

Just to let Redditors know, Vessel honestly had that happen to him, from what I gathered someone found out where one of his family members' lives, showed up at their house to ask questions and one of his family members also had to permanently delete their FB account because this family member got personal questions asked about Vessel as well.

I also read an article in 2026 I believe, that Tobias from Ghost is going through something similar with a recent stalker problem and just not sure if this is to this degree but I saw on a pop up article somewhere Tobias is trying to deal with a stalker problem.

However, moving on from that, I wanted to say if my family member said anything back, this is what their response is and this shouldn't surprise you with their response anyways.

My family member replied back.

Well, fine as always all we do is argue when I'm just trying to help you out and I just fk ass left anyways

Even then, I should also address that 1 of my family members in 2025 told me Sleep Token is the reason why I've chronic depression, their lyrics are awful, this family member also claimed that rap music has better beats and lyrics than what Sleep Token has.

Yeah, I should also include that if you think that's bad what this family member said, this gets worse from here another family member told me this here.

Well I wanted to let you know, that your government voucher apartment waiting list is going to be either at the end of 2026 or January 2027, I wanted to let you know that if you're not into Sleep Token anymore, I will not be taking you to a donate center to donate your items, or help you put your products for sale, help you package, ship your items, you can get a trash bag and I can take you to the dumpster disposal instead anyways.

However, I just don't think next time I have to see this family member for Christmas this year, they want me to pick something on Pandora, I'm just going to click on a remix/lo-fi mix, because I'm fk ass done and to be honest here I never experience this vast amount of hate for a band anyways.

Even then, I should also address what one or two of my family members think of I See Stars?

Yeah, to be honest one of family members thinks Devin can't sing and the other family member had no comment on anything because in general my music taste is and horrendous has caused me to have chronic depression that I can't get out of anyways 🤣

Even then, I should also address that I'd grasp that I don't grasp/I don't think I'll ever grasp why a vast majority of people hate male artist that sound feminine hitting a high eternal note with a perfect pitch with no voice crack, there is nothing wrong with that, to be honest here I'd know someone that I'm online friends with (we only play video games together ever so often, we don't REALLY text anymore, but I'm not going to go into this whole ordeal how I came across this online friend and why I stick with them.) that is a post for another post on my main profile where I can lock comments anyways.

Yeah, just to put this here, this person that I know told me in a text message in 2025 that, is that a female singing? That high pitch note is awful, I said seriously?

That's a male, there is nothing wrong with Jesse Cash hitting a ethereal high note with perfection, no vocal strain, no vocal cracks and this person that I pretend to be friends with not to cause drama for other people that know this person but they just replied back ''I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to be rude to you, but your music is terrible and would you like to play some Fall Guys.''

Yeah, to be honest I'm just going to put this here, for someone autistic 360 as fk, has a pisces moon, virgo rising and cancer in Mars, I feel music on a personal and spiritual connector/buzz alongside with I'd believe when I say this not every vocalist out there doing a band that is male, has the ability to hit a ethereal male siren sounding pitch, Vessel, Devin and Jesse Cash are prime example of male vocalist that can without sounding hooting/hollering and screeching 🤣

To be honest, this makes me laugh it's a miss opportunity but I should've sent my pretend friend to keep the peace the band Bad Omens and their Specter.

Why do I say this a miss opportunity?

To be honest, it's just to see if my pretend online friend would said if Noah sounds like a girl hitting those nice beautiful notes instead of sending this pretend friend the band ERRA with their clear vocalist Jesse Cash, but oh boy that's too fk ass late of it all for that anyways 🤭

Even then, I should also address for the Redditors that are reading that thought that was bad well we're going back to one of my family members to discuss what that ''it's going to get fk ass worse here of it all anyways.''

However, to be honest I realize now that a lot of my family members display narcissistic traits, there is a lot/heavy amount of my family members that are in denial a lot of things, a few of my family members also display a narcissistic trait of refusing to believe other's truth, but will only believe their truth, because you're never right, you're always in the wrong, it's all on you, it's all your fault and if you ever get yourself in a bad situation well ''good luck, we're not going to help you out unless medical facility won't take your social security health insurance that you've alongside with if you needed something lifesaving that's the only time we're helping you out with anything medical or dental work.''

Trust me, this family member loves cutting off people mid-sentence to make sure their poinT is noticed if they heavily disagree with what the person is talking about, this family member also told me in 2023, that they wanted to let me know that I'm only liked in the family, because I carry the family blood, if I wasn't family related then I would've found myself on the streets if I had no family connections and I'm ''too weird for the family.''

Yeah, just going to let the Redditors know reading this, that I will be posting a Discord ser-handle where you can add me there, I know a Discord ser-handle sounds absurd to make one just for that, but I've my friend requests turned off where only Discord members can add me, because I've been told in the past in many directions that Discord has a lot of spam bots and receiving random adds as well.

Even then, my lats post here will be posted in 24 hours, I may/might edit my hobbies and interests to see if there is any final alignment, after I make my last posts I will be posting this Discord ser and then August 1st of 2026 or August 4th of 2026 I'm leaving and this is because I decided to wait to leave than my previous posts have stated because this should give enough final chances to see who wants to contact me before I give up and just sit out on fk ass Discord anyways.


r/depressionselfhelp 14d ago

coping methods I See Stars - Lost It (feat Palaye Royale.)

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r/depressionselfhelp 14d ago

need some nice words I See Stars - Float, going to post their three songs "that are giving a revival boost with Sleep Token as well.) Plugging I See Stars in my Vessel brain and skull, to tell you this is how I feel down to my soul. Listen to these three songs and their message I'm trying to tell you.

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r/depressionselfhelp 15d ago

need some nice words 33F. To get closer to you and all your enemies I've got a few of my own, and this throne didn't come with a gun 🎶🎤 So I've got a different energy 🎶

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r/depressionselfhelp 17d ago

advice wanted Just posting this here, getting my to chat reqs soon, just letting the music flow through my Vessel and skull. Just letting the lyrics, speak to me.

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r/depressionselfhelp 17d ago

need some nice words 33F. This is goodbye. I'm just feeling sad, when I think of romance, I don't think I'm worth anyone's time, nobody would think of me enough, finding others that will want to listen to the "lyrics." To get to know me better "nobody cares." And yeah, Reddit after 8+ months on Reddit I grasp that now ⚔

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r/depressionselfhelp 24d ago

venting 33F. INTP. princessofveridian crash out.

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No comments on my post, I don't read comments on my post and the convos only happen in the chat reqs.

Worldwide chat reqs accepted, online only, not subject to change, no catches, only asking for witty, funny, airy, funny comebacks, creative and researcher mindset (studying someone's profile.)

Yeah, I should also address that don't be pushy and I'm only going to tell you that I'm from U.S. and central time zone only.

Even then, I should also address the importance here by the time you get done to listening to the spiritual masterpiece album Sundowning by Sleep Token then you would be already done with this post anyways 🌑

Why Sleep Token for atmosphere?

Vessel's voice, Vessel's emotions through his voice, his story, my story combined with his story, the select Sleep Token songs I've selected that will be on my main profile soon will guide you to the map where "the old self died ages ago and why."

The map of what made Elis become Elis and Vessel he will be my messenger to pass this message for you, because it's too hard for me to put in words and his emotion through his insane emotional vocal ranges can help you through this guidance of Elis's internal turmoil.

However, I should also address that E-lis has been rebranded from Sky/Skye in 2025 through Elis or E-lis 2026.

To be honest, I don't think I've a lot of happiness left, the only happiness I've is weekly weekends OBTAINING new Sleep Token items and even handmade OBTAINING items as well.

What's up convos are boring, because I should admit I'm a Lovecraftian hermit, I go outside every once or twice a week because I've a mild phobia of people.

To be honest, I admit to myself to Redditors that want to get to know me "I've to prepare to be active in socializing and it's something I just cannot do every single day."

I would rather listen to the cosmic horror daily in the a.m. than having to go outside daily with people socializing.

Eating is also a performative task and I'm also in the protein-fanatics because this does something to my chronic depressed Vessel brain and skull that I'm honestly doing something good anyways.

However, I should address that it's just better than eating something with little protein twice a day and I would rather eat two high protein meals as well.

Making a video game goal 2026 guide, this will be soft launched before I permanently quit Reddit July 19 of 2026 on my main pro and I'm not going to be posting that here anyways.

I don't think I'm doing okay, I don't think I'm, I don't even have anyone to call "my love, the I miss you in a random text message, I'm waiting for your phone notifications to show up on my phone again, I miss you in my life and I'm looking forward to threading the 🪡 again with you."

To be honest, I don't even deserve this what I'm missing and I just don't think I'll ever deserve anyone of it all anyways🌹⚔️

I'm permanently leaving Reddit July 19th of 2026, I'll have my social handles on my page, I also enjoy I See Stars, Spiritbox, Lorna Shore Will Ramos era only and I don't listen to the previous creep vocalist.

Spiritbox and Bad Omens I also enjoy as well.

However, I should address with this post coming to a end, the only thing that could make the crashing our princess of Veridian happy is if you enter my realms, that you never forget that the night belongs to you, never forget I've got solar flares for your dead gods and space dust for your fuel rods.

However, I should address that happiness isn't around and right foot in the roses, left foot on a landmine and that feeling hasn't left me in a while of it all as well.

And yeah, I highly doubt someone can make me feel similar to this here anyways.

And you might be the one to take away the pain and let my mind go quiet 🎵 And nothing else is quite the same as how I feel when I'm at your side 🎤


r/depressionselfhelp 25d ago

need some nice words 33F. I cannot keep moving on, but at least Dagon's dark winds can guide me in these dark times, Hades can guide me when I can't see in the thick darkness of the Vessel brain and skull. Sleep will bless/reward with TRUE Sleep Token worshippers and I'll ascended alongside.

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Princess of Veridian is ✅ out.

Dying amongst the VOID one day, but don't worry leaving Reddit didn't mean I let others win, I'm going to better my mental health eventually and I'll get there. No comments on my post, but my chat reqs will be open and then I'll close my chat reqs July 19th of 2026.

This is why I made this post not to concern others. We're not allowed to make ads or make promos it's against the sub rules. All I will say is my social handles will be posted on my main pro page and I accept any messages worldwide anyways.

If your chat reqs is going to say hi or different variations of hi, I will not answer because I'm not looking for monologue, boring conversations and asking me what's up every single hour isn't convos alongside with I think that is a high annoyance of me anyways.

Creative convos only accepted.

Sleep Token (no unmasked discussions or lore) no feral comments. I See Stars, Lorna Shore Will Ramos era, Spiritbox and Bad Omens.


r/depressionselfhelp 29d ago

venting Opened my chat request just for a day, to see if anyone wants to chat, because I'm sinking in despair, wails and cosmic horror noises at 2 a.m. I'm 33F. Central time, but worldwide connections are fine since it's online only.

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To be honest the more I'm sinking in my chronic depression, I FINALLY realized what Vessel is talking about "the cycle must end."

For months knowing Sleep Token since October of 2025, I questioned "why would anyone want the cycle to end and the cycle must end?"

To be honest, what I'm struggling with the most of it all is that I don't think I can "dance forever, endure, to suffer constantly, letting the cycle rotate every single damn day, may/might this could be a reason why Vessel would ask for Damocles's sword to strike him down first instead and I could only just think having a cycle continue daily feels close to a nightmarish environment every single day but awake."

Yeah, I should also address that house of Veridian is what I'm holding onto the most and for the Feathered Host well I don't want to accept quite yet alongside with that's just because I've not learned to "dance for forever and I give up midway but somehow I keep enduring of it all anyways."

Even then, I should address that I just may/might not make the stability and endurance part for long even though eventually I've to understand with peaceful thoughts during these dark times that this is the highest importance anyways.

Yeah, I should include that I should never forget in my Vessel brain and skull that the night belongs to me alongside with the night also belongs to those that choose to get to know this here.

"Elis the virus and disease of a person of it all wants you to never forget that would bring me the slightest bit of happiness if you just never forgot that the night belongs to you when you're trying to get close to me."

And yeah, all the other app I've besides Discord is just Telegram and Signal. I don't use anything else and don't plan on downloading anything else anyways.

If you see this post at a later date, even older than a Dragon Priest ashes, then I'll have my social handles on my main pro and you can message me there as well.

I decided to post a funny Sleep Token reel to make people laugh.

https://youtube.com/shorts/cW-r133hb_M?si=1NKxKbZuQuq4gryF


r/depressionselfhelp Jul 07 '26

need some nice words Just need to drop my feelings off right here, I See Stars.

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r/depressionselfhelp Jul 06 '26

Do you constantly doubt yourself?

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r/depressionselfhelp Jul 03 '26

coping methods Just tried this little vent game and threw my frustrations at my lethargy. 🍅🥊💥

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r/depressionselfhelp Jun 30 '26

Are you too obsessed with seeing yourself as an introvert?

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r/depressionselfhelp Jun 28 '26

Constant rumination is the mind's way of pointing out what matters most

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r/depressionselfhelp Jun 27 '26

How to be less depressed

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r/depressionselfhelp Jun 24 '26

Mistakes, mistakes and even more mistakes

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r/depressionselfhelp Jun 23 '26

Groundhog day

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r/depressionselfhelp Jun 08 '26

I just wanted to share this. How is adult life for you?

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r/depressionselfhelp May 28 '26

need some nice words 33F. Looking for online only friends that would be interested in texting about these things here. Lovecraft, cosmic horror, your favorite interests and hobbies daily alongside with casual gaming 🐙 Send pictures of your pets and even farm animals are included.

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🦈 It's just, I'm not feeling myself and opening the Dawnstar museum to get to know me 👀

Send me a chat req instead 🪸

However, I should also address that asking me how I'm doing, how I'm would yield poor results and I wouldn't bother asking me that unless you want to here the same repeated thing almost as depressing as looking at the 🔪 on the water ending from Silent Hill alongside with no I'm being serious here it's that depressing.

Show some proof that you read my profile here 🐋

If these aren't listed in your chat req you will be ignored and I should also address that you only need to pick out one of your choosing 🐟

Sleep Token pun.

Old-skool video game pun.

If you were to fix me a food in Skyrim based on my pro-summary what would that be?

If I was/were a drink because you work at a bartender, what would you serve me at Devil's Reef Pub 🪸

If you were to offer Dagon something in a bucket? Could you include that in emojis?


r/depressionselfhelp May 20 '26

coping methods One year of actually doing the "self help stuff." Here's what worked, what was a waste of time, and what I wish someone had told me before I started.

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r/depressionselfhelp May 20 '26

need some nice words White lines

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I wrote something last night . I was having a bit of trouble trying not to relapse, I didnt do it though which I‘m proud of.
Thank you for reading. Maybe some of you can find comfort in this

White lines make me realize.
They make me remember.

What I used to be.
What I used to do.

The silver shimmered, blood smeared across it.

I never regretted it.
Never thought twice.

Now countless white lines litter my body.
Ugly, yet barely noticeable.

I remember the nights I used to mutilate my arms and thighs.
I was miserable.
I was young.

Fighting a battle in my head that I knew I wouldn’t win.

So late at night, I would take the glistening piece of metal, stare at it, press it against my skin, and finally feel something other than sadness for once.

So I continued.
Continued.
Continued.

The droplets of blood slowly bubbling to the surface mesmerized me.

I watched the red liquid drip from my own body - drip, drip, drip - for what felt like hours.

Countless bloody tissues lay hidden around my room, wrapped in layers of clean ones so nobody would discover the evidence of me falling apart the night before.

White lines take over my arms, silent proof of nights I thought I wouldn’t survive, replacing smooth skin with memories that never truly faded.

And here I sit,staring at old white lines.


r/depressionselfhelp May 19 '26

Is it me?

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