What r/depression is talking about this week

Everyone is pro-mental health until the person is irritable, negative, pessimistic, etc. Like sorry I was beaten, homeless, and abused during my most formative years. It’s kinda made it difficult...

I thought I did everything right. I got a good job, I went to school. I made good money, and was fortunate enough to retire at 39 thanks to a successful military career. I built a foundation for a...

I look around and sometimes people seem like NPCs to me. Or maybe they’re just lucky in a way I’m not. Because HOW?? You have a good job, a stable relationship, a nice house, wonderful kids and...

I’m 40. I have no friends, no glimmer of a significant other, I hate my job and I’ve been taking care of my disabled parents my entire adult life. I have only felt happy a few times. I expected to...

My life is going downwards, I'm doing horrible and terrible... But nobody notices or intervenes. I feel helpless everyday and just lay in Bed 40% of the time I'm awake. I feel so broken and nobody...

It's not like something suddenly happened. It's a very simple story. I'm almost 40, and I'm in the exact same place in life I was 20 years ago. I've spent my whole life running away and hiding...

Anyone else not actively plan for the future because you didn't think you'd be here that long? As a preteen I didn't think I'd make it past 15-16, as a teen I didn't think I'd see my 20s. Now as a...

I never had a family I could really call a family. I’ve always been introverted and couldn’t make friends. I’ve never had a boyfriend because I couldn’t trust anyone. I don’t have the social or...

Is it true that when someone is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, their phone is taken away, their personal belongings are searched, and they may even be asked to undress down to their underwear?

I 24M am so sick of being lonely, depressed, and stressed every day. I rarely leave the house on days I don’t work my shitty fast food job. I make $11/hr. What woman would possibly want to date a...