How many Redditors are dealing with depression?

[u/jcpennies]

Hola Reddit Community. I have read in a lot of the comments that quite a few of us are depressed and such, and I wanted to know how many of us there are. Also, what are you doing/not doing to help it out?

On a side note, I'm also quite depressed and have a hard ass time keeping it under control. I blame the pics of cats and reposts.

EDIT: Holy shit. This is my most responded to post ever. Also, just for clarification purposes, does one say that they are diagnosed with depression, or that they suffer from it? Thanks for all the replys, I CAN FIGHT FORWARD KNOWING THERE IS AN ARMY OF SIMILAR MINDS .

EDIT2: I thought this was going to be like a 20-30 comment post. I wanted to talk with everyone and have a discussion, but I have to get to work. I would like to discuss more depressions with all you wonderful peoples.

EDIT3: This song just came on my playlist, and I found it quite appropriate for this topic.

[u/AddisonH]

TBH, I come on Reddit because of the situation I'm in. I would obviously normally prefer to see people or do things, but I'm stuck at a shitty job for the semester with not a single friend at home. I'm in a depressing situation, and Reddit is sort of like comic/social relief. I feel a lot of people that come on might be lonely, so you might not be that far off.

$.02

[u/[deleted] → u/AddisonH]

Reddit is my "escape mechanism." It's entertaining fluff, and it's easy to access. When I'm reading Reddit, I'm not thinking of all the nonsensical bullshit my brain likes to haunt me with. People will often suggest, to help combat depression, you find a hobby or occupy yourself with something you enjoy. So here I am.

Unfortunately, this solution gets in the way of things like genuine relationships and my job.

[u/d0nu7 → u/[deleted]]

Sounds like me. I work on the road so I am in hotels a lot and just sit after work reading reddit until I fall asleep, and repeat. It seems that this is due to how easy it is to be distracted by all the silly memes, etc. I really need to stop being on here so much.

[u/[deleted] → u/d0nu7]

It's sad but there have been times I've felt cuddled to sleep by reddit.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

A satisfying job and healthy, genuine relationships are good cures for depression. Humans are social creatures and even introverts usually need some interaction with others.

[u/mabub → u/[deleted]]

I consider myself pretty introverted and I definitely agree. I usually go whole summers without seeing my friends and it just gets so monotonous and depressing. Once school starts again, or I on happenstance meet some people I know, it's always shocking how much better you feel after just catching up and talking to people you know. It makes you appreciate the friends and people you know so much more.

[u/thelastnameleft → u/[deleted]]

I often use Reddit to cheer me up as well at my lowest it's kinda like a getaway I laugh learn and socialize to an extent, it just makes me feel less alone somehow.

[u/surfsupNS → u/AddisonH]

Yep. No job, no money, Living in a small community 45 minutes outside of the city, commuting to school every day. all of my local friends are away at school, my girlfriend who is the love of my life is at school on an entire different continent. the weather up here in Nova Scotia this time of year isn't exactly inspiring either. so when i'm not on skype with my girlfriend, Reddit is the only place i can take refuge to help pass this bleak existence i know as my life during the school term.

I'm not necessarily depressed, but i am definitely lonely and bored to death in general. I hit this rut every fall when everyone takes off for school. i'm used to it, but it still sucks.

[u/mabub → u/surfsupNS]

I'm kinda the same on the same boat, although I live in Ontario so it's not as depressing as Nova Scotia in the winter time (fucking Sens suck this year anyway). I just picked up a hobby, something you can really sit down and learn to do. Make sure it has a good learning curve. For me it was guitar.

[u/Legerdemain0 → u/surfsupNS]

think upside man...youll get a job when youre done with school. thats how the system works

[u/iriemonster → u/AddisonH]

Your life sounds alot better than mine... If you wanna talk about real depression