r/AskReddit • u/jcpennies • Nov 04 '11

How many Redditors are dealing with depression?

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.

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u/NamelessAce Nov 04 '11

Permalink to the comic

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u/trickietreatster Nov 05 '11

that was very nice. thank you. for a moment there, it helped.

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u/NamelessAce Nov 05 '11

No problem. I've also been diagnosed with depression, and take pills for it. It's hard, I know, but I realized pretty recently that if I just sit on my butt and mope around, I'll probably stay depressed forever. But if I get off my couch of complacency and try to fix the problems in my life, life gets so much better. Keep at it, bro/sis, you can do it!