depression

Depression fluctuates, but the best thing to do, personally, is not to let it bring you down (I can mentally see people slap their keyboard at this comment). I have on-and-off bouts of depression usually caused from…let’s say varying circumstances. Having friends who have gone through severe depressions, containing but not limited to self-deprecation, cutting, drinking, attempted suicides, smoking, sexual prowess, co-dependency (all that fun junk) I’ve learned to enjoy the little things. One personal recommendation: do not smoke or drink to deal with depression. Abusing substances to feel happy creates a crutch, and you begin to associate these crutches with happiness. Find your own way to feel happy that doesn’t involve endangering yourself or others. Take a walk, read a book, watch a damn good anime, and when you’re happy, laugh off the fact that you were depressed, maybe if only for a second, maybe if only for a moment. Depression will be there, but it to shall pass.

To qoute a monkey that gave me nightmares since inwas 17. "Ahh yes the past can hurt, but you can either run from it or, learn from it" But yeah. De.press.ion. ain't fun. Just like going to a prom in a trailer park. PS. Don't do that.

For me, its a relief you can say. It's like how gamers play games to relief stress. Anime is a thing that draws me out of my reality for a moment and focus it somewhere else. How I view it is its a constant battle to be motivated and doing something productive. It tough getting out of the bed and not feeling fulfilled. How I was able to reduce the severity of it is to force myself to do something productive like exercising can help.

lol this is very true now that i think about it, i started watching alot of anime and playing online video games when I had some serious problems in my personal life, it was the lowest point of my life, so i guess anime and video games gave me a chance to escape my reality and fall into a different world. But eventually I had enough of it, I hated my life, so I had to stop running away from my problems and face them, thankfully life is much much better now, life truly is what you make out of it, and now these days i rarely watch anime or play video games because im always busy focused on trying to achieve my personal goals

my doctor diagnose me severe depression but people dont think I have it because I always seem so happy but they don't know the real me.

I feel as if whatever anime I am watching, and even any novel I read, my emotions are guided by the main character of whatever series as it were. For instance, I was watching Parasyte this morning, and afterwards through a combination of no sleep without my usual caffiene, I began to feel quite apathetic towards a bunch of silly reasons, like why the hell is this guy in front of me driving so dang slow?! But back on topic, There are many animes which I've watched which has alleviated my depression, but then there are some which make it worse such as MANY Visual Novels like Kana Little Sister