depression memes

Ah yes, another beautiful Monday on Planet Earth! A lot happened this weekend. The Josh Fight. The Oscars. The waves of existential dread on Sunday evening. That's all well and good, but today is a new day, and it's a new week. And we want to get it started right. By sharing dank memes, relatable tweets, and other dumb images that are intended to improve your mood. 

Decades ago, futurists predicted that by the 21st century, technology would make a shorter work-week possible. They imagined an efficient world in which workers had more leisure time and less stress. Boy oh boy, how wrong they were. Their optimism was pretty precious, though. Nope, instead we work harder, longer hours and get paid less. For anyone who's severely fed up with the daily grind, these painfully relatable memes are just for you. If you get the urge to tell off your boss in a fit of rage, take a deep breath and scroll through these memes first. We're here for you. 

Winter 2019/20 was pretty rough. As a sufferer of seasonal depression (NYC baybay), that's pretty par for the course. The lack of sunlight, the frigid cold, and the convenience of being able to have anything delivered turns into a very dark self-induced nightmare. But every year I remind myself that it's temporary. Well, that wasn't the case for the rest of 2020. Those antisocial and agoraphobic habits translated well to isolation, but my mental health never improved. It just got worse. 

While the next winter wasn't quite as bad, there's really no escaping that annual ennui. But with Covid-19 cases plunging, vaccinations being administered, and the city opening up, I was hopeful for the summer. Now that it's here, I realize that was wishful thinking. The side effects of the pandemic are still present. The newly busy streets have instilled anxiety and misanthropy in my heart. And while having a drink at a real bar certainly helps to quell the nerves, I'm still not my normal self. And from what I can tell from my near-problematic internet usage, there are a lot of people feeling the same way. These memes should serve as a healthy reminder that no, you're not alone. No, you're not "broken," and that in time, with perspective, you may just start to feel better. Keep yer chins up, and hopefully by 2025 things will feel at least a little more normal.

2020 has not been a good year for people who already suffer from depression and anxiety. Imagine feeling worried and alone your whole life and then a literal plague hits. Not cool. Others might be experiencing dark feelings and moods swings for the first time because of the state of the world, and we totally get it. We've got a big bunch of painfully relatable memes and tweets about living with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and general misery. If you've ever been stuck in a dark, mental rut, then these memes will surely resonate with you.

Ah, Monday. Everyone's favorite day of the week. It's cool because you get to spend half of Sunday dreading the next day instead of actually enjoying it. Which, honestly, would probably happen even if we were unemployed. Why? Anxiety. Depression. It's hard. Coping with the crushing realities of life and death ain't easy. Wrestling with the ways in which we do our part in a capitalist society. Panicking because we don't really understand what the hell we're doing. While we all experience this to a degree, we all have our own unique struggles. Sometimes we cry in a cocoon of blankets in a dark room for hours on end. Sometimes we have panic attacks and require a soothing Xanax. And sometimes we kind of need both. Most kinds of these crises, symptoms, and feelings are covered in this gallery. It's like a Pu Pu platter of pain, baby. And god we hate that we relate to it.

Life is a funny thing. We're conceived by people who may not want to be parents at all. We don't consent to being brought into the hellhole that is planet Earth. And we're expected to struggle the whole way? While we know that our complaining from the internet inherently suggests privilege, but damn. This shit sucks! Juggling depression, responsibilities, heartbreak, and exhaustion really doesn't leave much room for pleasure. One saving grace is that we know we're not alone, and we're often reminded of this fact through sadly relatable depression-related memes that are so prevalent on the internet. If you're feeling particularly dejected by our mortal toiling, you may appreciate these ones as much as we do.

If you ever find yourself in an emotional rut, tired all day even though you wake up at 3pm at the earliest, hungover not from partying, but from dehydration, or restarting a show on Netflix you've already watched five times, then these memes are for you. We've put together some painfully relatable depression memes for those who feel dead inside but can still somehow muster up enough humor to chuckle dryly at some funny content. Sad souls deserve a good laugh too, and sometimes wholesome, feel-good memes just don't hit the same. 

There's a bunch of reasons why people are drawn to the comedic power of memes. Perhaps they crave an escape from the impending doom looming over the whole of humanity. Or maybe it's really not that deep and people just love to look at dumb memes. Either way, we've got you covered. 

People who suffer from anxiety can't just 'take their mind off things' like others can. It's like trying to clean a room that spontaneously produces more mess. If you're craving a break from an overthinking mind, we unfortunately can't stop you from fixating, but perhaps you can hyper-focus on these relatable memes instead of the unbearable dread. 

We're starting the second full week of 2021 and, um, well, we're not feeling so great about it. It seems as though everything that could have gone wrong has, and we know from experience that when you think things can't get any worse...they can. Here's hoping that you can enjoy a little rest and relaxation (and avoidance) with the help of these amusing memes and tweets. They - and we - are here for you. 

If you're feeling like your mental health has declined over the last year, you're not alone. 2020 really made for the magnification of depression and anxiety, and definitely brought out the afflictions in people who had previously been keeping it together. The collective trauma of this period is not something to be downplayed, but there is something to be said for laughing through the pain and relating to one another via the Internet. These memes, which may leave some people feelingpersonally attacked, are just one way to make light of and connect over our shitty shitty brains and circumstances. Here's to keepin' on keepin' it together. 

We've all been through those angsty teen phases where fluctuations in hormones bring out the cringe in us. When I was 14, my worst display of teen angst was probably hiding in the bathroom during class to write poetry about being misunderstood. These days, the internet makes it much easier to embarrass ourselves by instantly oversharing and posting deep memes about the ills of society. But honestly, we're pretty into the 'deep' pseudo-philosophical cringe. Give us all the profound joker image macros and 'we live in a society' platitudes, because we think they're freakin' hilarious. 

We've got some great examples of cringey deep posts that were shared in earnest and self-reflexive memes that satirize the angsty teen voice.

Life isn't always butterflies and rainbows. Sometimes it's sh*t and even more sh*t. If you're the sort of dark soul who is at peace with their deep-rooted pessimism and angst, then these tongue-in-cheek depression memes might hit the spot. Maybe it's toxic of us, but sometimes we like to lean into the gloom with the help of dark humor and painfully relatable memes. 

In the mood for a little variety? A little...weirdness mixed in with the usual memes? Well, you're in luck! This eclectic gallery has it all: tantalizing tweets, cursed images, and extremely specific memes about feeling depressed and music. You may not like all of 'em, but we're willing to bet you'll appreciate a few of these gems. And there's only one way to find out...

Forcing that fake smile everyday can get old real quick, especially when you feel the the big sad creeping up on you. It's totally normal to feel like crap once in a while, and when we're deep in the void, sometimes those inspirational image macros with platitudes about positivity and self-love just make us feel worse. That's when we turn to morbid memes. If you're in a terrible mood and feel like embracing the darkness within, we've got just the content. These memes definitely won't fix your problems, but at least they won't undermine your pain.