BG Confessional

[Koyangi]

The definition of empathy in action.

[Lokus]

Sometimes you need someone to shit on some noobs, tell a fart joke, or write your name on their thigh to show you things will be OK and that your late parents are still looking down on you smiling.

[Koyangi]

I truly cannot comprehend when I see someone tell a celebrity/athlete/actor/author/streamer/WHATEVER that “I was in a bad place in my life and you SAVED me!”

Like, I’m super happy that person got out of their rut, even if I don’t get it—props to you—but I cannot fathom being depressed or whatever and then watching a movie or see a touchdown or hear a song and being like “bro you saved my life with that”. What?

I understand admiring someone because of their skill level or how they entertain you but I couldn’t imagine enjoying something so much that it pulled me back from the edge of darkness like a lot of people claim happened for them.

Sometimes you need someone to shit on some noobs, tell a fart joke, or write your name on their thigh to show you things will be OK and that your late parents are still looking down on you smiling.

[Milkster]

I truly cannot comprehend when I see someone tell a celebrity/athlete/actor/author/streamer/WHATEVER that “I was in a bad place in my life and you SAVED me!”

Like, I’m super happy that person got out of their rut, even if I don’t get it—props to you—but I cannot fathom being depressed or whatever and then watching a movie or see a touchdown or hear a song and being like “bro you saved my life with that”. What?

I understand admiring someone because of their skill level or how they entertain you but I couldn’t imagine enjoying something so much that it pulled me back from the edge of darkness like a lot of people claim happened for them.

Robin Williams was beloved and seen as the face of happiness for millions then he kills himself after suffering from depression. If you can be that well known and beloved and still want to end it all then maybe me as an average person isn't alone. It also reduces the stigma of whatever they're open about.

It gets weird when people joke about or demonize others for sharing videos of them legitamitely crying or being emotional online. Then when someone in their life has a full breakdown, they're shocked or wonder why that person wouldn't come to them for support. Well they heard how you shit on others and made mental notes never to trust you with their problems.

[NynJa]

I said I worked retail for 8 years, and y'all stanned the guy who tried to dunk on me for that fact. You're no saint.

[Milkster]

Was it because you worked retail or because you were being loud, wrong and obnoxious about something. It was definitely the latter

[kuronosan]

ITT, judgmental people telling each other to stop being so judgmental because in their judgmental opinion they're terrible.

[NynJa]

Was it because you worked retail or because you were being loud, wrong and obnoxious about something. It was definitely the latter

[archibaldcrane]

Robin Williams didn't just have depression, he had Lewy Body Dementia.

[Demosthenes]

I truly cannot comprehend when I see someone tell a celebrity/athlete/actor/author/streamer/WHATEVER that “I was in a bad place in my life and you SAVED me!”

Like, I’m super happy that person got out of their rut, even if I don’t get it—props to you—but I cannot fathom being depressed or whatever and then watching a movie or see a touchdown or hear a song and being like “bro you saved my life with that”. What?

I understand admiring someone because of their skill level or how they entertain you but I couldn’t imagine enjoying something so much that it pulled me back from the edge of darkness like a lot of people claim happened for them.

Depression isn't logical and tiny spark of light at the right time can save a life.

[Gadritan]

Depression isn't logical and tiny spark of light at the right time can save a life.

This.

It usually comes down to the right song, comment, gesture, etc at -just- the right moment to snap someone out of making a shit tier decision.

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[Zealot]

Robin Williams didn't just have depression, he had Lewy Body Dementia.

The worst of the Duck body dementias.

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[Anoat]

I guess I’ll just count myself fortunate that I’ve never found myself in that kind of head space

[Andalusian girls]

the notion connecting with a song or a youtuber etc will 'save' someone from clinical depression or what have you is basically bullshit. people get the blues, that type of connection can make real suffering easier, but life-threatening mental illness? nah man life ain't a Hallmark movie. takes year of dedicated and exhausting effort to piece yourself back together after you fall apart, and in my own experience and the experience of those around me it never came down to a song. hell it never comes down to just one moment at all. folk try to pattern reality after big movie moments but that ain't how real and not trendily palatable mental illness works.

[Andalusian girls]

there's a reason the addicts speak of a rock bottom that initiates the slog towards sobriety not the T Swift song that saved them

[kuronosan]

The fuck? Words of a song can be life saving whether direct or placebo.

Not all therapy is 12 weeks of talking. Sometimes removing one kink can give someone insight. It's not total bullshit.

It often is though.

[Demosthenes]

Saving and curing depression aren't even near the same thing.

[kuronosan]

Saving and curing depression aren't even near the same thing.

Uh, they're quite deeply related. Let's not get into semantics.

[thetruepandagod]

100 gecs and coke saved me.

[Day]

sometimes i hear a song or read a forum post and want to kill myself so really media has a bigger impact than you would think