50 Hilariously Relatable Memes To Prove You Are Not In This Alone (New Pics)
Interview With ExpertWhen our mental health takes a hit, we all cope in our own ways. Some lean on friends for support, others take time alone to recharge, and then there are those who find comfort in laughing off their troubles.
If humor is what helps you stay sane, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve rounded up some of the most hilariously relatable memes from the Instagram page How Mental—they might not replace therapy, but hopefully, they’ll bring a smile to your face.
Scroll down to check them out, upvote your favorites, and don’t forget to send them to your friends!
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I imagined that like the glass prison in Superman tumbling through space
Load More Replies...Gosh darn it! it's been mooning me all night lately.
Load More Replies...Oh yeah, big rocks in the sky totally change everything about your emotions. the only way they've ever changed my emotions were when I looked at them through my telescope. I my have a low aperture telescope but damn those rocks just seem to rocket my emotions to astrolo- er astronomic distances.
Yeah, “ Merica” who sends billions in aid to every other country on earth, with zero gratitude. 🤦♀️
PLEASE, I would be first in line!!!!! I have to take meds to sleep because I can't turn my brain off. Without them, I can't sleep. Never had a full night sleep in my life. Yes, I am in therapy.
After years of anxiety and non stop obsessive overthinking I added medication to my therapy. What used to feel like a freight train racing in my head is now a distant choo choo. It took a year to adjust and I was closely observed by my therapist. But wow it works so well. To acutally feel calm and peaceful. I am so very grateful.
Most people do 'thought-cancelling' perfectly well on their own. Let me know when they invent 'thought-AMPLIFYING' headphones. (Of course, the signal-to-noise ratio is still a big problem for too many people...)
Transcendental Meditation works pretty good at stopping ones thoughts. Regular practice calmed my constant OCD worrying problem. The challenge is like any useful activity, it requires daily practice.
One of my bosses obviously had a pair. (I mean a pair of thought cancelling headphones. The other kind of pair he definitely did not possess.)
It takes me by surprise when someone actually listens or is influenced by something I say. It feels like a lot of pressure.
If I said something then I was either teased to death about it or had it thrown back in face
Yes! This is why I stayed quiet. Until I got older and gave no Fvcks. What I wish I could tellm9myear old me!
Load More Replies...Introversion isn't being quiet. Introversion is finding social interaction draining and needing alone time to recharge.
Yes. But most people don't understand this, so folks who don't talk much get labeled as introverted regardless of whether it's true.
Load More Replies...I hate that my husband never believes I was shy and bullied when I was young. It’s possible to want to talk out loud but people keep you down. Hope you found your voice. I still struggle.
Load More Replies...Henry Rollins 'I think I know you'. Definitely worth listening to.
Next to last of 10 kids. Be seen not heard. Why don't you have anything to say?
Though it’s always good practice to take care of our mental health, there’s no better time than now to pay closer attention to how we’re feeling. Mid-December is here, Christmas is around the corner, and for many, this season is the opposite of merry and bright. In fact, 3 in 5 Americans report that the holidays negatively impact their mental wellbeing, and for those with mental illnesses, 64% say their conditions become even harder to manage.
To binge or not to binge, that is the question every day, about anything the least bit pleasurable.
You don't need to, but hyper-fixation is one of the symptom of ADHD or Autism
Load More Replies...As far as I know, I'm not neurodivergent. But, when I got a new song I liked when I was younger (under 40), I would listen to it on repeat. I'd finally reach some sort of saturation point and let it go. I still liked the song, but was no longer craving it. So, yep!
That's my life, I go from one food to the next, it drives me crazy..
Load More Replies...My daughter, she will also need to talk about how the artist really gets her every hour or so. Best thing I ever bought was noise cancelling headphones
Were the noise cancelling headphones for you or your daughter?
Load More Replies...And have planned the best route about 6 times, just to be sure
Load More Replies...Sorry the wealth vacuum controlled by billionaires is currently creating a shortage of wealth to share.
"im sorry ma'am we no longer accept genZ and millenial models as there were already too many defects in manufacturing for that brand"
Of course, the irony of struggling in moments meant to celebrate joy and togetherness isn’t lost on anyone. But that doesn’t make it any easier to escape the overwhelm—the endless social interactions, the frantic to-do lists, the chaos of crowded spaces, and the painful reminders of childhood trauma that often resurface at family gatherings.
Based on my experience, I would look at other possible causes first. Particularly things that impact sleep. I thought I had ADHD, turns out I have sleep apnea and hypothyroid which both impact sleep, and poor sleep causes similar symptoms to ADHD. Maybe I do have ADHD too, but it's hard to be sure until these other issues are relieved.
Load More Replies...Me too. I think it's due to very high anxiety levels, but I'm no psychiatrist. I do know I grew up walking on eggshells and I only remember traumatic periods clearly, everything else is a blur.
Load More Replies...Yeah.. How'd i do a hop skip and a jump from being born to 13 to 16, 19 and now im something something.. Hate flashback memories, like.. I've been to the damned khalahari and fed ground squirrels and checked my shoes for scorpions. Dont give me bits and pieces like i need t9 subscribe to premium memory
personally, huge chunks of my childhood WERE the embarrassing things, so I remember it quite well
The amount of song lyrics I can remember and the embarrassing things I’ve done are huge chunks of my childhood….oh and all the obscure facts is not helped by the internet!
With me it is always why is this taking you all so long?? It always seems I can get finished in an hour what takes people all day. With my ADD, I have to focus so hard that I do it until I am finished. Otherwise it will never get done. These people that take all day, it messes with me. Why are you wasting time???
I'm mostly 1 and I hate it, but veryyyyy occasionally I get to be 2 and I also don't like it 😅
Load More Replies...I'll wave as I pass by on the other side of the street doing the same.
Load More Replies...This is one of my grandparents. They lost a leg at some point and used their wheelchair and an old crutch as a lever to move furniture around. Until their kids took the car away they were still driving an old manual transmission Civic with a toilet plunger to operate the clutch! I aspire to be this old person later in life.
This is a huge problem for me. Cus there is a constant " I am disabled, they cant say no! i am disabled, they cant say no !i am disabled, they cant say no!" In the back of my head. I mean that is good when i apply it to strangers. Not abusing of kindness and gaining autonomy. Not so much when i also apply it to ppl close to me xd Creates a distance I don't mean to.
Still, sometimes the simplest way to support our mental health during the holidays is to laugh at the absurdity of it all—even if that means enjoying a few memes. To understand what makes it so effective, Bored Panda spoke with Dr. Charlotte Russell, a clinical psychologist and founder of The Travel Psychologist blog.
It wasn’t my parents. It was early academic success. And then I went to a pretty prestigious university. I’m scared to try. (I did order the Lego police station from the modular building collection that will be here on the 26th… This was after my parents said they wouldn’t despite me not having children and them spending for my nephews’ presents on birthdays and Xmas every year… Sorry… My own stuff. I think I just had to get it out though.)
This is very true for me. If I can't do it perfect or near perfect, why try? It's something that I'm working on
Me too, the need to do everything perfect is so strong.
Load More Replies...Its because my stadium has more hecklers than cheerleaders and those girls be working so hard already.
There' s an app like Tinder for introverts called Boo. Is this a coincidence or what?
“Our lives are often serious, boring, and quite frankly, stressful,” explains Dr. Russell. “Humor can help lighten the mood as a response to this.”
“We may occasionally use funny memes and share them with colleagues or friends to pass the time or create a sense of connection in a difficult situation,” she adds. “This can be a helpful coping strategy when used in moderation.”
Me after whispering something under my breath after fighting eith mom
I can relate to that. Did that once as a kid when my very German Mother was chewing me out about something and I muttered "Sheez! What a sour Kraut!" My dad heard it and said "Don't let your mother hear that." I then heard a very loud "Don't let me hear about what!!" from the kitchen and suddenly she appeared out of nowhere. My Dad Buried his face in his hands and I stammered out to her what I had quietly said. She chocked back a laugh and said "If that wasn't so funny I would kill you!!!". Never again.
Load More Replies...Only masochists like the night shift, work to sleep, sleep to work. The only upside is you end up saving a lot of money because you don't go anywhere to spend it. But afternoons(2 till 10) has to be the worst shift. You're just clock watching, you can't start anything because you can't finish anything and you don't want to do anything that will make you tired before you go to work anyway. It's just a waste of a week.
Sorry to disagree. The night shift made me so happy because: I don't want to interact with other people! Everyone understands why my phone is off during the day! Everyone else on shift was so cool and relaxed, much less stressful working environment!
Load More Replies...Yes, if i have an appointment in the afternoon or evening, it ruins my whole day!!
Fingers crossed I'll get the voicemail... after all, I was probably mentally rehearsing the message I'd leave instead of sleeping for most of the previous night...
depends on who. If it's my friend, I would immediately call them like 1000 more times, but if it was like to work, this is accurate
My boss once told me I have knowledge a mile wide. He didn't know I knew the other half of that adage. "and an inch deep". I was kinda hurt. Then I retired 3 years early.
Maybe he had an inch deep knowledge of adages? Could be that he only knew the first part and it was a compliment ;D
Load More Replies...The ones who jack the F out of some trades you don't identify as ADHD! Guess who is talking from experience... and suffered a lack of diagnosis because of it...
Load More Replies...Now, I never thought I had ADHD but I've made a career of that and am totally like that.
FFS! Not everything is ''ADHD'' or ''autism'' or ''neurodivergence/whatever''.
i'm more cat. i'm always down to take a nap, especially in the sunlight. i don't want anyone touching me, unless it's on my terms. in fact, i would prefer not to even speak to or see anyone i don't already know. i want to smack everything and everyone, and if it moves, i want to smack it more. i approach every situation with a wary curiosity, and if it seems like too much for me handle, i nope out as quickly as possible. i would also like to have several servants who would cater to my every need and worship me, but alas... i am not rich enough for that. yet.
I disconnected, more like flipped a switch to turn off my doorbell. It's one of the doorbells that makes an awful, loud buzzing noise instead of a chime or a ding dong. So every time someone would ring me, it would scare the ever loving shyt outta me and my cat. Now I have a sign above the bell that says "Please knock."
It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt
By not talking though, you make other people feel awkward as well
"I'd rather have a free physical bed in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy."
Load More Replies...I'm Canadian and this feels too close to home................
Load More Replies...With my OCD, this would drive me crazy. 45 minutes is 45 minutes!!! I ALWAYS have to know where, when, what, who and how!!!!!!!!!!!! Being late is a sign of disrespect!!!
I just fill carts all over the place and then never order anything. Seems to work. at least for my bank account
Load More Replies...Actually random callers have tailed off somewhat now, as I was on the verge of writing some more code for my Raspberry Pi phone blocker that woul Google the caller and tell me whether or not to answer. It already answers international calls and numbers I've told it to block as a fax machine. :D
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As someone with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, I ponder this question every day
I know how you feel. I've been trying to clean my bathroom for almost 2 weeks, but my fibromyalgia has been in such a flare that nothing has gotten done..
Load More Replies...United Healy Care is paying the bill, only so much anesthesia for 2 bucks, Chuck
For some reason this made me think of the time I asked my orthopaedist if he could do my hip surgery under local anesthesia because I'm terrified of being knocked out. No hip surgery for you madam, you are going straight to the loony bin. !
Wife recently had a knee replacement and she was awake and just numb where they worked. It was faster than the first one where she was put out. In by 6AM and out by 6PM. But she said it was weird listening to them sawing and chiseling away.
Load More Replies...I always apologize to the operating theater staff before they put me under… for what my body may do while I am unconscious and for what they may see of my body. Makes me snicker
And if you are a male, you add to that the fact that your recent blood test has your PSA levels just into the 25% chance of having prostate cancer. But the test is so inaccurate it adds a frightening uncertainty to the whole vibe. It is like someone points a gun at you and tells you there is one bullet in the barrel, but it might be a blank. The only was to know for sure it to go through a barbaric medical procedure.
you should try living through reproductive health procedures 😁 fun times had by all of us. Medicine is barbaric in general
Load More Replies...a lil bit I made the mistake of looking at a creepypasta. I fell out of bed in the middle of the night and yeah.... kinda screamed cuz I thought idk... smthn was attacking me?
Well the bad news is I have to take large amounts of xanax to combat the anxiety. The good news is it's because I have cancer so I won't have time to build an addiction. Doc literally said I have refills for life, I was worried till I realized thats probably not that long. Honestly though, at this point I,m not frightened anymore, just tired of waiting.
Bill, so so sorry for your situation; wish there was something helpful to say, but just know I’m thinking of you and praying for you, wishing you peace. ❤️🙏❤️
Load More Replies...Extroverts are like religion, they feel an overwhelming need to save you, but don't really have a convincing argument for why.
Our why is we need someone to listen to our endless stream of babbling and nod. Otherwise we look crazy.
Load More Replies...My now best friend just came out of nowhere and started treating me like her best friend and it was really weird and annoying for little introvert me. After three months of being horrified I gave in finally. Couldn't live without her. My total opposite, I still have zero idea why she loves me 😂
I am a pseudo-extroverted introvert. I’m a preacher’s kid… so it became my coping mechanism.
When I was in fourth grade (~10yo in U.S.) I had a teacher who wrote "see me" on my papers in school. Then I had to wait until she had time to sit down with me, whereupon she would interrogate me about why I answered the way I did. I'm in my 50s now and that s**t STILL don't fly. You want to talk to me, talk to me. Otherwise, keep that s**t to yourself.
Those were awful. My 2nd grade teacher used to do that 💩. "Please see me" or any variation sent me into a spiral.
Load More Replies...Or the dreaded “can I ask you a question?” You just asked me a question and I did not like it, I don’t want the next one.
Just so it's known, 1. the workweek used to be 12 hours a day the whole week for most workers. 2. the 40 hour work week was designed with the assumption that men had a wife at home to do all the house chores.(1920's) That is not the case today, if you work a 40 hour work week and do all the housework, you're doing the work of two people, not one
Nevermind that your job is probably doing the work of at least 2 people.
Load More Replies...The left book is the manual for understanding men. The book on the right is the manual for understanding women.
yes, and because we lack the informatipn, we are scrued
Load More Replies...i am imagining Doom slayer drinking a glass of water and going for a nice walk
Used to have a friend who would invite people over. Then when they got tired would just go to bed. See yourself out.
Talk radio heard at a slight distance (the next room, outdoors) will drive me to a murderous rage
Load More Replies...yes, it most certainly does count as noise. My shrinks office is big and they play fake a*s bird and nature sounds. I have to wait outside. It sends me into a pain spiral. Which makes me so angry!
Load More Replies...That bedroom looks pretty tidy so yea just stay in there and avoid it all
Got a mild anxiety attack yesterday when I got a text from someone asking me if I still had a book they lent me and I was sure I had it (because why wouldn't I?) but I HAD to go to the other room to make sure, but I didn't want to get up because I was busy sinking into a pit of impending doom
Unless someone says to stop because wjat you're crying over is stupid 👁
It's the getting to sleep at 4am when you're sure the freezer just gurgled something satanic.
@Matt.... I don't know why but your comment made me laugh out loud.
Load More Replies...When I bought fitted sheets with "deep pockets", I stopped having this issue.
I’ve got a deep fitted sheet and suspenders and my corner always pops out! I must flap in my sleep like a fish out of water.
My corner ALWAYS pops up eventually, even though my wife has repeatedly showed me a trick for preventing it.
That damned corner...just stay dammit. I've also tried queen sized on a full to help but it just looks weird.
They have these little elastic straps that help secure the corners.
Load More Replies...I don't have the patience to fight with fitted sheets on a regular basis. I started putting a separate sheet over my mattress to leave in place and swap out a fitted sheet on the mattress topper. Way faster to change and less daunting of a simple task for when motivation only wants to lie in bed.
My dad yelled at me all the time about this. My ADD and OCD was not diagnosed until I became an old lady.
I wish I had learned to sail. I had opportunities at camp, but never signed up because I didn't already know how to sail. Wth
This is wild. Why is everyone relating this to music? I can’t read music so I played piano (and guitar at one point) by ear and my dad got mad at me. He plays many instruments badly. I stopped playing because I got tired of being yelled at.
I mean they literally said they would "stop at nothing". Oops, there's nothing right there. Time to stop.
Hey, five minutes is impressive. My record is more like 30 seconds.
Take a walk outdoors. Become a volunteer at an animal shelter. Eat organic.
Then u feel bad for complaining because this is the best its been and others have it worse
But just because others have it worse doesn’t mean we should stop trying to make what we have better.
Load More Replies...A social worker friend gave me a coaster that says," Well, well, well. It looks like rock bottom has a basement". And as low as I was, it really made me laugh.
So your coasters have pictures of a well on them?
Load More Replies...I refused to feel anything for many years after my divorce. My therapist is showing me that having emotions is the only way to rid my PTSD.
I hope you're ok. Accessing those feelings after time spent not feeling is rough. Be kind to yourself.
Load More Replies...Facebook is worse. I swear I've deleted so many cringe posts. Blegh.
I deleted my fake facebook because it was suggesting friends and family that are people I’ve blocked from my life. Bored Panda is my last refuge.
Load More Replies...Just told this to my partner: I'm on the spectrum and have ADHD. The past 2 months I've been on new medication that doesn't seem to help and it's become very glaring how much of a mess I've become. Oh and the anxiety from this has maxed out too.
'you can't fool me, you only ask me that because you get PAID to do this!'
Do clergy go to theological school or the illogical school?
Load More Replies..."Good enough".... "OK for me".... "I've been worse".... "Still breathing"
I've always liked "acceptable" or "satisfactory"... Along with "living the dream" and "same shît, different day"
Load More Replies...I don't actually remember what it's like to fall asleep naturally.
A lot of those people who fall asleep quickly suffer from depression.
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh It's kinda overwhelming, but Hey! Lemons make lemonade Flowers bloom in the rain Growing up is a pain, and it is what it is Okay! It's not the end of the world There's always light where it burns Just remember the words, and it goes like this It is what it is, what it is, what it is, what it is It is what it is, what it is, what it is, what it is
I saw an old film the other day that contained the lines "I have to go, I forgot something at home." "What?" "I forgot to stay there."
An introvert was invited to a costume party. She told the hostess that she'd be coming as Amelia Earhart.
When you turn 70 you fear the end will come too soon.
Load More Replies...just a reminder that if you buy coffee every day for a year at an average price of $5, you spend $1825 dollars on coffee. cutting coffee out of your life or making your own if you need it can save you almost two thousand dollars. take the money saved from not buying coffee, invest in an index fund like the s&p 500(average interest 6.5% after inflation). adding $1825 every year with the equation for compound interest modified for the extra $1825 every year(n=1 since its annual so I removed n from the equation)(t is years) A=(1825+1825t)*(1+(0.065/1))^t after 10 years you would have $37,683 dollars, after 20, $135,043. The balance would cross 1 million after 41 years. The amount you would have spent on coffee over those 41 years is $74,825. Also, the 1 million is 1 million dollars in todays money, the annual rate of the s&p 500 is 10%, subtract 3.5% for average inflation which was already accounted for in my original equation.
Things suck right now. Let people aqueeze what little joy they can from life.
Load More Replies...There is a double intranda (no I can't spell and spell check couldn't even figure it out) with the drawing looking like "John."
entendre. And I usually can't spell so I was excited to actually know!
Load More Replies...The trick is making sure that the stable is cleaned out regularly.
Apparently, that's actually where the phrase "hold your horses" came from...you're getting out of control, and you need to try and be more stable
Sometimes I dread going to therapy. I just don't want to talk, but afterwards I am glad I went.
Your therapist is glad you went to therapy too. They have that sail boat payment to make every month.
Load More Replies...Every time our brain recalls a memory it alter it a bit. So all of our cringe memories from our past that keep popping into our heads are really delusions that are far from reality.
Sometimes crying helps. Hormones get released that can modify brain chemistry.... Sometimes
I've had folks tell me I get along with people well. Little do they know I DON'T WANT TO!
What fresh AI Hell is this? They're floating & their hands are terrifying.
AI would do a better job lol. This is poor editing skills.
Load More Replies...damn it i cant give the answer i want my charisma level is too low i need to level up
I sleep the best after a really strong cup of tea right before I go to sleep. No strong tea, no sleep 🤷🏻♀️
Yk it does nothing is the only middle ground and I'm there. *Drinks coffee* mmm. Jitters. No energy, just jitters.
I'm little miss it's Monday and the caffeine hasn't kicked in and I have no idea what I'm doing while simultaneously doing like five things at once and I need a nap because I couldn't sleep and I hate fluorescent lightbulbs AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHGHSKDKSJHDLJH
Perhaps they are just driving the sad bear around the town until it feels better?
Load More Replies...Your 20's are the years you want to have fun and see the world, but then realize it costs money for both.
I swear I don't speak the same language as those around me. "The sky is blue" i'm sorry did you just say the grass is peridot? Because we weren't discussing the grass. "No no I said the sky is blue" Well now you are just being silly, no one mentioned dogs.
It's some kind of comfort knowing this doesn't happen to me alone
Load More Replies...Ouch -- SO close. Why can't they say "do I understand it right that..." and then demonstrate actually TRYING to understand while recognizing communication is a two-person job.
Load More Replies...FOBI -- Fear of Being Included. Don't worry if you've never heard of that; I just made it up. Lol
Argh! Psychiatrists, to mom of a 2 yr old looking to restart her meds: "but you're not in school. These meds aren't for parenting you know." Like, which does he not understand the most - ADHD, or toddlers?
