17-Year-Old With Depression Asks r/RoastMe To Roast His Photo So He’d Have A Reason To End It All, Internet Responds
Depression has no face, so recently one guy from Russia decided to show his, for a chilling reason. Recently, u/MufasaQuePasa posted his picture to a subreddit called r/RoastMe, a notorious community specializing in saying the nastiest things about people they can think of. “17-year-old Russian with crippling depression,” he wrote. “Give me a reason to end it all.” Surprisingly, this time was different. Everyone went against community rules, trying to explain to the guy why he should keep on fighting. Continue scrolling to check out the heartwarming responses that will restore your faith in humanity. At least for today.
The story went viral on another subreddit called r/Wholesemememes as well
Nobody living with depression wants to die, they just want to stop feeling pain.
I really hope so. It's not me, but I have family members battling mental illnesses all their lives and sometimes they've mentioned suicidal thoughts. One of them self-submitted in a hospital because of this once. Now they seem better, they are taking their meds, but the mental health care here isn't very good - just sending you to psychiatrist and giving you strong meds, no psychological counseling or something like this, so they are left to cope with all the strange things that go through their minds themselves. They aren't 100% all right, they are a lo better, but they still have depressive episodes sometimes. I talk with them and visit whenever I can, I don't know if I am of much help, but I try to do what I can.
Load More Replies...I live near a very famous and popular suicide spot called Beachy Head, it's a giant cliff. I also used to work in the mortuary at the local hospital. The saddest thing was when people who jumped had grit and gravel under their ripped apart fingernails, from when they changed their mind once they'd jumped and tried to claw their way back up or tried to stop themselves falling. Luckily a different hospital looked after child deaths but suicides were definitely the hardest to deal with.
[Trigger warning-I don't usually warn about what I post, but this is particularly sensitive] This reminds me of a friend-of-a-friends son, local boy who hung himself at the age of just 10 yrs old. When he was found he had scratch marks on his neck from where he changed his mind and tried to stop it; but it was too late. That was over 20 years ago, just devastating.
Load More Replies...I'm so, so glad that people actually offered to help him, it shows that there is still good in the world — perhaps, another reason we all should be fighting? This world has good, this world has bad. I am being quite hypocritical since there has been more than several times when I have considered taking drastic steps, but there has been times when I'm glad I didn't. Internet can bring us down, it can lift us up. I hope he's still alive and resumes fighting again. And bless all those helpful commenters.
"I am being quite hypocritical since there has been more than several times when I have considered taking drastic steps" → That's the very opposite of being hypocritical, so, please, stop thinking you are. You're obviously speaking from experience, a bad experience that you hopefully overcame, because, as you say, the world does not suck as it seems to sometimes. Stay strong, seek help if you need, and don't let irrational thoughts take the best of you. Our brains can be such merciless trolls sometimes.
Load More Replies...I think about this every single day. I could never leave my husband and baby. But depression is a monster that never goes away.
i know what you mean. i`ve thought about ending it all for about a quarter of my life, but i couldn`t do that to my parents... stay strong!!
Load More Replies...I tried slitting my wrists when I was 16. It was a very dark place I was in. I still have the scars on my wrists. Know who's really happy I saw the blood, threw up and went to tall to my school counsellor the next day? My Baby Girl. She's 20 now. But had I succeeded she wouldn't be here either. Who would explain to your dog why you're not there to scratch his ears? I'm not going to say it gets better. Im not going to say it gets easier. All I'll say is it's worth it.
This may sound strange, but the guy should get a puppy or a kitten. Knowing another life depends on you living is a very strong motivator to live. I've been there and that has helped me tremendously when the dark thoughts creep in. Make a promise to be there for them and keep it.
According to one of the comments within the post, he does have a dog.
Load More Replies...I hope the guy living in the same building studying in the same Highschool rings at that guy's door some time and cheers him up if he can...
Don't know if you will ever see this dear boy: several times in my life I was where you are. Life was too hard, unbearable, I couldn't take the emotional pain, I have been despondent. I never went through with it for different reasons, but each time my bottom line was that it was my right to experience as much of life's joys as possible, even crumbs of happiness -- and I know that sounds weird, right? Who would want crumbs? Well, me -- I'll take as much as I can get, even the smallest bit it so worth it. No one can promise you life will be easy, but please know that life is hard for most of the 7.53 billion people on this planet. Whatever it is that causes you such deep sorrow, you are not in it alone. I cannot recommend therapy enough -- I have been in therapy for years because I need guidance. It's one of the best things I have done for myself. Please be good to your friend MufasaQuePasa. Big warm comforting hugs to you.
He posted another photo with a smiling face, thanking everyone for their response and asked to be actually roasted, and this time, he wasn't spared :D s2fi2wr7ib...766aae.jpg
in 1991 I jumped in front of a tube train in London. Luckily I jumped too soon, and lay under the train as it roared overhead. Luckily, I lived. I have had the most wonderful life since then. Met and married my husband over 20 years ago and now live in beautiful Cornwall by the sea. Life is worth living. I didnt really want to die, but I just couldn't cope with the depression and anxiety. Life will not be better if you are not here, the people who love you will be devastated. I am so glad my family didnt have to go through that. I am so happy to be alive, and try to help everyone I meet who has depression (easy enough to spot once you have been there yourself!) It gives even more meaning to my life to help others escape this cruel illness. Stay strong, people. Seek help. You ARE worth it !
Glad you made it Nancy. Thanks for writing this
Load More Replies...No one can roast your more than yourself. We are our worst enemies when we don't know how to get help.
A good friend of mine shot himself under the chin after his girlfriend killed herself byblaying down on train tracks. He sadly tried to find her knowing what she was doing and was unable. It totally destroyed him and he unsuccessfully tried to take his own life. He has scars you can see, but so many more that you cant. He is happy to be alive now but I can still see the pain deep down inside that the love of his life caused him. We are all glad he is still here, years later he is doing very well. But I know his depression is still there and I worry for him every day. He had his whole lower jaw and teeth reconstructed for some more info, he was only like 19 at the time.
In my early 20's, after the death by cancer of the only family member who actually cared that I exist, I became severely depressed. One night, i dreamed that i was taking the streetcar home after work and that I became bored with the vehicle's slow pace around a hill via a hairpin curve. Since the weather was pleasant, I decided to take a shortcut and rang the bell signaling my wish to exit. The streetcar conductor shouted, ''DON'T get off before your final destination!'' I'm 65 now and, yes, I sometimes ask myself if it was all worth it, but to quote a friend who narrowly survived an earnest suicide attempt, ''It's ALL worth it''.
I'm so glad you did--stay on the trolley that is
Load More Replies...I live in an unknown, dangerous town. I don't speak up, but wear a mask. I hide it. The one thing I cannot hide is what is in my eyes. Where I am there's is no place for help, only hell. They only want me dead. Only want to burn me, roast me. I relate to the pictured of him, and the paper. I wish I had that courage to write that. Instead I write it with my blood. Why? No one heard my cry nor plea. Some wails like mine come silent. I hope it's not to late to hear his cry.
What you are experiencing is known as paranoia. I suggest seeking professional help. No one wants to hurt you. It is merely your mind inventing enemies because it is primed to be reflexively defensive. There is a way out. Don't give up.
Load More Replies...My brother committed suicide, this post really got to me. I hope hes not to the point where even all the kindest words in the world wont change his mind. Im hoping because he did reach out, he's not there. My brother, we found out later, had his mind set and had been planning it for a while. I wish he would reached out, Im not kidding when I say this there wasnt enough room in the church for all of his friends. Fortunately Im fighting off a cold, so thats why my eyes are watering and Im sniffling.
Ignore the self-righteous comments down there. Trolls are humans too, and it's better late than never to make positive changes. And it's never to late for these to start with. I know you may come roasting me for what I replied, but I don't give a damn. I just hate it when people are bullying someone for something good just because s/he was deliberately a troll in the past. We need to give a chance to change.
Load More Replies...Reddit is a strange place... I posted a pic of myself to get confirmation about being ugly. I got a whole lot of answers, only one of them agreeing with me and then taking it back. I still think I'm ugly, but it got waaay more wholesome than I thought. I'm glad these folks responded kindly...
This is so sad :c. I also am 99% sure I have depression too :/. This is really nice of people, but there isn't exactly a "way out" of depression. Sure, therapy and meds help, but they don't actually cure anything :c. But anyway, I feel terrible about this dude. I hope he doesn't commit suicide :c.
This is probably the saddest thing on Bored Panda. (P.S. I wasn't trying to make anything worse)
Load More Replies...Does anyone know this kid social account? Id like to see how he is doing or tell him soemthing encouraging if you find out please contact me at jarretteisenberger@yahoo.com Or Instagram @jarretteisenberger Thanks!
Not sure about any other sites, but according to the post his Reddit username is MufasaQuePasa.
Load More Replies...Depression is nothing to encourage! I know, because I've been there--pleading with the powers that be to just take me and get it over with. although i've never attempted to end it all (and never would), it's hard to dig your way out of the funk. BUT IT CAN BE DONE even if it's the most difficult thing you've ever done. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. I hope he's doing better, or at least found someone to talk to about it.
This is sweet. I never thought would actually see someone like that ask to be roasted, but amazingly I'm surprised of how many people actually supported him. Guess there is hope for humanity.
Agreed. I often wonder if this is how my eyes look when I get bad.
Load More Replies...I stared into his eyes for a long time to figure him out a bit and I could only seee how handsome this boy is and the life in his eyes is not much there and... I saw myself there. and I'm crying now..........
Everyone around me look at me as a happy go lucky girl. I always laugh and smile at them. But,deep inside I was dead. I'm a failure. I'm afraid of everything around me. I'm afraid of things that will happen at me on the next day. I'm trying to stop being in pain, numb and afraid. I tried to talk with several friends that I trusted, but all they said was "Get rid of it. Be grateful for all things that you have." I don't know how to just stop. I talk with my parents about that and they said "You're crazy. You're stupid. You're just making up all those things. Stop it! " . When tehy6see me smile or laughing all they think was "You're fine. You're alright . " I know I wouldn't able to stop my depression. I started to cut my wrist and thighs. Yet, everyone say I'm acrazy. No one really see how I'm suffering with depression. It slowly kill me. Even now I'm slowly broken into pieces.
Stay here Sora. You are not crazy or stupid. There are people (professionals) who can help. I have a therapist and i go to group therapy (that took a long time). There are things I do to help with the anxiety and the sadness, and every day is a beautiful day full of people I love and who love me. Please stay and please talk to a professional. By the way, you are not a failure.
Load More Replies...Congrats Guys for showing that Humanity is not All lost... There is still Hope.
I have depression and have a friend with depression and I HATE. And I mean HATE it when someone says oh thats so depressing or oh I feel so depressed because depressed is an overused word. Then they say well what if you really are depressed? I have never heard anyone with depression say I am depressed. We say I suffer from depression or I have depression.
Speaking from a place of what is left behind after a suicide my father killed himself some 20 years ago and here I am years later and still feel the blows from still wit the unanswered question of why still was angry and then just hurt for years never being able to fully understand flash forward to having a 12 year old son who is currently battling a similar demon but I refuse to allow him to do as my father did he is getting help I will not allow my son to go thru feeling the best and only option is leaving life before it's his time period LIFE IS A GIFT ITS NOT TO BE TAKEN BY OUR OWN HANDS LIVE LAUGH LOVE it all sounds so cliche and easy for someone not battling the bouts and blows of what depression does to us but u can learn to live and live to learn
Hi, so sorry you are in the trap of depression, there are so many in your situation, some have, or will give up, a man close to me took his life and left hie children to grow up without him, he was a good man, no question, so often I think of him and it hurts to see his children without him, not knowing what help you have had, I guess nothing helped but PLEASE don't give up, cuddle with your dog if you don't have one go to a rescue group, volunteer, life is a challenge for many people, some are fighting for their life with a deadly illness, and you want to quit trying, I hope some wonderful people will come into your life to give you reason to live, I believe in prayer and say many for you, PLEASE keep trying !!!
Please don’t kill yourself, you do have so much potential, and just know that the pain you’re going through will pass, and you have a bright an wonderful future ahead of you, don’t give up on life.
I know how it feels to want to die. Keep fighting! It will get better!
When you are really into depression everything seems to turn around you like an hurricane . You don't know how to escape because the origin of all this pain is inside your head. You just fall down on your knee and at one poimt you start thinking that the only escape is your own death... and it seems so sweet to your self.
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you are the world". Keep fighting. If not for yourrself, for that one person. You are loved. And you are worth it.
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We should all care for each other because we may be different skin color,different political idea,different religion or from a different country but we all bleed the same color and you never know what someone is truly dealing with, a simple hello or a simple wave can save someone's life
I have Depression and i want to end it but i hv people who love me ..... Find the people who love u and STAY WITH THEM ...... suicidal people are angels that just want to go home
Just another sample of how the word depression is over used to express a little bit of sadness. If he wanted to do it, he wouldn't have gone on reddit looking for a reason not to. I feel awful for people actually with depression and mental illness with these people trendifying it. Give me the link, I'll fucken roast him.
It's not always like that. Even as I'm righting this, I dream of jumping off a roof and falling to my death just to end the pain, but I am going to be perfectly honest, I too have taken to the internet after I felt like my family and friends weren't listening to me. When I told my best friend I was suicidal and I needed her help, she told me to "handle it on my own." So, on Deviantart, I started venting and getting people's attention. Even if they can't do anything technically, it still feels nice to have SOMEONE acknowledge your feelings. But I do agree, when it is truly just someone being "trendy" and romanticizing something very serious, it gets me very angry as well.
Load More Replies...I tried for my depression everything I could, I begged people around me for help, even posted help me on some forums and discussions, but the thing is, no one really cares. Even those messages are just that - messages. I had few kind people to try to encourage and comfort me, but it was like one time fluke, then everyone just got back to their own lives and I was alone again. And I am 46, people tell me I look "maybe 50" which does not help at all, I live in dictatorship country with sh*t economy and no future, and yes I am single with all those adds about love and couples that keep popping up now everywhere. So, there you go, world is a scary place, I feel bad for young people in similar situation and I hope at least they will find help and get out of it.
Aw, don't give up, we can do it! I completely understand what you are going through about feeling so alone in your depression. About a month ago, I told my best friend I was suicidal and need help and she just told me to "do it on my own." As a very young person, I cannot relate to the age thing, however, if that is you in your profile picture, you are very beautiful. They are probably just jealous to be honest. 💗 As for being single, there is nothing wrong with being independent, sister! 😊
Load More Replies...The worst replay someone had to this was the one claiming that kid was joking, you never really know what going on in someone’s head, I had two friend in school who killed themselves, and they didn’t show any of the warning signs of Suicidal Individuals. I still can’t understand why they did it. They seemed happy and I never would have thought they would’ve killed themselves. To all the homophobic bullies out there, just know what you say hurts. Bullying and homophobia cost me my two best friends.
I am won that same path. I talked people got me help please never commit. It's not worth it. And I know!! Talk to someone!!
SO sad. Suicide doesn't end the sadness/pain. It just passes it on to someone else. My dad has depression and PTSD and the struggle I see him go thru each day...I wonder how he is so strong and then I see mum still standing beside him. I do have nightmares about him killing himself
Those people are right. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. He should seek help. There are treatments for depression. If anti-depressants don't do the job, there are other options like deep-brain stimulation. This is not electroshock therapy.
Who are we to try to tell someone they can or can't commit suicide. For some it's a legitimate way to end their suffering. Some people can't afford medications or doctors or don't WANT to get better...I'd never encourage someone to commit suicide but I never fault anyone either.
Sad and i hope he will se better days.These days this is a escalating and worrying problem who as usual starts with a depression and more often ends with suicide. Maybe its todays society around the world who is spinning all to fast and times for reflection on where we are going dont exist any more.
Your young there nothing bad about you buddy you got whole life ahead you end your life not the right thing to do no buddy perfect fine something your good at set your goal don’t give up
Get the man to a hospital. Suicide should not be ever be promoted. He needs help and anyone who thinks different is plain wrong.
We should all care for each other we may have a different skin,different political ideas,Different religion and from different countries but we all bleed the same color in the end and you never know what that person is truly dealing with a simple hello everyday or a simple wave can save someones life
Look at all of the people that you’re going to hurt if you end your life. You’all hurt yourself the most in the end. Don’t die now. Once I didn’t sleep for three months. I thought that I would stay that way for the rest of Don’t die. A lot of people will miss you if you do. Depression is anger built up inside of you that has to be released. You must have been holding it in too long. I don’t know you. I don’t understand what you’re going through. There must be someone who does.
Please don’t die. You’re too young and you have a whole life ahead of you. I’m fifty-one. I know from experience that life actually gets a lot better. The older you get, the wiser you get. You look so well-groomed with a perfect complexion. You are beautiful looking. If you go, there’s no turning back. I don’t know your story, but I’m sure that it’s painful. Pain doesn’t last forever. Once I couldn’t sleep for three months. I thought that I would never sleep again. I’m so glad that I didn’t end it. Pain really goes away, but it takes patience. It doesn’t happen overnight, but it happens. Hold on to your dear life. Someone loves you here.
Me thinks I'm wrong for wanting the same thing done to me. I'm such a wreck...
I hope he fights this, sometimes the hardest fight is just opening your eyes and getting through the day hour by hour. I hope someone who loves him saw his post and is with him now helping him through the first days of getting the help he really needs. To everyone living with depression and mental health issues please know that their are people who want to help and can help and God I know it can be the hardest thing you have ever done but just tell someone you are struggling. We should all be watchful of those in our lives in case they are going through this....mental illnesses although invisible can be terminal
I am 15 years old. Iact like everything's fine. I go to school, talk to friends, laugh occasionally so they don't ask me what's wrong. I suffer from severe depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, growth hormone deficiency, and split personalities. I want to end it all a lot. I've heard of double depression, where you're always depressed but there are times when it kicks in tenfold. I've cut myself 204 times. I've attempted suicide 9 times. I just want to end it all. Can I just end it all?
No, no you can't. Because we are in the same boat and I know we can make it! And that's what it's called? I have been wondering what the heck is wrong with me, but "double-depression" actually sounds a lot like it...
Load More Replies...im a ten year old girl i have a slight depression from being bullied for 8 years of my life sense i could start remembering stuff and i know how it is dont end it not here your buteful just the way you are get help dont end it sometimes i want to hurt my self so i either scratch my arms with my hands or chew the tips of my fingers off but the point is dont do it you have so much to live for and be you know matter what
As someone who has suffered from PTSD along with major depression disorder since I was a pre-teen I can emphathize with those having suicidal thoughts. I have been there many times in my past. To me suicide is a permanent solution to an otherwise temporary issue. Although sometimes people have to live with the reoccurring horrid thoughts such as I do, it can get better. With proper support systems and help you can go on to manage your mental health. Does it ever fully go away? No but you learn how to deal & cope with life a little better with each passing day. This post is a beautiful reminder to me that most people in this world are good people. Despite what the corporate media wants you to think because the media wants us living in fear I believe. We need a positive news station that showcases the good in this world that happens more than we think.
This is my second time for a comment, you said, you need a reason to give up, that's backwards, you need a reason to live, you are young and handsome and life often holds good things for us in the future, but we don't have a crystal ball, after some issues in my life, depression began, after a meeting I came home, sat down with my head in my hands, my dog came and put his head on my lap, yes he distracted me, I looked at him and said, you need a bath, that broke the spell for me, they say you are lucky to have that one special dog in your lifetime and he was the one in every way, I still miss him, I am trying to say that we don't know what wonderful things may be in store for any of us, try to find a reason to keep going, I wish I could talk to you, if you don't have a pet, as I have said before, please go to a rescue group spend time with what animal you may prefer, look into their eyes, give a dog or cat on death row,some love, I believe in Karma, please find the reason to go on,
Depression sucks! It is in many cases a lethal illness. I went through cancer with the sails flapping in the wind only to find myself later on having to try to disregard what my own brain was insisting on telling me over and over again. That, my friends, is truly frightening once you have gotten well enough to be able to look at it from a distance, in hindsight. I hope this young man will find a wonderful future waiting for him.
The father who commented about his son committing suicide calls himself "Dadofpsycho" on Reddit. Seems like a solid dude.
Nice looking guy. I am sure he just needs to meet his other half and he will be happy. Hopefully he gives himself that opportunity.
if he wanted to end his life he would have done it already. why do you need the support of internet strangers to validate your decision? as usual attention seeking idiot. there are so many people with real diseases who want to live but cant. you still have a life. get a shrink, change your enviornment, plenty things can be done IF YOU ARE ALIVE AND WILLING to put in the effort. if not, go get a rope.
you know nothing about depression or suicide. Consider shutting up
Load More Replies...get your Dr. to give you several rounds of electroshock therapy. You will come right out of your depression. Take magnesium chloride tablets. Don't take magnesium oxide, since it is only 1% bio-available.
If I had such an ugly mug as yours then I'd be suicidally depressed also. But I wouldn't moan and whine about it for attention on the internet. That's what pathetic inadequate a pussies such as yourself do. If you want it easy and painless, my brother, (on my advice), gassed himself in his car. He went off very peacefully which is just what he wanted. Having said that, my mother and remaining brother no longer talk to me. Well, they can go f**k each other as far as I'm concerned. And yes, I mean that literally.
Bruh, what the f**k? Just because I want to jump off a balcony doesn't make me a "pathetic inadequate pussy," it means I probably need help. Who knows, he might have posted it as a cry for help. I'm not going to lie, when I thought my family wasn't listening to me, no matter what I said, I took to the internet too. I hope this young man got the help he deserves. Lord knows I'm trying. And again, what the f**k!? You told your brother to gas himself!? No wonder your mother and brother don't talk to you, I wouldn't either!
Load More Replies...If anyone else is wondering why this went against community rules: "The Inappropriate Flattery Rule: /r/RoastMe is intended to serve as a platform for mocking other people in good faith, it is not a dating website where you should flirt with women who post here in an effort to win their affection. Neither is it a support group for the depressed or overweight. Everyone who posts here has consented to getting roasted, attempting to make them feel good about themselves only implies they are incapable of making their own voluntary choices and require special treatment."
"OH, you're suicidal? Well, tough. You're breaking this arbitrary forum rule and that's more important."
Load More Replies...Nobody living with depression wants to die, they just want to stop feeling pain.
I really hope so. It's not me, but I have family members battling mental illnesses all their lives and sometimes they've mentioned suicidal thoughts. One of them self-submitted in a hospital because of this once. Now they seem better, they are taking their meds, but the mental health care here isn't very good - just sending you to psychiatrist and giving you strong meds, no psychological counseling or something like this, so they are left to cope with all the strange things that go through their minds themselves. They aren't 100% all right, they are a lo better, but they still have depressive episodes sometimes. I talk with them and visit whenever I can, I don't know if I am of much help, but I try to do what I can.
Load More Replies...I live near a very famous and popular suicide spot called Beachy Head, it's a giant cliff. I also used to work in the mortuary at the local hospital. The saddest thing was when people who jumped had grit and gravel under their ripped apart fingernails, from when they changed their mind once they'd jumped and tried to claw their way back up or tried to stop themselves falling. Luckily a different hospital looked after child deaths but suicides were definitely the hardest to deal with.
[Trigger warning-I don't usually warn about what I post, but this is particularly sensitive] This reminds me of a friend-of-a-friends son, local boy who hung himself at the age of just 10 yrs old. When he was found he had scratch marks on his neck from where he changed his mind and tried to stop it; but it was too late. That was over 20 years ago, just devastating.
Load More Replies...I'm so, so glad that people actually offered to help him, it shows that there is still good in the world — perhaps, another reason we all should be fighting? This world has good, this world has bad. I am being quite hypocritical since there has been more than several times when I have considered taking drastic steps, but there has been times when I'm glad I didn't. Internet can bring us down, it can lift us up. I hope he's still alive and resumes fighting again. And bless all those helpful commenters.
"I am being quite hypocritical since there has been more than several times when I have considered taking drastic steps" → That's the very opposite of being hypocritical, so, please, stop thinking you are. You're obviously speaking from experience, a bad experience that you hopefully overcame, because, as you say, the world does not suck as it seems to sometimes. Stay strong, seek help if you need, and don't let irrational thoughts take the best of you. Our brains can be such merciless trolls sometimes.
Load More Replies...I think about this every single day. I could never leave my husband and baby. But depression is a monster that never goes away.
i know what you mean. i`ve thought about ending it all for about a quarter of my life, but i couldn`t do that to my parents... stay strong!!
Load More Replies...I tried slitting my wrists when I was 16. It was a very dark place I was in. I still have the scars on my wrists. Know who's really happy I saw the blood, threw up and went to tall to my school counsellor the next day? My Baby Girl. She's 20 now. But had I succeeded she wouldn't be here either. Who would explain to your dog why you're not there to scratch his ears? I'm not going to say it gets better. Im not going to say it gets easier. All I'll say is it's worth it.
This may sound strange, but the guy should get a puppy or a kitten. Knowing another life depends on you living is a very strong motivator to live. I've been there and that has helped me tremendously when the dark thoughts creep in. Make a promise to be there for them and keep it.
According to one of the comments within the post, he does have a dog.
Load More Replies...I hope the guy living in the same building studying in the same Highschool rings at that guy's door some time and cheers him up if he can...
Don't know if you will ever see this dear boy: several times in my life I was where you are. Life was too hard, unbearable, I couldn't take the emotional pain, I have been despondent. I never went through with it for different reasons, but each time my bottom line was that it was my right to experience as much of life's joys as possible, even crumbs of happiness -- and I know that sounds weird, right? Who would want crumbs? Well, me -- I'll take as much as I can get, even the smallest bit it so worth it. No one can promise you life will be easy, but please know that life is hard for most of the 7.53 billion people on this planet. Whatever it is that causes you such deep sorrow, you are not in it alone. I cannot recommend therapy enough -- I have been in therapy for years because I need guidance. It's one of the best things I have done for myself. Please be good to your friend MufasaQuePasa. Big warm comforting hugs to you.
He posted another photo with a smiling face, thanking everyone for their response and asked to be actually roasted, and this time, he wasn't spared :D s2fi2wr7ib...766aae.jpg
in 1991 I jumped in front of a tube train in London. Luckily I jumped too soon, and lay under the train as it roared overhead. Luckily, I lived. I have had the most wonderful life since then. Met and married my husband over 20 years ago and now live in beautiful Cornwall by the sea. Life is worth living. I didnt really want to die, but I just couldn't cope with the depression and anxiety. Life will not be better if you are not here, the people who love you will be devastated. I am so glad my family didnt have to go through that. I am so happy to be alive, and try to help everyone I meet who has depression (easy enough to spot once you have been there yourself!) It gives even more meaning to my life to help others escape this cruel illness. Stay strong, people. Seek help. You ARE worth it !
Glad you made it Nancy. Thanks for writing this
Load More Replies...No one can roast your more than yourself. We are our worst enemies when we don't know how to get help.
A good friend of mine shot himself under the chin after his girlfriend killed herself byblaying down on train tracks. He sadly tried to find her knowing what she was doing and was unable. It totally destroyed him and he unsuccessfully tried to take his own life. He has scars you can see, but so many more that you cant. He is happy to be alive now but I can still see the pain deep down inside that the love of his life caused him. We are all glad he is still here, years later he is doing very well. But I know his depression is still there and I worry for him every day. He had his whole lower jaw and teeth reconstructed for some more info, he was only like 19 at the time.
In my early 20's, after the death by cancer of the only family member who actually cared that I exist, I became severely depressed. One night, i dreamed that i was taking the streetcar home after work and that I became bored with the vehicle's slow pace around a hill via a hairpin curve. Since the weather was pleasant, I decided to take a shortcut and rang the bell signaling my wish to exit. The streetcar conductor shouted, ''DON'T get off before your final destination!'' I'm 65 now and, yes, I sometimes ask myself if it was all worth it, but to quote a friend who narrowly survived an earnest suicide attempt, ''It's ALL worth it''.
I'm so glad you did--stay on the trolley that is
Load More Replies...I live in an unknown, dangerous town. I don't speak up, but wear a mask. I hide it. The one thing I cannot hide is what is in my eyes. Where I am there's is no place for help, only hell. They only want me dead. Only want to burn me, roast me. I relate to the pictured of him, and the paper. I wish I had that courage to write that. Instead I write it with my blood. Why? No one heard my cry nor plea. Some wails like mine come silent. I hope it's not to late to hear his cry.
What you are experiencing is known as paranoia. I suggest seeking professional help. No one wants to hurt you. It is merely your mind inventing enemies because it is primed to be reflexively defensive. There is a way out. Don't give up.
Load More Replies...My brother committed suicide, this post really got to me. I hope hes not to the point where even all the kindest words in the world wont change his mind. Im hoping because he did reach out, he's not there. My brother, we found out later, had his mind set and had been planning it for a while. I wish he would reached out, Im not kidding when I say this there wasnt enough room in the church for all of his friends. Fortunately Im fighting off a cold, so thats why my eyes are watering and Im sniffling.
Ignore the self-righteous comments down there. Trolls are humans too, and it's better late than never to make positive changes. And it's never to late for these to start with. I know you may come roasting me for what I replied, but I don't give a damn. I just hate it when people are bullying someone for something good just because s/he was deliberately a troll in the past. We need to give a chance to change.
Load More Replies...Reddit is a strange place... I posted a pic of myself to get confirmation about being ugly. I got a whole lot of answers, only one of them agreeing with me and then taking it back. I still think I'm ugly, but it got waaay more wholesome than I thought. I'm glad these folks responded kindly...
This is so sad :c. I also am 99% sure I have depression too :/. This is really nice of people, but there isn't exactly a "way out" of depression. Sure, therapy and meds help, but they don't actually cure anything :c. But anyway, I feel terrible about this dude. I hope he doesn't commit suicide :c.
This is probably the saddest thing on Bored Panda. (P.S. I wasn't trying to make anything worse)
Load More Replies...Does anyone know this kid social account? Id like to see how he is doing or tell him soemthing encouraging if you find out please contact me at jarretteisenberger@yahoo.com Or Instagram @jarretteisenberger Thanks!
Not sure about any other sites, but according to the post his Reddit username is MufasaQuePasa.
Load More Replies...Depression is nothing to encourage! I know, because I've been there--pleading with the powers that be to just take me and get it over with. although i've never attempted to end it all (and never would), it's hard to dig your way out of the funk. BUT IT CAN BE DONE even if it's the most difficult thing you've ever done. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. I hope he's doing better, or at least found someone to talk to about it.
This is sweet. I never thought would actually see someone like that ask to be roasted, but amazingly I'm surprised of how many people actually supported him. Guess there is hope for humanity.
Agreed. I often wonder if this is how my eyes look when I get bad.
Load More Replies...I stared into his eyes for a long time to figure him out a bit and I could only seee how handsome this boy is and the life in his eyes is not much there and... I saw myself there. and I'm crying now..........
Everyone around me look at me as a happy go lucky girl. I always laugh and smile at them. But,deep inside I was dead. I'm a failure. I'm afraid of everything around me. I'm afraid of things that will happen at me on the next day. I'm trying to stop being in pain, numb and afraid. I tried to talk with several friends that I trusted, but all they said was "Get rid of it. Be grateful for all things that you have." I don't know how to just stop. I talk with my parents about that and they said "You're crazy. You're stupid. You're just making up all those things. Stop it! " . When tehy6see me smile or laughing all they think was "You're fine. You're alright . " I know I wouldn't able to stop my depression. I started to cut my wrist and thighs. Yet, everyone say I'm acrazy. No one really see how I'm suffering with depression. It slowly kill me. Even now I'm slowly broken into pieces.
Stay here Sora. You are not crazy or stupid. There are people (professionals) who can help. I have a therapist and i go to group therapy (that took a long time). There are things I do to help with the anxiety and the sadness, and every day is a beautiful day full of people I love and who love me. Please stay and please talk to a professional. By the way, you are not a failure.
Load More Replies...Congrats Guys for showing that Humanity is not All lost... There is still Hope.
I have depression and have a friend with depression and I HATE. And I mean HATE it when someone says oh thats so depressing or oh I feel so depressed because depressed is an overused word. Then they say well what if you really are depressed? I have never heard anyone with depression say I am depressed. We say I suffer from depression or I have depression.
Speaking from a place of what is left behind after a suicide my father killed himself some 20 years ago and here I am years later and still feel the blows from still wit the unanswered question of why still was angry and then just hurt for years never being able to fully understand flash forward to having a 12 year old son who is currently battling a similar demon but I refuse to allow him to do as my father did he is getting help I will not allow my son to go thru feeling the best and only option is leaving life before it's his time period LIFE IS A GIFT ITS NOT TO BE TAKEN BY OUR OWN HANDS LIVE LAUGH LOVE it all sounds so cliche and easy for someone not battling the bouts and blows of what depression does to us but u can learn to live and live to learn
Hi, so sorry you are in the trap of depression, there are so many in your situation, some have, or will give up, a man close to me took his life and left hie children to grow up without him, he was a good man, no question, so often I think of him and it hurts to see his children without him, not knowing what help you have had, I guess nothing helped but PLEASE don't give up, cuddle with your dog if you don't have one go to a rescue group, volunteer, life is a challenge for many people, some are fighting for their life with a deadly illness, and you want to quit trying, I hope some wonderful people will come into your life to give you reason to live, I believe in prayer and say many for you, PLEASE keep trying !!!
Please don’t kill yourself, you do have so much potential, and just know that the pain you’re going through will pass, and you have a bright an wonderful future ahead of you, don’t give up on life.
I know how it feels to want to die. Keep fighting! It will get better!
When you are really into depression everything seems to turn around you like an hurricane . You don't know how to escape because the origin of all this pain is inside your head. You just fall down on your knee and at one poimt you start thinking that the only escape is your own death... and it seems so sweet to your self.
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you are the world". Keep fighting. If not for yourrself, for that one person. You are loved. And you are worth it.
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We should all care for each other because we may be different skin color,different political idea,different religion or from a different country but we all bleed the same color and you never know what someone is truly dealing with, a simple hello or a simple wave can save someone's life
I have Depression and i want to end it but i hv people who love me ..... Find the people who love u and STAY WITH THEM ...... suicidal people are angels that just want to go home
Just another sample of how the word depression is over used to express a little bit of sadness. If he wanted to do it, he wouldn't have gone on reddit looking for a reason not to. I feel awful for people actually with depression and mental illness with these people trendifying it. Give me the link, I'll fucken roast him.
It's not always like that. Even as I'm righting this, I dream of jumping off a roof and falling to my death just to end the pain, but I am going to be perfectly honest, I too have taken to the internet after I felt like my family and friends weren't listening to me. When I told my best friend I was suicidal and I needed her help, she told me to "handle it on my own." So, on Deviantart, I started venting and getting people's attention. Even if they can't do anything technically, it still feels nice to have SOMEONE acknowledge your feelings. But I do agree, when it is truly just someone being "trendy" and romanticizing something very serious, it gets me very angry as well.
Load More Replies...I tried for my depression everything I could, I begged people around me for help, even posted help me on some forums and discussions, but the thing is, no one really cares. Even those messages are just that - messages. I had few kind people to try to encourage and comfort me, but it was like one time fluke, then everyone just got back to their own lives and I was alone again. And I am 46, people tell me I look "maybe 50" which does not help at all, I live in dictatorship country with sh*t economy and no future, and yes I am single with all those adds about love and couples that keep popping up now everywhere. So, there you go, world is a scary place, I feel bad for young people in similar situation and I hope at least they will find help and get out of it.
Aw, don't give up, we can do it! I completely understand what you are going through about feeling so alone in your depression. About a month ago, I told my best friend I was suicidal and need help and she just told me to "do it on my own." As a very young person, I cannot relate to the age thing, however, if that is you in your profile picture, you are very beautiful. They are probably just jealous to be honest. 💗 As for being single, there is nothing wrong with being independent, sister! 😊
Load More Replies...The worst replay someone had to this was the one claiming that kid was joking, you never really know what going on in someone’s head, I had two friend in school who killed themselves, and they didn’t show any of the warning signs of Suicidal Individuals. I still can’t understand why they did it. They seemed happy and I never would have thought they would’ve killed themselves. To all the homophobic bullies out there, just know what you say hurts. Bullying and homophobia cost me my two best friends.
I am won that same path. I talked people got me help please never commit. It's not worth it. And I know!! Talk to someone!!
SO sad. Suicide doesn't end the sadness/pain. It just passes it on to someone else. My dad has depression and PTSD and the struggle I see him go thru each day...I wonder how he is so strong and then I see mum still standing beside him. I do have nightmares about him killing himself
Those people are right. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. He should seek help. There are treatments for depression. If anti-depressants don't do the job, there are other options like deep-brain stimulation. This is not electroshock therapy.
Who are we to try to tell someone they can or can't commit suicide. For some it's a legitimate way to end their suffering. Some people can't afford medications or doctors or don't WANT to get better...I'd never encourage someone to commit suicide but I never fault anyone either.
Sad and i hope he will se better days.These days this is a escalating and worrying problem who as usual starts with a depression and more often ends with suicide. Maybe its todays society around the world who is spinning all to fast and times for reflection on where we are going dont exist any more.
Your young there nothing bad about you buddy you got whole life ahead you end your life not the right thing to do no buddy perfect fine something your good at set your goal don’t give up
Get the man to a hospital. Suicide should not be ever be promoted. He needs help and anyone who thinks different is plain wrong.
We should all care for each other we may have a different skin,different political ideas,Different religion and from different countries but we all bleed the same color in the end and you never know what that person is truly dealing with a simple hello everyday or a simple wave can save someones life
Look at all of the people that you’re going to hurt if you end your life. You’all hurt yourself the most in the end. Don’t die now. Once I didn’t sleep for three months. I thought that I would stay that way for the rest of Don’t die. A lot of people will miss you if you do. Depression is anger built up inside of you that has to be released. You must have been holding it in too long. I don’t know you. I don’t understand what you’re going through. There must be someone who does.
Please don’t die. You’re too young and you have a whole life ahead of you. I’m fifty-one. I know from experience that life actually gets a lot better. The older you get, the wiser you get. You look so well-groomed with a perfect complexion. You are beautiful looking. If you go, there’s no turning back. I don’t know your story, but I’m sure that it’s painful. Pain doesn’t last forever. Once I couldn’t sleep for three months. I thought that I would never sleep again. I’m so glad that I didn’t end it. Pain really goes away, but it takes patience. It doesn’t happen overnight, but it happens. Hold on to your dear life. Someone loves you here.
Me thinks I'm wrong for wanting the same thing done to me. I'm such a wreck...
I hope he fights this, sometimes the hardest fight is just opening your eyes and getting through the day hour by hour. I hope someone who loves him saw his post and is with him now helping him through the first days of getting the help he really needs. To everyone living with depression and mental health issues please know that their are people who want to help and can help and God I know it can be the hardest thing you have ever done but just tell someone you are struggling. We should all be watchful of those in our lives in case they are going through this....mental illnesses although invisible can be terminal
I am 15 years old. Iact like everything's fine. I go to school, talk to friends, laugh occasionally so they don't ask me what's wrong. I suffer from severe depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, growth hormone deficiency, and split personalities. I want to end it all a lot. I've heard of double depression, where you're always depressed but there are times when it kicks in tenfold. I've cut myself 204 times. I've attempted suicide 9 times. I just want to end it all. Can I just end it all?
No, no you can't. Because we are in the same boat and I know we can make it! And that's what it's called? I have been wondering what the heck is wrong with me, but "double-depression" actually sounds a lot like it...
Load More Replies...im a ten year old girl i have a slight depression from being bullied for 8 years of my life sense i could start remembering stuff and i know how it is dont end it not here your buteful just the way you are get help dont end it sometimes i want to hurt my self so i either scratch my arms with my hands or chew the tips of my fingers off but the point is dont do it you have so much to live for and be you know matter what
As someone who has suffered from PTSD along with major depression disorder since I was a pre-teen I can emphathize with those having suicidal thoughts. I have been there many times in my past. To me suicide is a permanent solution to an otherwise temporary issue. Although sometimes people have to live with the reoccurring horrid thoughts such as I do, it can get better. With proper support systems and help you can go on to manage your mental health. Does it ever fully go away? No but you learn how to deal & cope with life a little better with each passing day. This post is a beautiful reminder to me that most people in this world are good people. Despite what the corporate media wants you to think because the media wants us living in fear I believe. We need a positive news station that showcases the good in this world that happens more than we think.
This is my second time for a comment, you said, you need a reason to give up, that's backwards, you need a reason to live, you are young and handsome and life often holds good things for us in the future, but we don't have a crystal ball, after some issues in my life, depression began, after a meeting I came home, sat down with my head in my hands, my dog came and put his head on my lap, yes he distracted me, I looked at him and said, you need a bath, that broke the spell for me, they say you are lucky to have that one special dog in your lifetime and he was the one in every way, I still miss him, I am trying to say that we don't know what wonderful things may be in store for any of us, try to find a reason to keep going, I wish I could talk to you, if you don't have a pet, as I have said before, please go to a rescue group spend time with what animal you may prefer, look into their eyes, give a dog or cat on death row,some love, I believe in Karma, please find the reason to go on,
Depression sucks! It is in many cases a lethal illness. I went through cancer with the sails flapping in the wind only to find myself later on having to try to disregard what my own brain was insisting on telling me over and over again. That, my friends, is truly frightening once you have gotten well enough to be able to look at it from a distance, in hindsight. I hope this young man will find a wonderful future waiting for him.
The father who commented about his son committing suicide calls himself "Dadofpsycho" on Reddit. Seems like a solid dude.
Nice looking guy. I am sure he just needs to meet his other half and he will be happy. Hopefully he gives himself that opportunity.
if he wanted to end his life he would have done it already. why do you need the support of internet strangers to validate your decision? as usual attention seeking idiot. there are so many people with real diseases who want to live but cant. you still have a life. get a shrink, change your enviornment, plenty things can be done IF YOU ARE ALIVE AND WILLING to put in the effort. if not, go get a rope.
you know nothing about depression or suicide. Consider shutting up
Load More Replies...get your Dr. to give you several rounds of electroshock therapy. You will come right out of your depression. Take magnesium chloride tablets. Don't take magnesium oxide, since it is only 1% bio-available.
If I had such an ugly mug as yours then I'd be suicidally depressed also. But I wouldn't moan and whine about it for attention on the internet. That's what pathetic inadequate a pussies such as yourself do. If you want it easy and painless, my brother, (on my advice), gassed himself in his car. He went off very peacefully which is just what he wanted. Having said that, my mother and remaining brother no longer talk to me. Well, they can go f**k each other as far as I'm concerned. And yes, I mean that literally.
Bruh, what the f**k? Just because I want to jump off a balcony doesn't make me a "pathetic inadequate pussy," it means I probably need help. Who knows, he might have posted it as a cry for help. I'm not going to lie, when I thought my family wasn't listening to me, no matter what I said, I took to the internet too. I hope this young man got the help he deserves. Lord knows I'm trying. And again, what the f**k!? You told your brother to gas himself!? No wonder your mother and brother don't talk to you, I wouldn't either!
Load More Replies...If anyone else is wondering why this went against community rules: "The Inappropriate Flattery Rule: /r/RoastMe is intended to serve as a platform for mocking other people in good faith, it is not a dating website where you should flirt with women who post here in an effort to win their affection. Neither is it a support group for the depressed or overweight. Everyone who posts here has consented to getting roasted, attempting to make them feel good about themselves only implies they are incapable of making their own voluntary choices and require special treatment."
"OH, you're suicidal? Well, tough. You're breaking this arbitrary forum rule and that's more important."
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