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Personify Your Depression: If my depression were a person... [fill in the blank]

wontwakewontsleep September 27th, 2017

Personify Your Depression: I learned about this coping technique today. Imagine that your depression is a person separate from you. The idea is that personifying our depression helps remind us that depression doesn't define who we are ourselves, and that invasive self-critical thoughts we experience often come from our depression and not our healthy minds. Some things to think about are: what kind of person would it be, what kind of hobbies would it have, what would it look like, what would its name be?

So, if your depression were a person, what kind of person would it be?

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hellamangled October 17th, 2020

If my depression and negative feelings were personified, they would be a girl. She is 5'5 or so, long black hair, totally black eyes, dressed in all purple. She'd be in her teens 16 or 17.

twm October 17th, 2020

My depression would be the Devil in The Brother's Karamazov:

https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-brothers-karamazov/part-4-book-11-chapter-9-the-devil-ivan-fyodorovich-s-nightmare

The Devil is a pathetic character, the embodiment of accumulated failures, and one who is thouroughly detestible in every way. The weird person who ruins a party by their mere presence and who you just can't get rid of. And like the Devil in that chapter, it's unclear whether they are real or not because maybe it's just in your imagination. You can't get rid of them but you can ignore them, however that could be unwise because however pathetic and weak as they are, there is a very real chance that they would put an axe in your head when your back was turned.

Lolowise475 November 9th, 2020

Being nothingness enveloped in gray fluffy cloud.

Lolowise475 November 9th, 2020

Being nothingness enveloped in gray fluffy cloud.

DancingGrapefruit3800 November 11th, 2020

They would be sleepy and slow moving. She would be worried constantly about what others think of her, and act accordingly to please others.

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Meforexample November 26th, 2020

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trashycan November 11th, 2020

If it was person..she would have bad luck and walk around alone, feeling sorry for herself. She also be invisible but only be visible again when someone wanted something from her, e.g. food, money

TheAutumnWitch November 14th, 2020

@wontwakewontsleep

If my depression were a person, it would look exactly like me. It would participate in the same hobbies as I do, and it would interact with the same people I do. Basically, it's a duplicate of me. There are only a few differences between us: my depression is terrified of the few in-person friends that I have, knowing that said friends are determined to separate them from me. My depression is unhealthily attached to me, and feeds off of my life energy. It is harder for it to feed on me when I am receiving love and support, so it tries to cut off the ties I have. Sometimes, it successfully masquerades as me. Other times, my friends realize it's a fake when my depression starts speaking up. When it's feeling more powerful, its eyes glow red, and it has a toothy grin like a shark.

But other than that, it looks just like me. Which makes my depression all the more dangerous.

Lilpeepshawty November 19th, 2020

If my depression was a person they would never leave there room and probably be shut off from everyone and be kind of a jerk

vadava November 26th, 2020

If my depression were a person, she would be cruel to herself and others. She would push everyone so far they would never come back. And hse wouldn't feel guilty, just sad for herself.

shallowWater7547 November 26th, 2020

He likes to play hide & seek. He sometimes disappears and then returns the next moment or maybe, he loves me so much that he can't stay away from me