Obligatory this didn’t just happen today. Rather, this has been a problem of mine for many months. A few months ago, I posted a comment (since deleted) saying that I would stay away from browsing /r/Brisbane for my own mental wellbeing. In summary, I struggle with major depression, often genuinely wishing I could die, because I hate myself and my life so much. This feeling gets largely exacerbated when I browse our daily threads, because from what I read, everyone’s lives seem so awesome, much more successful than mine, or otherwise so much more self-assured. Unfortunately, when I constantly see this boasting/bragging (humble or not), I compare it to my current life and personal situation and only see failures in myself and my life. Even if it’s not bragging, just people constantly talking about themselves and what they’re doing (or have done) gets me down, because my life is so






