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You're not alone in feeling this.

depression

Source: World Health Organization

The reality

Depression is more than a bad day. It's a persistent heaviness that drains energy, interest, and hope — and it responds to support and treatment.

A word of kindness

If everything feels grey and heavy right now, that's the illness talking, not the truth. You don't have to feel this way forever.

Something you could try right now

Try doing one very small thing and not judging how it goes — a shower, one text, stepping outside for sixty seconds. Not to fix everything, just to remind your body the world is still here.

Nothing here is a diagnosis or therapy. Figures are indicative population estimates from public health bodies — not advice about you.