The latest hashtag #mydepressionlookslike, trending on twitter has no sign of going out of trend. The silence of depression, which is usually unheard of, is bringing people upfront as they unmask what’s hidden inside them. The movement is gazing more interest with ‘Empathy’…; the trend is shining out and suggesting the world to grow empathetic towards each other.

Over the weekend as Mental Health Awareness Week drew to a close, Twitteratis shared their experiences of the disorder. Making this hashtag more important, especially for the people coping with depression, anxiety, OCD or other disorders. On Monday, hundreds of people shared their mental health struggles publicly, with this hashtag and it is being used to share powerful stories about how their lives are affected and shaped by depression in this span of lifetime.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “It’s an issue that remains a problem with an estimated 15.7 million of US adults grappling with it a depressive episode in 2014.”

Not much is known about the origin of this Hashtag, but one of its earliest appearances occurred back in January when a user @birdonabird with tweeted… #mydepressionlookslike and shared a super clean house with nothing out of place because I’m not creating anything, describing his issue of OCD. The problem of depression is not accepted by social crowd, they misunderstand a person when they admit they are depressed. Something about this hashtag is so introspective that it really encourages the society to share their problems with depression indeed, without having to fear the societal admission to it.

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Nobody is perfect and while this hashtag brought light to the new borne disease of physical and mental illness, some shared their deep feelings of depression or anxiety, others wrote about painful moments which they faced masked with the depression in a smiling selfie. Other helpful hashtags are #myanxietylookslike and #mentalillnessfeelslike, which encompass a broader range of experiences.

#MyDepressionLooksLike having worn ‘a mask’, a practiced smile/laugh, for so long, and so well, that others can’t ever see when I’m not ok.

— HypergolicAle (@HypergolMichael) May 25, 2016

#MyDepressionLooksLike high functioning, hard working on the outside and lethargy, self-loathing, and exhaustion on the inside.

— [work in progress] (@colocha_rachel) May 22, 2016

#MyDepressionLooksLike I’m just a jokester but that’s cuz the weight of self hatred pulls me under til I have to fake a laugh to breathe

— Anne Frank (@amfrank74) May 25, 2016

#MyDepressionLooksLike exhaustion that makes me view my bed as a solace and a prison at the same time.

— TheBloggess (@TheBloggess) May 22, 2016

#MyDepressionLooksLike contemplating suicide on the daily, being unmotivated to be successful, constant mood swings , and a lot of sleeping

— shhhmoney (@londizzle_) May 25, 2016

#MyDepressionLooksLike anxiety attacks from 11am to 3pm. Painfully crying while trying to pull myself together.

— Invictus (@Tisha_Nair) May 25, 2016

#MyDepressionLooksLike when ppl say something nice or caring yet I hear / feel the exact opposite. That ‘nice thing’ can’t possibly be true.

— HypergolicAle (@HypergolMichael) May 25, 2016

#mydepressionlookslike Calluses on my palms because I dig my fingernails into my palms. The physical pain distracts me from my dark thoughts

— Sparkle (@sparkle2404) May 25, 2016

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