Painfully Relatable Memes For People Whose Depression Isn't Seasonal

Ada Elder

Jul 11, 2022 8:00 PM EDT

Ah yes, the summer. As a child I looked forward to this. Freedom from school. Warm weather. Maybe going to the beach. Languishing in my incredibly hot house eating fake popsicles made of juice as my mom somehow drank hot tea and chain smoked in the kitchen. The best times were visiting my grandparents and getting to watch cable television. Nowadays, summer is slightly less boring, but mostly because we have to exist as semi-functioning members of society as the season gets continuously unbearable thanks to global warming. Sure, I can down a couple drinks at the beach, but I also have to sweat through my clothes during my commute while I question the meaning of life and the sorry state of the world.

It's funny how all through winter we pretend as though something will magically change when we can go outside more and see the sun. That our depression will disappear. The longer days are nice, but that also means we have more hours of daylight to endure and hot dogs to eat before we can go to sleep and temporarily kill the pain of our meaningless existence. Yeah, summer's going great. Anyway, here are some memes for everyone who is completely disillusioned by the fantasies of summer and the false promises of happiness that they offer. We might be sweaty and miserable, but at least we're not alone.