Patron Exclusive Audio: Your Best Friend Knows You're Secretly Depressed

Warning: This audio deals with depression and implied casual, suicidal ideation of the "I wish I weren't here" variety rather than the active planning or carrying out of self harm.

If these themes bother you, please don't listen. Like all Vanilla Velvet Audio productions, this is fiction meant for entertainment purposes only. If you're struggling with your mental health, please know you're not alone and there are steps you can take to help improve your emotional state. Professional help is out there. Available 24/7, free and totally confidential.

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Please seek help if you ever feel like the Listener character in this audio does. The world needs you in it. 💖

Your Best Friend Knows You're Secretly Depressed

You're depressed, feeling like you just want to give up, and you've been pretending to be okay for awhile now. Of course your best friend has picked up on it, and she's ready to call you out and do whatever she can to make this rough patch suck a little less.

F4A • TW: Depression • TW: Implied, casual suicidal ideation • Platonic • Calling You Out • What’s Going On? • Encouraging You to Share Your Feelings, Even the Bad Ones • Best Friends • Sillier, Lighthearted CW: Listener is implied to enjoy Star Trek nondescript sci-fi show with a soaring musical score while speaker is not, I know it's hard but please suspend your disbelief

Performer: Vanilla Velvet Audio

Script by: lupinstolemyheart on reddit

SFX/Music: Licensed from Envato elements; other SFX from https://freesound.org all under public domain/CC0 licenses