Here's a bonus video before the year ends. Comment below when your birthday is, and let's see if you find your twin(s).

Every time my birthday rolls around I have an identity crisis and question my existence

It’s my birthday today and I don’t know how to stop crying. This happens every single year

I feel like I’m wasting my own time with what I’m doing right now. It’s like a reminder “your getting older, you’re not even getting anywhere good” it hurts

Currently me today. If anybody's reading this, and nobody's wished you a happy birthday, then happy birthday.

my birthday is on Dec so people commonly busy at that time and sometimes they even forget so I just numb on that day :)

I always get sad days before my birthday . Whenever my mom brings the topic , I'd cry . Seeing my mom being happy , making efforts for me and wanting to celebrate the birthday of one of the most important people in her life makes me feel guiltier then I already am , so it naturally makes me sadder .

it's birthday depression and Christmas depression year after year for me.. I'm thinking it's because of my expectations versus reality. I see people enjoying these occasions whereas mine are just lonely and boring.. I subconsciously compare and make myself sad. I should just do things I enjoy during these occasions to make myself happy.. it's still a little pathetic but better than sulking on a happy occasion :)

I didn’t know this was a thing I thought I was just weird lol

I've realised that only on my b'day I regret being born.

I have almost always cried on my Birthday but I don't think I was depressed. I don't like too much attention. I just want the day to pass.

1. Adjust your expectations. 2. Keep yourself busy. 3. Focus on what you've accomplished. 4. Make yourself responsible for your happiness. 5. Let your friends and family know how you feel. 6. A little crying is okay. 7. Turn the sadness into a learning experience.

As we all know, it birthday happens ONCE a year to celebrate YOURSELF it’s kind of sad to think people are sad on the day, if u have always felt that way, I’m sorry

Wow I'm not the only one that gets hella depressed on their birthday. Mine was in December I usually get hella down but I managed to be ok this time

no one remembers my birthday so I hate that day because I remember everyone's birthdays... also I hate xmas, I send nice xmas wishes to people and they won't even reply. life sucks.

I haven't celebrated my birthday in 16 years. Just sat in a room with a bottle of vodka and my phone off. Will endevour to celebrate in some form this year though!

I never really like "celebrating" my birthday nor do I really care about getting gifts. I actually don't like sharing when my birthday is. I believe myself to be more of an introvert, so interactions, especially when focused on me, aren't something I seek and birthdays feels like one to avoid, personally...

As someone whose own father forgot my birthday (DEC 28) it's harsh sometimes. but mostly disappointing considering my expectations for them are already so low... Only 2 people remembered, my mother and a coworker. It was the one day I was happy to be at work, mostly cause it kept my mind busy. It was hard not to cry in public though.

My story’s kinda long, but I’ll start here. Nobody had ever forgotten my birthday before. I remember I told my friends the day before that it was my birthday. In this friend group I’d seen everyone get celebrated. And my friends told me that they would wish me a happy birthday and maybe bring me presents. And then, no one remembered. Not a single person at my school. Another thing, I was wearing a shirt that said it was my birthday. My friends had all promised to remember. And not a single one had. It wasn’t that I didn’t get any presents or recognition, it’s just that they didn’t even know. It reinforced my feeling of being invisible, even in my own friend group. And that hurt.

Does anyone else not like celebrating their birthday? Like you just see it as another day. It's not related to any traumatic expression, I just don't like the attention

i never wanna tell my friends when my birthday is coming because i don’t want them to assume that i’m expecting presents from them or look like i beg some attention from them so i’ll be just silent. that’s why usually there’s only about 5 people (including my family) that remember my birthday and that kinda makes me feel down honestly lmao

I got tons of celebration messages this year and gave them all a happy cheerful reply while I was actually crying in my room. My family had a huge fallout that day. There was so much hatred and I didn't know what to do. I ended up crying myself to sleep without a birthday celebration. It was a miserable birthday.

I don't celebrate my birthday so I always feel worthless for being alive What keep me going are my goals and people who genuinely care about me

I've been struggling with this issue since turning 11 (I'm 25 now, birthday was in November). I hate the spotlight.

I'm 45 years old and I have been dealing with birthday blues for about 25 years. I cannot remember when it started but it has become worse. The regret post birthday is just as bad as the birthday blues. Through my own research I am just realizing that this is a thing and there are steps I can take to figure this out.

Thanks for uploading this ;w; I always cry on my birthday even without any reason, when it's to loud or there's so many relatives in one room. Then I need to hide behind my tablet and try to look ok. Though I'm trying to overcome it with the help of online friends who are just a small group of people with big hearts.

I love how Psych2Go shows their appreciation for all of their fans in every video. It makes it feel a lot more personal

I just turned 40 and no friends came over or gave me a card. I've been crying all week.

Growing up socially awkward, I suffered a lot from birthday depression year after year. This was very common in my gradeschool days. Now after growing out of it, I only see birthdays as another day of work for me. Eventually, I started meeting better people and I got to go out more frequently. I felt annoyed at first, especially when they want to celebrate my birthday at my house. Turns out it wasn't so bad afterall. What I can personally say from experience is, growing up with the lack of friends and only family in birthday celebration made me grow a thick skin. Means, I can withstand another day alone by focusing on other productive things like work and exercise. If you start to feel irritation, you need to focus on better things to elevate your life. Law of attraction, think of productivity and productive things will come to you. It will be different in a good way and I'm sure it will. Because we all know what is best for us.

My birthday is in 30 minutes so watching this to try to avoid birthday depression this year! Thanks for making this vid :)

I'm happy to say that I was completely able to avoid birthday depression this year. Covid forced a lot of introspection and allowed me to alter my mindset. I feel so proud of myself that I intuitively followed these instructions back when I needed to.

Today is my birthday and I’m turning 20 this year. I know I shouldn’t be sad on my birthday but it’s my first time I didn’t felt excited for my birthday. I been through a lot lately. Keep strong and happy birthday dear self

To be honest I used to enjoy my birthdays now that since my 20th is coming up I just feel like my life is just rotting away as I realize my life is more and more useless to this world and that one of them will take my life at some point. There's just nothing to my life anymore that I find joy in anymore :/

1) Adjust your expectations-0:32 2)Keep busy-0:53 3) Focus on accomplishments-1:13 4) Make yourself responsible for your happiness-1:42 5)Make others know how you feel-2:03 6)Crying- 2:26 7)Turn sadness into learning experience- 2:46

it's my birthday today. Happy birthday to all my birthday twinnie who are alone and felt alone. You're not alone, we'll get through this day. Take care and love y'all

Thank you for this. Im turning 20 on Wednesday and all i think about is how being a kid was easier and how guilty i feel not being employed since 2018 due to anxiety.

I’m already grown up they say I don’t need a celebration for my bday tho That’s no wonder some elderly people don’t remember their birthdays so that’s pretty sad...

My birthday’s in May. After I entered adulthood at the age of 21, I lowered my expectations for celebrating birthdays as I realised that my friends and extended family may not necessarily be free for you. I used to feel the blues and somewhat lonely on my birthdays in my twenties and early 30s. I have since grown to think about birthdays differently, no longer expect any fanfare but just a special day to reflect on my life and the people I love. I resonate a lot with this video, just didn’t know that others feel this way too.

Thank you. My Birthday is tomorrow and I have no plans. Nobody has asked me what I’m doing/made any indication of interest to make plans and everyone I’ve told is busy that day or the next. Idk how much this video will help, but I appreciated the part about the learning experience. I guess that if you don’t have really have friends in general they don’t just materialize on your birthday. Thats what I’ve learned.

my birthday is tomorrow and this year i’m feeling a bit sad, perfect timing

watching this the night of my birthday and i’m currently crying because my dad is stuck in the hospital with an infection from his surgery, and my family couldn’t do anything too special for my 13th birthday today, i keep questioning why it had to happen on my special birthday and why he wasn’t able to get out in time

happy birthday! if you're feeling sad because no one wished you one, happy birthday to you! if you're feeling worthless because you wasted an entire year, don't waste this one too! if you feel inferior to other people's success at your age, remember that you made it this far and that you can accomplish a lot starting now! if you feel like the entire idea of a birthday is pointless now, just remember that your life does matter, and should be celebrated, even if its just by me! :D happy birthday!!!

It’s november and my 20th birthday today and I’m a freshman, international student studying at a college, continents away from my home, friends and family. I don’t have close friends here and that means i am alone. It’s a weird feeling, first time being alone on my birthday, and it hits harder since it’s the 20th, i am welcoming my twenties. I was so stressed and anxious about what to do these last couple of days. I have “friends” here, but they are not close enough to celebrate. I know staying in and doing nothing would make me feel worse, so I decided to go out to a shopping center, buy myself a present, and eat delicious food. Yes, I’m gonna do everything alone, I love my own company, and i feel like birthdays should be a time where you look back at your memories, years, and get excited and hopeful for the next adventures. Besides, all my friends from back home congratulated me (they all remembered my birthday without me hinting at it!! which made me cry) and I had a call with my family as well. I feel like in the united states, people try too hard to not be alone, have people next to you all the time, but I believe that we should be alone from time to time, try to understand ourselves and who we are. Well, I am kind of emotional, as you guys can tell. I was depressive, but I think I feel better now. Thanks for the video!! I hope everyone feels better

Just feel like something bad always happens around this year. I actually want to do fun things on my birthday but friends or family just don't seem to want to plan anything for me and I understand it can be pressure...but I don't understand why they make plans for other people. I just feel so alone on a day I'm suppose to "feel special"

Turning 18th today, not very happy neither i am sad ,I don't have many friends.... Stuck in the life ..seeing your classmates having fun and doing different things and succeeding in life. Is making me feel worse because i am stuck in my bedroom watching them . my life is just going on..... (Just surviving) in this world.

My birthday is not until a few minutes (Oct 24), and I already felt very depressed. I feel like I have done nothing in this age or just any age! I feel missed out on life, I don't have any good memories to remember at this age and the fact that I'm getting older ugh all of this feeling is just making me upset and guilty. Now I'm watching a few videos relating to birthday to cheer myself up. If today is your birthday, happy birthday! I wish you all the best in this world! 🎉🎊

I'm so glad you made this video. I thought I was the only one. I used to look forward to my birthdays as a kid because I had friends to spend it with. As I've gotten older, I tend to be alone more often than not. Each year that passes just feels like more responsibility that I'm not ready for. I just turned 26 and I feel so far behind all of my peers that every birthday is just further proof of that.

I should have listened to this earlier today. I knew I shouldnt have had my expectations high with my partner since last year he forgot my birthday. This year he at least remembered it, but i was hoping for a surprise or something where I dont have to plan my birthday for once. Last year we went to disneyland for his birthday, this year I did a surprise with a card, cake, candles, gift, nice outfit for him. And here I am after getting off work early sobbing as he's in his office watching youtube feeling like an after thought as he goes "lets just order in some food". I think I'll follow this video next year and do my own thing with lowered expectations. Happy birthday to everyone out there and happy 25th bday to me!

Everytime my birthday comes, i just tell myself that I'm one year closer to my death

i see you saving this 👀 we’ll do it together. no crying this birthday amiright?

My 24th birthday was yesterday. The moment you said it's okay to cry, I suddenly burst into tears... Thank you.❤

This actually made me cry. Today is my birthday and I did absolutely nothing. I hate myself so i feel like i shouldn’t gift myself or give myself love. Today I messaged in my class groupchat, saying it was my bday. I was actually in a good mood. That is, until the popular group showed up, with the “omg happy birthday! Og we love you!” And then it turned into “wow tell us about your day!”, and “what type of water did you drink”. Sarcasm is their best form of communication. I felt sad the whole day and felt like venting here. Thanks, Psych2Go, for helping me cope with everything that’s going on. Love yall ❤

man it’s more so christmas depression for me. that’s when my small breaking points all come to one

just in time!! my birthday is on January 2nd so it’s pretty close. hope everyone has a wonderful day (or birthday 🎂🐛)

Today is my birthday and I didn't tell anyone about this. I was expecting a lot of people wish me without I'm telling anyone. Even my close friend didn't wish me. Maybe this is not a big deal. So I come here to comfort myself

it’s my first time away from home, today is my birthday and all i wanna do is rot in this room like the loser i am. i’m a really socially anxious person and in these 7 months of college i couldn’t manage to make a single friend i could have lunch with. birthday depression had already ruined bdays for me but now feeling so alone in somewhere different and having no one whod care enough to give a single call to wish me..is another level of sad. I don’t deserve it.. i wish i wasn’t like this.

I’ve been trying to make myself responsible for my own happiness, but it’s definitely easier said than done. 😅 I’d greatly appreciate it if you could make a video on tips that may help us in that process! 💖

All these years I thought I was the only one who felt this way. Thank you so much for the video

My birthday is on Sunday, May 1. It’s always leading up to where I feel excitement that maybe just maybe I’ll be surprised with something but it never fails. Nobody really ever knows let alone care. My dad and brother will say happy birthday in the morning but that’s it. I don’t have a best friend or close friends that’ll do something for me or celebrate me. I’ll be 29 and I honestly don’t feel like I have a reason to be happy on the anniversary of the life I’m regressing in. I think about getting cute and posting on my social media but the times I’ve done that I’ve been met with embarrassing disappointment that haunts me the rest of the month. Lack of likes, comments, reposts… even though anytime it’s anyone else’s birthday that I see …they have a story/feed FULL of people wishing that a happy birthday. It’s so hard not to think I’m just a lame person. What makes it even worse is that no one would ever expect me to feel this way so everybody just naturally stays out of my way. I feel trapped but I won’t say anything. Just cry all day and wish I was in a better position in life with a tribe that cares about me. Thanks for the video…I think it’ll be the same old story this year though.

My birthday was on December 30th. I turned 20- the end my teenhood. Too many thoughts to put into feelings and too many feelings to put into words. To put it simply, you could imagine how convenient this video is to me at this moment in time.

Wow. I needed this. My birthday is Jan 12th and it's been hitting me that my birthday is coming up and I'm a year older and I'm not where I wanna be in life yet

Today is my birthday. Watching this while crying. 💔

I didn't even know that birthday blues are even a thing. But yes, I experience this sht every year. What it comes to my bdays, I can see how people actually treat me. It's not sad, i guess. People are busy and I'm so. But that was coming from my deep childhood.

I've lost jobs, been evicted, and gotten into fights with my parents. I remember throwing big parties when I was a kid but no one is available like that anymore.

Perfect, I felt this. My birthday is the 31st, New Year's Eve. The best thing about my birthday was that it's 2021 now and we have a sliver of hope for a better year.

My birthday is on January. Something feels wrong, is this a sign from god?

i have birthday depression in every year. last year, i managed to befriend some people after years and years of being lonely on my own, so it was the first time in a while when i was looking forward to my own birthday - because finally i had people to celebrate with, you know. well, no one remembered my birthday. i think i'll never be able to celebrate it with pure joy anymore.

This helped make me feel better after I’ve spent my entire day in my room playing video games and watching KZfaq.

this popped up on my birthday :0

I take my birthday as a celebration of “god hasn’t spited me yet so I have to be doing something right” and as a celebration of me surviving being born prematurely, lungs full of water and a heart murmur.

i deal with birthday blues each year. i feel so hopeless and fear that celebration ive been waiting so long for will bring me no joy, and it doesnt. its my birthday today, 1st jan, and im really happy to see that you have dedicated a video to this problem. thank you!❤

This is the third year watching this video,I’m always depressed on my birthday and I don’t know why.It’s just sadness…but thank u for letting me now there’s a lot of people having the same feeling as me.

Over the years I basically just forget when my birthday is. I expect absolutely nothing on that day. My birthday is just another day for me, it means nothing to me.

My birthday was some days ago I don't usually look forward to it but this year I had expectations for things to be different but well I was disappointed. But hey, thanks to you guys now I know how to deal with this next year

I used to always feel down on big celebrations my birthday, Christmas etc. And I think the most important is to realise that it is just a day like every other and you don't have to do something different if you don't feel like it. I lowered my expectations and my sadness went away.

Most people who hate their birthday don't actually hate their birthday,they just hate having expectations and no one to fulfill them ...lovd you n happy birthday BTW tomorrow is my birthday 😂😁

This came perfectly on my Birthday 😂

✨Happy birthday to u may God bless u ✨

02:27 in the words of Lesley Gore “it’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to” And just because your birthday is supposed to be a “happy” day doesn’t mean you aren’t allowed to feel sad at some point. *Life is NOT a movie or a show* and *you are NOT playing a character. You are human and you have emotions.* As long as you’re grateful for what you have and what you get. Perfection doesn’t exist, perfection is what you make it

really i was sad before but reading all these commenta made me smile. ☺️ for one whoes bday is here happy birthday if no body have wish you yet

This video just made me sadder...

Thank you for this video (I like the animations with the cats). I thought I was the only one feeling somewhat bad on their birthday. My bd is 7 days from now, so I guess everybody was always kinda tired after Christmas and New Years Eve. But I took it personal when friends cancelled on my party. This year my bd will be during lockdown, so no party to arrange. I just hope ppl dont forget about me and send me a message or call. :) Happy New Year everybody!

I can’t sleep the day before my bday. I always end up crying. For me my birthday is a reminder that I’m not loved. The one day people are thankful that you’re alive. Since it’s near Christmas that makes it worse. I also can’t help but compare to my sibling’s bday. She still gets a cake from my mother. I’m told every year as a kid that Christmas is more important.

being off the duties of a social butterfly makes people know me hardly.. 💔and stepping into an another year of your life with your cheeks wet with tears will really hit hard.. 😣anyway whoever reading this on your birthday, i wish you all the happiness and great laughter in your upcoming future..💫 stay blessed..🙌

Today’s my birthday and I’ve cried more than 8 times already😭

This will be so helpful since tmr I’m celebrating my bday and it was just posted 24 mins ago Happy birthday to me! :D

it's my birthday. I've been battling with depression for years. this year I've got my first job, but my contract finished just a few days before my birthday, and i haven't found a new job. i feel a bit guilty to people wishing me a happy birthday because I'm not happy when i should've. thank you for this video, i feel a bit better knowing I'm not the only one feeling like this

Went through a lot of trauma growing up on birthdays. Even today I turn 28, and I still get those old feelings creeping up into my mind. It’s def not easy, but remember everything you’ve been through thus far !!

Hi happy new year

I took 2 mins to realise that they are cats.

I turn 60 this month (January 2021). It's normal, I think, to feel some existential crisis when turning 60, especially when you're unemployed with no prospects, everyone else in your family is so accomplished, and the world sucks. I think if I were turning any other year in the world, I would not be as depressed as I am now. Can I skip 60 and go right to 61? Among other coping skills, I remember that I share my birth month with my great-nephew and great-niece (same splendid parents, 3 years apart), and a middle name with my great-niece (the sixth generation of this family's girls bearing the name), which gives me joy and a sense of destiny. I wish that my continuing to fight depression and PTSD would somehow cosmically guarantee their happiness; I would do it over a thousand million lifetimes for them.

My birthday was not celebrated this last august . it's not about the celebration because I didn't have any, it's about the people who will remember it and as expected they forgot. The thing that I have learn is don't get your hopes up when it comes to this situation because the ending is that you'll just be disappointed.

I ate a whole box of pizza and watched Harry Potter in my room one year. That was fun 🤪 lol

You posted this now because this is what alot of Capricorns do lol

ever since i stopped celebrating my birthday a lot of friends and family members forget about it and even realise months later that they did. it feels like unless i remind ppl of my bday by organizing a party no one even remembers. i don’t like my birthday now since it reminds me how redundant i might be to some of my loved ones. anyway, hbd to whoever reads this!

It’s my birthday today and it just made me really depressed. There’s other people my age accomplishing a lot, getting all these birthday wishes, being successful then look at me. What have I accomplished? Nothing but failure. It just makes me reflect on my life and how many “friends” I have but there’s barely anyone that cares about me enough to even wish me a happy birthday. Im literally just no one in the small planet. If I die I won’t leave any impact on anyone it’ll be like I was never even here in the first place.

Money is final truth

I literally cried 😭

I get deeply sad on my birthdays because of my expectations. Not expectations about the party, just the ones relating to life. The only reason why I still celebrate them is because it seems to make my family happy when I do. We’re in a tough spot and I hate seeing them sad in any manner. I pretend to be content so that they can be content. It leaves me questioning myself every time I do this. But in the end I guess I do feel some sort of happiness, by coming to a realization that I can make others happy (even if it’s done indirectly)

Happy Birthday Darling, you are loved ❤️