I have no friends to tell but I have to let someone know. I’m 1 year clean today.

"And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame" I feel that...

the fact that this was released almost 14 years ago and we all still go back to this…🥺

Who else is here in 2024?😔

i know it sounds so stupid but i just need love. You ever had that feeling you’re just alone

I remember crying with a hand over my mouth at night while listening to this song. I was sad and low and no one understood it. Depression is real people.

Just revisiting a very dark time of my past. I remember binge listening to this song because it made me feel understood & less alone in what I was going through. I was so broken back then, fighting against suicidal thoughts on my own, I literally had nobody. But here I am. 4 years clean. After a lot of changes I made for myself, life is a whole lot better. If anyone reads this, I want you to keep pushing forward, no matter what, you will get through this. Your life is not ruined.

Wow. The brokenness in all the comments is breaking me! So much hurt. Here's a mama's hug, a forehead kiss and a prayer to the Father of the fatherless, for you all. Bless you ...

hope im not the only person that comes to this song to cry

Its just so sad how everyone around the world are sad, depressed , stressed and broken

I can't listen to this without visualizing the great finale to Six Feet Under. A well written series and one of my favorites.

No one knows this but 9 years ago I tried to take my life to this song. Here’s to 9 years I’m so happy I didn’t lose.

I hate when people think mental illness is like a quirky and aesthetic thing when people are actually suffering badly. (So this is an edit but I just want to say that whoever is struggling you are loved, and it gets better :)

its so depressing how one day you feel so loved then the next day you feel like your just dieingg

I’m no longer struggling with depression but man this song still makes me sob. It’s so beautiful and in that moment it’s truly relatable.

During my teenage years I listened constantly to this song. It helped me feel better. And I made it. I am now 22. Hold on ❤️ Please. You are not alone ❤️

1 year clean, I’m so proud. It is possible, it’ll get better, I promise. I love you.

I feel so comforted just reading the beautiful comments, knowing none of us are actually alone... but we all feel lonely. Edit: If you’re reading this I’m thinking of you. I think about all of us together. I love you.

I remember battling depression and the only escape I had was music, I found this song when KZfaq was still young and would play this everyday. I was 17 then, I’m 32.. I SURVIVED!! It’s not an easy journey, but your Survival can be someone else’s story. Just breathe and know that if tomorrow can make it, than so can you!! Love comes from the inside first!!

I still remember hearing this song for the very first time in the movie called "cyberbully" many years ago. Very powerful scene, I cried so much and was dealing with suicidal thoughts too at the time. Now I found this song again and all the memories came back. Still can't watch that scene without crying my eyes out. Sia is so talented in putting her raw emotions into a song for us to relate on.

I was clinically depressed at school from age 15-18. I self harmed, eventually overdosed. Felt hopeless, like nobody could possibly love me. I hated myself , I felt repulsive. Seen a psychologist, took meds. Thank God I never succeeded. At 19 I met the love of my life, I'm now married to him with 3 beautiful children. (I'm also 33) to anyone who feels like I did. There is hope, light at the end of the tunnel. Give yourself a chance, to live, to love. You don't know who or what awaits you round the corner! U matter and u are beautiful!

Sia has to be one of the most underrated artists out there, she is unbelievably talented

This song just feels like a warm hug when you need it the most....

i don’t think any of us can explain what this song does to us. only the real ones know. i love y’all sm♥️

"The irony of loneliness is that we all feel it at the same time".

Her voice may be deep But her words are deeper

For anyone that is struggling right now. I remember the time period of my life when I used to listen to this and wish I were dead, or gone, abandoned. At the time I felt like nobody in the world could love me. I felt like I was nothing. I ended up attracting all kinds of people into my life that were really bad and I don't think I even knew it. What I came up from wasn't that far off. I just want you to know that all these years later it is going to be okay. You have to try. You have to make the right decisions even when you are sitting in a pile of really bad ones. I made a massive mess of my life then. In some ways it wasn't my fault at all. In other ways I didn't even know what I was doing wasn't okay. I never had anyone to show me how. So if any of this resonates with you, I'm telling you from someone who came through some really really tough shit, that you CAN get away from it. You can. And even if everyone around you was terrible to you, nobody loved you, you're going to have to embrace that happened and turn all the love you missed out on towards you. YOU are going to have to be the one to love yourself. Some of us, that is our start in life. It is sad, mourn it. It's okay to cry, be angry, whatever. But in the end you have a choice to make. Starting small and insiginificant is okay. Take your shower, go to class, eat something good for you, even if it's small among a bunch of bad choices. It doesn't need to be all good. Youre going to make a lot of mistakes. I'm telling you from the other side, I still feel like this some days. I do! And those days it feels impossible at times. But if I take a look at my life as a whole and where I came from. Vastly different. You don't need money to make it happen. My biggest piece of advice is PLEASE if you can afford it, find a good therapist. I cannot affors one yet, but if that's you too, RESEARCH. Look everything up you can, youtube, ted talks, articles, books, documentaries, tiktoks, everything about the subjects that interest you in that you struggle. Look up family dynamics, healthy parenting, depression, anxiety, whatever gets you interested. Do your research. It's going to lead to more and more things that you find out you resonate with. And you're going to use so many tools that feel ridiculous at first, but USE THEM. I swear no matter how dumb some of them seem just sincerely try it. Some will work for you, others won't. Just keep going. Keep. Going. If it hurts, go faster. Turn it into good. Turn it into strength, and love for yourself. You have to.

When i was i depression i used to listen to this song religiously. Things are better now, just wanted to reminisce so i am here. If anyone is going through some hard time, please don't give up, I have failed countless time, just hang in there. I believe in YOU :) YOU can do it!

I'm very shy and I never say a word to anyone at school. I plan to learn this song on the piano and sing it at the talent show for my last year in school

Am I the only one who can't help but cry when I hear this? I feel like it just triggers something in me and brings me back to such a difficult time

Sia is someone that knows how dark and deep you can fall, you can hear it in her songs. Amazing song

2024 anyone?

Two ideas that help me: 1) you are not your thoughts 2) treat yourself like a friend you'd like to help Edit: *3) loving (yourself/others) is so important that it is worth doing imperfectly

the toughest part is when you think you're doing better and you're recovering only for you to finally make it out of the hole you dug and to lose grip and fall right back down

18 years since this released still so beautiful.... This song just flashed into my head after 5 years So beautiful

When I was younger, I have suffered from depression for 4 years. I used to hurt myself everyday and I had very tough suicidal thoughts. Now I got out, I feel good. I’m clean and it’s been 5 years since I was re-born. I have a hundred scars all over my body. Sometimes I can’t believe how much I suffered in the past. But this song awakens very vivid memories. I’m just so happy that I made it. All this pain from the past makes me love life so much. And now I know that if I have overcome depression and self-harm, I can overcome any obstacle in my life.

Do you ever just lay there thinking “where the fuck did it all go wrong” while your heart breaks into a million pieces

depression is the constant feeling of being numb. being numb to emotions, being numb to you lie. you wake up in the morning just to go back to sleep again. days aren’t really days they are just annoying days that need to be faced. and how do you face them? through drinking, through smoking, through drugs, through cutting. when you’re depressed, you do anything that can get through the day. depression is feeling numb inside. you literally can’t feel anything. youre soul is crying. It feels like knives are constantly stabbing your soul. you can’t find joy in anything and you just lay on your bed thinking about ways to end your life. you go to bed, hoping that the pain goes away and then waking up with the same pain for the whole day ahead. youre screaming that people care about you but in reality you dont really talk about it you just hate being here. you hate living. its eating you alive you can’t really talk to anyone cause they wouldn’t understand. you miss being happy. you missing laughing you miss everything.

i remember having this song on repeat back in my teen years. i was so alone and misunderstood by everyone around me. no one could see how depressed and suicidal i was. this song, for me, was a cry out to God.

i'm not depressed, i'm not sad, im not suicidal, i'm just tired of being an outcast. wish the girl i liked noticed me like how i notice her. this song isn't to feed sadness for me, it's just truly beautifully sang, gives me hope and happiness. i hope you all are happy, and if you're not, i hope you will be.

“be my friend” really be hitting me hard

In high school, my friend and I were very depressed. This was one of the songs we could relate to. We used to lay in bed together and listen to it, this exact video actually. We eventually drifted apart after high school. A couple months ago, I got a call. She took her own life. This song will always connect me to her. R.I.P Brooklyn, I love you.

This song speaks to me in so many different ways. It's really a song that I can listen to over and over again.

This song has carried me through some of my darkest times

Tired of saying “I’m fine” Tired of fall again in self hurting Tired of feeling empty Tired of crying Tired of fighting Tired of feeling lost I’m just tired

The worst is when you miss your old bubbly energetic happy self. And some days you feel like you can get that back and others you feel absolutely hopeless with nothing in sight. It’s exhausting going back and forth in my mind and I feel like it’s my fault and I’m supposed to be in control.

I used to listen to this 10-11 years ago when I was 13/14 going through bad times. I'm 24 now and proud to say im still here

Dear stranger reading this, I know you're most likely not going through a good time right now but I'm here to remind you how awesome you're by just getting through everyday and for fighting your own wars. I believe in you, you matter. Whenever you feel sad or lonely, just come back to my comment and read it over and over until you realize how awesome and beautiful you're. Much love from Spain. Things will get better, I promise.

To anyone depressed, lonely, anxious or generally not in a good place: Same and ily

The fact that she wrote this song before she tried to commit suicide makes it 100000 times more realistic and sincere 💔

Came back to this song after finishing watching Six Feet Under. This song fits so well with the season finale. Absolutely beautiful.

The deeper you dive in Sia’s work the more valuable it gets

Worst thing is some people dont see deppression as an illness

Sending love to everyone who reads this and needs love.

I used to listen to this song like 10 years ago. I've been trying to remember this song for the longest time, all I remembered was her sighing and the tune. I just found it again, and I am so relieved. Thank you for posting this. 💖

My daughter did this interpretive dance over a decade; beautiful memories. First SiA song will stick with me forever!

I wish my mom would hug me and tell me I’ll be fine instead of telling me I’m still a kid and I have no reason to be depressed and tired.

Whenever I'm depressed I listen to this. Or just to simply depress me, because idk, the feeling of being sad is sometimes comforting for me.

I remember being 12 and feeling so isolated in my pain, this song touched a deep part of my soul and it still does even though life is so different now

Something brought me back to this song again after many years. Still makes the hairs on my arms tingle & makes my heart break...

I’m crying but my tears aren’t coming out

2 years clean guys. It is possible, and everything always gets better.

reading all these comments while listening to this song years and years later, and seeing people feeling so alone and lost writing all of their emotions relating to this song really saddens my heart. much love for every single one of you.

I have no idea just how many times I've actuallylistened to this song, but it has to be in the thousands. This song in particular is just so incredible to me.

Do you ever look in the mirror and don't recognise the person staring back at you!! 😟🤯

2018?? Where are all the crying people at 😭

After so many years this song still amazes me.. Your can feel the pain of the singer in this song . Such a beautiful underated tune.

This song helped me through some intense emotions when I was younger and still does. I'm so glad I decided to stay. I would have missed out on so much of life.

Anyone got friends but didn't feel it? Like I don't trust anybody. Everybody has been nice but I don't feel safe, assured that everything will be alright; that it will get better. Sorry for putting this out here.

I’m guessing a lot of us have come back, the years been rough I see

I’m 7 months sober. I had to leave my daughter’s dad behind because he didn’t want to get clean and I miss him so much. I miss his hugs, his smile, his laughter, him when he was healthy. I don’t want to wait for him though.

The pain is so ugly, yet the song is so beautiful; therein lies the meaning of life. It's not what you're going through, but your capacity to transform it into something beautiful and powerful. Pain transformed into YOUR image rather than you transformed into pain's image.

When I feel empty I listen to this. Hoping it will bring the tears out because anything is better than the suffocating anxiety of being numb.

I cant stop crying after I lost my parents in a car crash from 1 month ago. Life is difficult for me, I just have to get through the fact that they are in a better place.

I am autistic and suffer from social anxiety because of it. It’s something I’ve had for as long as I can remember. People have always made me anxious. Because of the anxiety and being an outcast since I was a kid, I’ve been depressed for several years. The lines “Be my friend, hold me Wrap me up, enfold me I am small and needy” always hits. Friends have been few in my life, real friends whom I’ve felt like I could be myself with. I wish I could be held without feeling disgusted. To be held without being touched. Lastly, because of my autism and issues I will need additional support for the rest of my life. It’s simple day to day tasks, which I feel terrible for. I feel small for needing help. This song is a comfort and has been for years. Thank you Sia…

The grip this song has had on me for years...Has anyone here struggled with anorexia nervosa? That's what it meant for me, and I can't even hear it on tv without going back there A true art piece though, such slow melancholy and raw emotion dancing hand in hand

Me.. Clicks on the song bc I'm sad Ad.. come get your KFC chicken for only 5.99

six months clean! so fucking proud of myself... and i never thought i'd say that

Amazing feels in SIA music as always. I like the part where singing ends and it indicates preparation for suicide and the aftermath when the music starts again. The need for someone to understand your experience of life is very strong and "Breathe me" really describes the plea perfectly.

This has been a go to song when I'm just needing to feel myself fully, I found it at 14 and I'm 26 now still enjoying it fully.

I thought I wouldn't ever get to this side of youtube again but well

I don’t know if I’m depressed or a anything but I’m always sad, like yeah I’m happy and I can laugh. But when I’m alone I just feel like nothing. I think no one loves me...yeah I have family but I don’t know, don’t you just need love from others too? Don’t you wanna mean something to others too? I don’t know. I just hate waking up anxious...not knowing why.

Her performance in this song is stunning. lbr, it elevates the music and lyrics from pleasant yet familiar (even cliche) to heart-wrenching. Her voice is not for everyone, but she is such a talented vocalist.

All the moments, all the places, all the shine in your eyes I will never forget.

It's heartbreaking to read all these sad stories in comments.. I really wish you all find your light in life and just glow brightest till you all breathe 💓

The finale of Six Feet Under is among the BEST finales ever, and Sia's breathless song was the icing on the death cake.

when i hear this song, it sounds like the conversations i have with God. When I am troubled and lost, I really do ask God to just please be my friend, wrap me and cover me God. Listening to this song again after so many years. He never left my side one time. God is so sovereign and merciful. I pray whoever reads this knows that you have a friend in our Lord Jesus Christ. Call to him all who are weary for he is a friend to the friendless, a father to the fatherless, a home. Find peace in knowing that. God bless you!

This song was my theme song during my exams.....it really inspired me to move so forward and brave enough to stand my fears

No one understands that it just hurts. So fcking bad. IT HURTS SO MUCH AND NO ONE UNDERSTANDS. I HAVENT FELT HAPPINESS IN SO LONG

My cousin killed herself due to bullying. Please be kind

I listen to this song every night to try to make myself feel better. I feel so alone these days and no one fully understands. It sucks 😢

I’ve been looking for this song for weeks only remembering a few lyrics. Randomly stumbled upon it just now. Yay!

Who's here starting 2020 off with a rough start 😭😭 its good to know I'm not the only one my friends at school act like they have the most perfect life's i felt like i had no place in this world but 2 days ago i started going to church and i swear to you it all change

The Soreness and cracking in her voice just makes it more real

This is the best comment section on KZfaq. I felt so lonely for so long, and it’s just nice to know I’m not the only one

Recuerdo que aproximadamente 6 años atrás en mi época de colegio escuchaba esta música de verdad siempre me llenó y con nostalgia la cantaba de verdad y volverla a encontrar es tan ..... recordar es volver a vivir

I’ve been depressed for years. I never open up to anyone about this. This morning I woke up with an anxiety attack and I couldn’t get the suicidal thoughts out of my head. This feeling sucks so much.. I’m dying on the inside and no one can see it. Stay strong everyone. ❤️ we’ll get through this.

Sia is so talented... she can hit those high notes like no problem in titanium and chandelier and in breathe me her low range is outstanding! Sia is one of the greatest singers of this era.

At 16 I found this song, and I didn’t think I would make it to 18, or 21. I’m now 27, and I am thriving. Dear reader, I love you so much, I’m so sorry if you’re suffering right now, but I promise things will get better. Please stick around, you deserve joy and love, life is so worth living, even if it feels impossible right now ❤❤❤

In 2015 this was my go to song. My dad passed January this year and although it was reliveing in a lot of ways it was very very hard to see him laying there on life support. Im still processing him and that moment and my upbringing with him but i wouldn't have made it without this song. 😢