Hello! I’m barely on Reddit and this is one of the only times I’ve posted on here so bear with me if this is too long.

Also if you’re sensitive to the topics of suicide and depression, I recommend not reading this. If you’re struggling. Please call 988, it may not seem like it but you matter to someone out there.

I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety during middle and high school. The thing that got me through all of it was music, the one band that saved my life was Twenty One Pilots. It was the first set of music that resonated with me. I finally felt like I wasn’t alone, it made me think differently with music. Around before twenty one pilots, I was struggling with suicidal ideations and when I heard Truce for the first time, I never heard a song that felt more closer to home for me, it was almost as if Tyler knew what was happening to me and wanted me to know I would be okay.

Another band that got me through the dark times was Joy Division. For those that don’t know, the band was led by Ian Curtis, who died from suicide on May 18th, 1980. He was only 23. I was 17 when I was into Joy Division, during that time I thought to myself, when I turn 23 and things aren’t great for me, I would’ve went through with my plan on May 18th, 2024 as I knew that would be when I would be 23, the same age as Ian and the anniversary of his death.

I stopped thinking like that for a few years until recently, as last year and the start of this year were really bad for me mentally to the point that I lost a friend, I felt like I became a burden to them for how I was and made things worse. When everything was bad, I started thinking of going through with my May 18th plan once again.

But today, with the release of Overcompensate, the new album Clancy was announced, the release date of the album hit me, May 17th, 2024. The day I thought was gonna be my last day alive. Once again, Twenty One Pilots have saved my life without them knowing. No matter how hard it was, Twenty One Pilots were always there for me.

If you’ve made it this far in the post, I wanna thank you for reading. Stay alive, there’s someone out there who cares about you.

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