Sometimes, sadness just shows up. It could be from work stress, a relationship that feels off, or the general weight of adulting. When all you hear is complaints or criticism, it’s easy to feel unappreciated, even when you're trying your best.
On days when it feels too heavy to carry, it helps to share how you feel. Talking about it, or even posting about it, can make things a little lighter. You don’t always need a solution, sometimes you just need to let it out of your system.
Here are 30 Instagram captions for when you're feeling low. They’re a reminder that you’re not alone:
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Work issues:
1. Ever feel like your job is draining your soul but you smile anyway? Same.
2. The WiFi is strong
But my will to work is weak.
3. Burnout isn’t exhaustion
It’s grief for a version of you that used to care.
4. I’m not lazy
I’m just allergic to meaningless tasks.
5. Work emails make me want to walk into the ocean with my laptop.
6. The Sunday scaries! Hit like a slow-motion panic attack.
7. Chasing dreams! But my dream is a nap.
8. I gave my all to a job that replaced me in a week. Let that sink in.
9. I love my job! Said no deeply feeling adult ever.
10. Success? No thanks.
I’m aiming for soft peace and stable serotonin.
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Missing someone:
11. I miss someone
Who still exists
But not for me.
12. We stopped talking
But our heart still talk to each other.
13. Being the one who cares more
Is a slow, painful art.
14. They loved the light in me,
and then they dimmed it.
15. Losing someone who never fully chose you
Still feels like abandonment.
16. I’m not hard to love
You just weren’t built to hold me.
17. Sometimes the heartbreak
Is in what was almost real.
18. Our love felt like poetry
Until it didn’t.
19. I let them go
But the memories still text me at 2am.
20. Healing hurts
But staying broken hurt more.
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Adulting:
21. I’m not depressed
Just perpetually disappointed in reality.
22. Sometimes, I wish I could unsubscribe from life for a few days.
23. Adulthood is just, scrolling how to feel better and never clicking the links.
24. I’m fine! In the way a cracked phone still technically works.
25. No one warns you! That growing up means grieving old dreams.
26. I'm stuck between: Who I am and who I’m too tired to become.
27. Every day I wake up; And silently renegotiate my will to try.
28. There's a sadness, that doesn’t cry
It just lingers quietly.
29. My biggest talent?
Appearing okay while falling apart on loop.
30. Just because I’m alive
Doesn’t mean I’m living.
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