And goodness knows we need to discover things which will cheer us up from the otherwise depressing news we are bombarded with each and every day in Broken Britain.

Source: https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/dan-mackay-plenty-of-ways-to-feel-good-and-all-of-it-avai-300093/

At the end of the day, we had wonderful financiers who understood the vision and came together and supported us, but prior to that it was really depressing, you know.”

Source: https://ogtv.com.ng/2023/06/10/riley-keough-director-and-actress-struggled-to-get-war-pony-funded/

Blue Monday is here, with its dubious distinction of being “the most depressing day of the year.”

Source: https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2023/01/15/how-i-fell-for-a-1200-floor-lamp.html

Both Juliet Rylance's Della Street and Chris Chalk's Paul Drake have been given significant storylines, and at times Chalk has found the whole thing a bit depressing, noting how many of the issues faced by his character are still prevalent today.

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1254886/perry-mason-season-2-episode-6-bloody-sneakers-explained/

But as these depressing photos show - little appears to have changed for the better.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12902125/Unhappy-holidays-Grim-photos-tranq-addicts-shooting-broad-daylight-sidewalks-Philadelphia-fentanyl-tranq-overdoses-run-rampant.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

But it really is depressing when even the truly inspirational powerhouse that is Michelle Obama says the same thing.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12780897/Id-respect-stars-bit-admitted-talent-stopped-bleating-suffer-Imposter-Syndrome.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

“But it was an absolute shambles of a performance and depressing really.

Source: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/23233269.manager-saints-supporter-doswell-expresses-jones-owner-concerns/?ref=rss

But it would be wrong to say this movie is depressing.

Source: https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/best-movies-2023-sundance-film-festival-49074106

Clausen talked to him later and helped him out of his depressing mental state.

Source: https://www.presstelegram.com/2023/07/28/bill-clausen-red-cross-community-leader-and-trw-engineer-dies-at-88/

Critics slammed Donald Trump's speech at CPAC Saturday as and outrageous, inflated boasts, and marked by a depressing characterization of American life without him in the White House.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/trumps-speech-cpac/

Farhana Haque RahmanSo forgive us if for 2023 IPS takes a somewhat different approach, highlighting how humanity can do better, and how the big depressing picture should not obscure the myriad small but positive steps being taken out there.

Source: https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/12/amidst-horrendous-2023-civil-society-fighting-back-society/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amidst-horrendous-2023-civil-society-fighting-back-society

Gay pioneer: ‘It’s depressing a lot of our good work is being trashed’

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23641723.gay-pioneer-its-depressing-lot-good-work-trashed/?ref=rss

Here, ordinary humans without magic are not only shunned by sorcerers, but also used in experiments by them and even killed, despite living separately, in a depressing and merciless place known as the "Hole".

Source: https://screenrant.com/best-dark-fantasy-anime/

Here, too, weather is always a factor with warm temperatures depressing daytime moose movement.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/12/31/hunting-2023-was-a-productive-year-for-hunters-in-maine/

However, it all ends in tragedy with one of the most depressing sad movie endings.

Source: https://screenrant.com/saddest-movie-endings-viewers-could-rewatch/

I came away from reading that booklet with the depressing thought that those ATS women serving with men in the 1940s were probably more fulfilled and better respected than some women working with men today.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/voices/opinions/peter-rhodes/2023/03/29/peter-rhodes-on-women-at-war-a-lesson-from-scotland-and-the-question-that-wont-go-away/

“If I keep doubting myself because of the shortcomings and depressing realities we have seen, this award will mean nothing to me.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/03/24/for-making-lives-better-phinma-honors-exemplary-scholar-graduate/

"I gotta say this is one of the more depressing reports I think I've read over the last little while."

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canmore-childcare-staffing-affordability-1.6716883?cmp=rss

In what feels like an aesthetic cross between Sofia Coppola and Wes Anderson’s early works, Sin Fang, real name Sindri Már Sigfússon, lolls around the gorgeous but somehow depressing palazzo, waiting for the telephone to ring.

Source: https://grapevine.is/news/2023/06/01/sin-fang-premieres-sweet-bobby-music-video/

I often write about poverty, and while the subject can be depressing at times, I also regularly find reason to be inspired.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/kenya-development-slum.html