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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/schoolforapples on 2026-01-14 21:17:00+00:00.
This was actually almost 10 years ago, I hope the statute of limitations is still open for this sub hahahhaha.
For context my aunt has had depression ever since I can remember. Not only has she been battling with it for at least 20 years but she has always had to take a very strong medication for it (makes her lose all of her hair).
One time when I was 12 I was with my dad, my depressed aunt (DA for short) and my other aunt on a terrace talking. My DA was talking about how she had been doing those last few months and how she had just gone through a particularly difficult time because her depression made her unable to take care or see her daughter. My dad and other aunt were giving her encouraging words and advice.
I, a 12 year old who doesn't actually understand life and much less depression, decided to also give her some encouraging words. A couple of weeks earlier I had watched Sing! and I remembered a line that went "When you've reached rock bottom, there's only one way to go, and that's up!".
So there I went, I said that line verbatim to her.
She just kind of stared blankly at me and then awkwardly laughed it off.
I'm obviously still embarrassed of this interaction to this day cause I still remember it almost 10 years later...
TL;DR: When I was 12 I tried to use a line from the movie Sing! ("When you've reached rock bottom, there's only one way to go, and that's up!") to cheer up my aunt, who had already been struggling with depression for more than 10 years.