Depression can be tough, but it also makes for deep and meaningful characters. Here, you'll find original characters who struggle with depression. They have stories that show their battles and their strength. If you want to see how people bring these complex feelings to life in their characters, check out the amazing OCs here!

Depressionย OCs (81 characters)

@patchesthebear
The disease first began to spread when Torrent was a child. His mother was afflicted, and over time her health began to deteriorateโ€” soon unable to walk or eat on her own. Determined to help her, Torrent transitioned to a male in order to b...
#pathetic man
@patchesthebear
Lucas was a notorious bully and delinquent who often teamed with his best friend Danny to cause mischief and chaos throughout their small town. However, after the mysterious disappearance of his best friend after his 14th birthday, Lucas lo...
#depression
#ex-bully
@xXxZixX
#depression
##czech
#beer
#Art
#Czechrepublic
@Azabelle
Ambrosia is a forest spirit who can take on the form of a deer beast or a human. He comes off as absurdly lazy but it's a coping mechanism for his painful past and his memory issues. He's got chronic depression and appears to be very selfis...
#depression
#Ambrosia
#god oc
#forest spirit
@Smilie_0002
He loved his family (consisting of his mother, father and an older sister) more than anything. Until his birthday, they did everything together, but on that day his life went off the rails. His parents gave him a new sweater and his sister ...
#depression
#Teenager
#oc
@Captain_Eclypse
Pandora is the "corrupt" lead scientist of the human development department, she was one of the most influential people in the scientific world having huge influence over the technological development of mankind right up until "the incident...
#depression
#pandora
@Joy_Wonders
Idk. he's an emo dragon dude with a shitty backstory. he also can't fight very well. he plays the guitar and is part of a band
#depression
@MossyRox_X
.ยท:*ยจเผบโ”Œโ”€โ”€ โ‹†โ‹…โ˜†โ‹…โ‹† โ”€โ”€โ”เผปยจ*:ยท.Just a silly lil gay guy exporing the waste of a world around him, and this self destructing lad hates it all.โ•ฐโ”€โœฏยธ.โ€ขยด*ยจ`*โ€ขโœฟ โœฟโ€ข*`ยจ*`โ€ข.ยธโœฏโ”€โ•ฏ
#depression
##weirdo
#EMO๐Ÿ’”
#Definitely gay like wtf
#autism?
@salsdemise_
Eddie Wallace is a 21-year-old man who dropped out of college and is currently living in Casper, Wyoming. (I have never been to Wyoming and all my depictions are based on google. )He's the main character in my current AO3 fanfiction called ...
#triggering content
@Matthias17
She presents as around 25 in age but is thousands of years old, and about 1200 years older than her brother Mydite. She's the middle child.Eulla is usually depicted as a dark-skinned woman, with a hooked nose, and curly dark brown hair that...
#depression
#goddess
#goddess oc
#literal goddess
@Hatsuyuki.404
She's a hitman working for Vladimir Itskov. She kills people heartlessly, regardless of whether they're children or animals. She gets annoyed easily and often engages in close-range combat. She has the ability to use non-weapon objects to k...
#bad
@thatoneweirdrx
Emerson is a seventeen year old girl who is currently living with her aunt, uncle and cousin after running away from her parents.Emerson is a very chill person when you get to know her but she comes off as cold and mean. She loves to skateb...
#Oc
@Mikey12Games
A Blight that suffered at the hands of Arthur's father, his wife has starved and his child was slain. He sits closed off in his closet most of the time, usually daydreaming about what things would be like if his family was still with him. S...
#night blight
@Lexx_loves_bred
Born to two loving parents as an average child, but, several days after turning 7, her and her family were moving away. In the drive, some drunk driver hits them, leaving her parents dead. She was taken to the hospital and treated, then was...
#depression
#bi๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™
##sh
#wheelchairoc
#disabled oc
##depression
@Mikey12Games
A woman that just wants to be left alone... but being made to get the help she needs from an entity that shows up out of nowhere into her life. She wants to get back on her feet, get back to the person she used to be. And it seems like this...
#depression
#original character
#oc
##severetrauma
#self neglect
@Modwri
Born in 1989 in Florida, she made a name for herself in Florida when she was eight, vanished at thirteen, and then reappeared a few years later in Norway, where she used a child army and special powers to conquer much of the eastern hemisph...
#depression
#post apoc
#alternate history
@Eyesdarkened
"I donโ€™t know how Iโ€™m supposed to feelโ€ฆ but I feel safe with you. And that scares me more than anything."
#depression
#sick
#oc
#burn
##fire
@Hufflepuff
Cassee (Pronounced Cassie) is a girl who lives in a small city called New Haven, which is located in Conneticut. She used to love Basketball, it was one of her three favorite sports, all of which she used to play. The three included Basketb...
#depression
#burnout
#kinda sad
@ThatCatKid
The beanie was a gift from her late older brother, and so now she keeps it on whenever she can. She's a bit jaded, so she finds it hard to interact with people and read emotions.She likes to draw, mostly cartoon characters she sees on TV.
#depression
#lgbt+
@kittykitty
Wysteria Thornton is a 14 year old girl who is a noble. She lives in the world of fortuna and is in the 4th region. Wysteria enjoys writing, reading, and drawling (although she isnt very good at it) Her favorite types of books are romance a...
#depression
#yuri
#oc
@Dexpeirie
Alice has been hated by the world for as long as she can remember.She is a very, very misfortunate girl. After a traumatic youth involving a possessive doctor, mysterious illness with otherworldly origins and several dances with death, she ...
#depression
#TW Medical Horror
#Murder TW
#Body Disfiguration
#shes fine maybe
@Gwendolyn
Jaques was very introverted, but could still have conversations with people. He liked sitting alone in his room, playing with his dog, Mozart, and playing piano. He was a shy person, and rarely put himself out there to not make any mistakes...
#depression
#Piano
##music
@Chiknnuggt_soup
๐˜™๐˜๐˜ ๐˜š [๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด] ๐˜Š๐˜–๐˜“๐˜“๐˜๐˜•๐˜š ๐˜™๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข 21-๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ'๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 6'9" ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค...
#depression
#Fish-Induced Trauma
@Hatsuyuki.404
Sheโ€™s an immortal being from another universe, but she came to this universe and fell in love with Yuki. The first time, Yuki died, so she came back using time travel. And it went on like that for 440,000 times before she saved Yuki by kill...
#manipulative
@KingOfPigeons
Born and raised in Southern Bright's Circle, you'd think she'd have bitterness for anything beyond after her parents abandoned her for her safety in order to run away to some other country, but instead Autumn wants nothing more than to expl...
#depression
#original story
@morimenhera
Mori Menhera is a depressed, doll-like, shell of a human. She is often expressionless and dul, not having much to say unless it is relevant or depressing. She represents mental illness and is some sort of half-angel in the lore.
#depression
##persona
##pink
##depression
@QueerQuil
This void being is often seen after overdoses or [self die] attempts, and the subjects often turn their life around afterword often saying they don't know why they did it just that they felt they needed to.
#depression
#nonexistance
@Cassidy
Voice: DEX(vocaloid)A twinky ass Norman De Luz mfHe wears a black sweater thingy with a white undershirt, the collar and sleeves visible along with the ends of the undershirt showing from under his sweater. A red string is tied as a bow on ...
#depression
#abused
@caesar.michi
Theodoros is a living representation of the Byzantine Empire, and his appearance tells that story vividly. He is a demigod and he looks like a fiery phoenix, with red and yellow feathers that seem to burn with the energy of the past, symbol...
#depression
#history oc
#country oc
##romance
@televiq
A musician with highly-acclaimed talent. The first resident of Hotel Storytell, back when they were 18.Their room is now abandoned as they passed away suddenly. Their room used to be a serene place, with areas ofย an early summer morning on ...
#depression
#shut in
@Loafit
As much as she tries to be happy and have energy, Ollie can never seem to find it. Her life feels like fleeting moments of light amongst a sea of desensitisation, sitting in the bottom of the Abyss, searching for burnt out sparks for some s...
#depression
#lesbian!!
##depression
@amesocs
Personality Tsubaki is regarded to as a good kid. Obedient and independent. She has a strong determination for justice, whether that being in small every day things like giving an equal amount of work to her teammates, or holding upon a doo...
#depression
##bisexual
#bisexual oc
#religious oc
@Kevily
JCJenson Drone Model: Worker Drone Designate Name: Nico Model Gender: Male Drone Age: 16 โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” Current Occupation: Getting scrap from outside Personality: He's a depressed, bored Worker Drone. sometimes warm, but if death star...
#depression
##self harm
##suicidal
@lucy_lou
#depression
##tw suicide
##depression
#anxiety
@_toastless
We start off when Liza was just a baby (1-3). She has a very faint memory of being ran through a forest, and then placed into a portal, all the way across the universe in another dimension. When she was 6, her caretaker, Sarah, found her si...
#depression
#wat
#โœจtraumaโœจ
#phsycological horror
@toadflwer
Red's suposed dead BF, Plays guitar, and sings, has depression,ย emo vibes very chill, laid back, has this idc but really does care vibe. Used to be a machanic, got kidnaped, went missing, completly off the radar until he shows back up on th...
#depression