Patron Exclusive Audio: Your Best Friend Knows You're Secretly Depressed
Added 2026-01-25 18:00:11 +0000 UTCWarning: This audio deals with depression and implied casual, suicidal ideation of the "I wish I weren't here" variety rather than the active planning or carrying out of self harm.
If these themes bother you, please don't listen. Like all Vanilla Velvet Audio productions, this is fiction meant for entertainment purposes only. If you're struggling with your mental health, please know you're not alone and there are steps you can take to help improve your emotional state. Professional help is out there. Available 24/7, free and totally confidential.
Please seek help if you ever feel like the Listener character in this audio does. The world needs you in it. 💖
Your Best Friend Knows You're Secretly Depressed
You're depressed, feeling like you just want to give up, and you've been pretending to be okay for awhile now. Of course your best friend has picked up on it, and she's ready to call you out and do whatever she can to make this rough patch suck a little less.
F4A • TW: Depression • TW: Implied, casual suicidal ideation • Platonic • Calling You Out • What’s Going On? • Encouraging You to Share Your Feelings, Even the Bad Ones • Best Friends • Sillier, Lighthearted CW: Listener is implied to enjoy Star Trek nondescript sci-fi show with a soaring musical score while speaker is not, I know it's hard but please suspend your disbelief
Performer: Vanilla Velvet Audio
Script by: lupinstolemyheart on reddit
SFX/Music: Licensed from Envato elements; other SFX from https://freesound.org all under public domain/CC0 licenses
Comments
I've listened to this one twice before, it was nice, comforting, but this third time I truly needed it. These last 12 hours I wasn't sure I'd make it, but your work helped. IDK how much, but when everything shut off inside me I could still feel this. You're one of the best rp style asmrtist out there and you play it down so much, you've got enough talent to save lives and I wanted you to know that.
Blood Sand
2026-02-19 08:59:39 +0000 UTCtysm <3
Papa_Frank
2026-01-26 10:00:19 +0000 UTCThanks you so much for this. It really was needed today.
Emanuel
2026-01-25 19:48:04 +0000 UTCHow can we ever be depressed when your stories bring us so much joy? Thank you for this heartfelt and meaningful audio, Vel 💕🎙️You remind us that there are always people, both friends and professionals, out there who are always happy to lift our spirits. Here’s to more delicious bowls of mac and cheese 🧀 🤍✨
The Punkin King
2026-01-25 19:03:08 +0000 UTCI know this is probably just a dark/too accurate joke about the American economey/health care system, but just in case you need one and don't know, a lot of therapists have separate private pay/insurance pay rates, and will charge out-of-pocket clients less money. Some larger practices are moving to payment models where they can't do that, but you should still be able to find people who do it.
Aggie
2026-01-25 18:42:31 +0000 UTCNew Vanilla Velvet Audio just dropped!!! All hail her divine mac and cheese!!!
Aggie
2026-01-25 18:37:15 +0000 UTCQuestion Vel, is there any particular reason you don't use the thumbnail, as like the thumbnails on patreon? Cause I was wondering why you still decide to make thumbnails for Patreon exclusive audios (NOT that I'm complaining, let's get that str8)
Michael
2026-01-25 18:25:38 +0000 UTC"Have you called your therapist?" In this economy? Living in America? EXTREMELY bold of you to assume I have one 😭
Michael
2026-01-25 18:21:31 +0000 UTCNot done listening yet, but I half expected the stranger things theme to play when she said "stranger things have happened" in an attempt to make the listener laugh 😂
Michael
2026-01-25 18:17:48 +0000 UTC
