By dating other depressed people.

It is said that people with low self esteem or depression are drawn to people with the same issues as them and i’ve certainly found that to be the case.

Seems to be/have been the case for me. It’s like a radar, because it was definitely true of two of my relationships as a teenager. But i had no way of knowing they would be depressed when i was going into the relationships. So my subconscious must have selected them for me.

Yippee!