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Sadfishing 

(Noun.) The practice of writing about one’s unhappiness or emotional problems on social media, especially in a vague way, in order to attract attention and sympathetic response.
David been sadfishing all day on Twitter.
Sadfishing by Jerry_Stil October 2, 2019

sadfishing 

someone who makes exaggerated claims about their emotional problems to gain sympathy, used especially by attention-seekers.
yo, that ''depressed'' guy gotta stop sadfishing!
sadfishing by jealousboy21 October 1, 2019

Sadfishing 

Sadfishing is the act of someone faking their mental health issues in order to gain attention/likes on social media.

Possible motivations: loneliness, curiosity, boredom
Kendall Jenner is a bitch, she's just sadfishing all the damn time!
Sadfishing by CryinNow October 6, 2019

Sadfishing 

The act of posting depressing content about yourself unprompted in hopes you'll get pity and attention.
The comment section of any Psych2Go video is full of people sadfishing.
Sadfishing by LalalaAndy January 31, 2022

Sadfishing 

Sadfishing is posting excessive pictures, videos and statuses about emotional content on social media. Especially pictures and videos of crying.
Did you see old m8 has posted another video of herself crying again?

Yeah she's constantly sadfishing.