The Truth Behind "I'm Okay" / I'm Okay, Anxiety, Stress, Doubt

The Truth Behind "I'm Okay" / I'm Okay, Anxiety, Stress, Doubt

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The Truth Behind "I'm Okay", also known as I'm Okay, Anxiety, Stress, Doubt, refers to a strip posted on 9GAG in early 2016 showing weights [emotions] being dragged by a person who is saying "I'm okay" while the weights become bigger and heavier. A part of the strip was the subject of recaptions and photoshopped variations, with the emotions getting erased and replaced with ironic things such as "horny" or "tits" and other such things.

Origin

The earliest known post of "The Truth Behind 'I'm Okay'" strip was posted on May 18th, 2016, by 9Gag[1] user nadieyaroslee. The strip (shown below) features a man walking with a few weights [emotions] attached to his leg that exponentially grow each time the man says he's okay. The post amassed over 20,000 upvotes and 567 comments in seven years.


depression im fine dont worry about it (im okay Stress (im okay i think depression Stress stress stress stress Anxiety stress Anxiety stress Anxiety Stress

Spread

Over the subsequent years, a cropped version of the strip became a popular recaption and photoshopped meme on social media. For example, on July 20th, 2022, X[2] user @Jadethejaguar posted a recaption version of the strip replacing the text anxiety with "horny" (shown below, left). The post amassed more than 492 likes and 22 retweets in a year. On March 23rd, 2021, Facebook[3] meme page HaveASadDay posted a version of the strip with the recaption "small dick" (shown below, right), garnering over 754 likes and 153 shares in two years.


(im 3 okay horny horny horny horny (im okay peeg stress doubt Small D--- Stress

Various Examples


im okay Stress doubt Stress Huge D--- be kind to people. you never know the burdens they carry around I'm okay HORNY HOWNY HORNY HORNY

(im okay correct opinions on fictional characters I'M OKAY. TRAUMA FROM HIS PAST STRUGGLES BURDEN OF BEING THE MOST POWERFUL VILLAIN BOSS. BE KIND. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT BURDENS PEOPLE MAY CARRY. HUGE PEEPEE LYING TO THE ONE HE LOVES.


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