- look out of windows. Sigh periodically.
- stop eating. You've lost all will to eat, or maybe you're just so depressed that you forget. Soon your outside will be as frail as your mental state.
- smoke
- take a lot of baths
- pepper your speech with French words like ennui or raison d'etre
- wear black, preferably a black sweater with no bra
- be mysterious. Telegraph your depression without illuminating anyone to the specifics or causes.
- listen to very cool music, preferably on vinyl
- drink too much, but never vomit
- continue to be the subject of the male gaze