How to deal with birthday blues

Birthdays are meaningless anyway. I wouldn't dwell on it too much.

Birthdays are not meaningless, and that does not help me one bit.

even if they did not say happy birthday im sure they care, and if they dont, you will find people that do.

you always have your family and isn't that more important?

It isn't as if you have achieved anything for the birthday, it's pointless recognition of a date when you were born. The only useful birthdays are 16, 17 and 18.

Perhaps this line of thought is why people neglected to say or do anything about it. Given you will face disappointments again down the road this event is insubstantial.

I take it that no one remembers your birthday too. That is the only reason why someone would hate birthdays this much.

People do remember my birthday and I'm not bitter. I just don't see why there is a reason to celebrate a day where the mother did the hard part rather than the person being celebrated. Not much reason for celebrating a yearly birthday as it doesn't mean anything.

I think you're being quite hard on OP for no real reason. It's perfectly understandable for them to be upset if people they consider good friends did not wish them a happy birthday - it would upset me a great deal too - it's not too much to ask and it's a sign that your friends are engaged with you, to see them forget can be quite distressing. Something you should remember when trying to console someone is that not everyone is going to subscribe to your logic or world view, so it's best to be a little more forthcoming than dismissive, especially when the other person involved is upset. It may not matter to you, but it obviously matters to them.