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depressed people aren't All Depression All The Time. we get low swings that last a while sometimes but otherwise if they're medicated most people probably wouldn't even notice.

It's different for everyone, but for me and a lot of folks I've read personal accounts from, depression is mostly an absence of emotion. We're not sad all the time. Sometimes we're happy. But mostly we're numb.

I'd say that the vast majority of people I deal with, online or in real life, don't know how badly I'm suffering from depression. It's definitely an emptiness where the only positive emotions I get are gone about as soon as they came in.

What I mean is that it's really easy to put up a front like you're not depressed. It's not some computer-like "Ah, yes, talking about cats means I should mention how adorable they are. Engage cooing in 5, 4, 3..." nonsense. A depressed character, unless they're really bad off, probably won't have any problems with acting like a normal person in a social environment because they still recognize social cues and can fake the proper reactions.

The big problem would be low energy and not having the drive to do anything... and you can probably still build a thread off of that.

agreeing and also adding an extra opinion

in a psych ward i was in, one of the staff described depression as "anger directed inward"

i feel like it applies to me because i've been treated like garbage my whole life and feeling "wronged" about it

but yes there's also a lot of numbness because it's my brain's coping mechanism since numbness is easier to deal with than constant sadness

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