Depression is also getting up & going to work everyday, keeping up with yourself, laughing, putting on makeup, going out with your friends. Functional depression is also very real.
The reason people don’t speak up about their feelings or experiences is because every strange look, every dismissal, every scolding stays with you until your voice gets quieter and quieter. You’d be shocked what people tell me that the people closest to them have no idea about
Introverts shut down when they're going through shit. They want no sympathy. No advice. No "fixing". All they want is silence & solitude. They know how to pull themselves out. Just leave them alone for a while.