Please can we stop underestimating someone’s pain based on their ability to keep going? Just because someone is high-functioning, they go to work, they study, they workout…they do all the things they need to get done doesn’t make their pain any less real. Just be mindful of that
Depression isn’t sadness. It’s exhaustion, no motivation, numbness, no desire to do what you once loved, it’s isolation, fear, negative thoughts, anger, disappointment, irrationality. Depression and sadness are not the same thing