I Hide My Depression From Everyone Who Knows Me Stories of Experiences

I don't know how much longer I can go on with this act. I'm not fine and i can't explain what's wrong with me. It's impossible for me to get help.

It's like this, I know my friends and family probably can tell I battle depression, but I pretend to be fine and they all choose to just believe it. Or maybe its me choosing to believe they are buying my act. It's not something I...

I feel myself hiding my depression. I still sit and pretend like its not real when all I want to do is cry. I get so lonely. Even when I am surrounded by others. Thanks God for EP and the people I have met that help me. I would never...

Sometimes we fall in love when we are not ready, when we are commited to someone else, when we have kids, etc. (for various reasons). And we ask ourselves "why did I meet you right now? How come I didn't meet you before?" But those...

By this point, I got the hang of it. It's like an annoying guest you can't do anything about than tolerate. Eventually, you tell him to take a hike, you got things you need to do. I'm getting better at recognizing the signs, identifying...

What would they say, if they knew. My friend was shocked, but shee could see. My parents would never care, they never have. They only want my straight A's. Other "friends" would laugh along with everyone else. There is this one girt. A...

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My mind goes blank.
A memory lingers in my mind.
The one moment that changed me forever.
The whole room lights up as if Lightning was flowing through the walls.
Smiles morph into tears.
Laughter breaks into screams.
Then it’s...

I have worries. Problems I can't find solutions too. Paranoid at times. Sadness. Anger. Afraid. But I still can't and won't give up on myself. I have few but important people who give me strength to get back up wen I fall .And...

Explaining my situation is hard to make it believe I'd be depressed, I mean I have a decent life, nothing spectacular. I make decent money and have a decent job and get out to play with some frequency.

The hard part is if you like at...

Yes, in my real life.... I kept it all inside me.. so when the I was really full, it just burst out!!!

and my life got all messed up....

I hide depression, with my irritations.. with my impatience.. with my childishness... that get...

About how many people do I come into contact with every day? About 1,000. My parents, my siblings, and the faculty and my peers at school. And, exactly HOW many of these people know that I have been burdened with depression, anxiety...

My mind searching for answers My heart is still The realization is solemn and deep:

My life is overMy death must occur There is no hope My heart is torn apart My tears overflowing

How can I live ? How can I die ? How can...

I was diagnosed with clinical depression, and for quite a while I suffered from what I called "episodes", where I would feel extreme lows...finding it very hard to function some days....it affected all areas of my life, seeing as my...

I come here to EP to let out those feelings I can't anywhere else. I have to keep up a facade and hide my depression every day. It wears me down. So I come here to write sometimes. I guess we all need an outlet. Depression never leaves...

Thinking all the time that we are diseased, will not cure us; medicine is necessary. Being reminded of weakness does not help much. Give strength; and strength does not come by thinking of weakness all the time. The remedy for weakness...

I internalize and keep my depression hidden. I just bottle up inside. Everyone thinks i am happy, but deep down inside i am fighting a defeating and discouraging battle against depression. My parents just don't understand that i am sick...

I recently began a project in my art class. I am making masks out of felt. I've been carrying them around school with me, smiling as I sew. People ask "What are those?" and then I delve into the fact that my project is about teen...

to be honest i dunno where to start. i have never done something like this but i feel like i need to share it with someone even if its people i don't know. i guess it makes it easier. i have always thought that i suffer from depression...

I shouldn't be typing this i have a home and a family yet i find my depression getting worse...

It started age 5 my mother had a brain hemorrhage thankfully she didn't die but she was always at the hospital and she now can't walk at...

Over the years I have become an expert at hiding my feelings from friends and family.
Even my best friend, the person who I confide with the most does not know about my struggle with anxiety and depression.
I am not a big believer in...