baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Half agree with that. Depression tends to be a (learned?) coping mechanism as well, just as much as being aggressively happy is. And it is typically confused with sadness, whereas frequently depression is not sadness but something else entirely, an inability or unwillingness (where does one stop and the other begin? dunno) to feel difficult feelings, feelings that will not be socially acceptable or are fantasied to result in disaster/shame/disgrace/abandonment etc. (the fantasy might be real or might not be).
I think a great many depressed people don't immediately present as such though, so that the accepted image of a 'depressive' is only sometimes accurate. People become incredibly good at hiding things.
I think a great many depressed people don't immediately present as such though, so that the accepted image of a 'depressive' is only sometimes accurate. People become incredibly good at hiding things.