I think men are more in denial about their depression than women are. I mean it's more acceptable for a woman to be depressed than a man, IMO. My bf has that problem a lot. He has schizoaffective disorder and I know he gets depressed. But when you ask him, he flat out denies anything being wrong. Actually he'll never say anything other than "I'm fine." It's really frustrating when you know otherwise.

I think everyone uses denial in some form or another. It just makes it easier. That way we don't have to look at it and don't have to change anything about ourselves.

I don't think denying depression is a sign that you're depressed at all. I'll admit to everyone I know that I suffer from depression. I don't care who knows. I think it all depends on the person and their comfort zone with it. Maybe it has something to do with pride or what each individual determines is acceptable or not.