Wouldn't it be great if I just announced to the world that I have damn depression? Why is depression so stigmatized in society? I always feel like I have to hide it in public. No one knows about my depression other than my family, and therapist, and like 1 other friend. I can barely talk about it with those people. Only time I can cry hysterically is in therapy because I pay my therapist to listen to that sad crap. Even my family discourages me from expressing my emotions.

Sometimes I just want to announce it to the world on Facebook or something. I dunno if it's because I want attention or it might turn out to be cathartic. But I'm sick of pretending to be normal (or sort of happy), at my job, in front of friends, walking down the street, etc.

I think I just feel alone in all of this. I don't personally know people who suffer like I do. I only read about other people and their memoirs, but I just feel very disconnected from real people I see face to face.