Hello, I have been depressed for my whole life, (I'm 22 years old now), and I had the hardest time finding a job. I've only had this one job ever, and the only reason I got it was because my brother worked there and they liked him. It is a really annoying and difficult job for me, but I think that it is the best that I can do in my lifetime. It is basically just typing up edits for documents on a computer all day, of course there's a little more to it than that, but I don't want to type a huge long message right now. I was just wondering how others cope with having depression in the workplace.

Every day I come in, I have to say hi to several people, and I really don't like talking face to face with people, especially if I have to lie about how I am doing (because I'm never alright). When they ask me these questions, they're expecting a "normal" person answer, but I'm sorry, I can't give it. I always try to tell the truth to people, I even told my supervisor that I will never be alright, I tell her I'm ok, for me, and I am alive, but that's about it. I wonder if I'll get fired for being depressed?

I applied for many jobs before, and did interviews, and from my experience, no employer is going to want someone who is even remotely sad or depressed. They're expecting you to be all cheery, happy, and want to be around people all the time and all this stuff that I am most certainly not. I can't make myself be this way. So please, anyone want to talk about this subject? How do you cope with being depressed at work or around others? You can pm me if you want.