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Originally Posted by Teen Idle
Yup. Not to mention that people automatically assume that depression = sadness. Depressing can make you emotionless, over emotional, etc. It isn't one thing. I hate when people ask me this out of the blue because there are so many other ways to ask how you are.
Like, the very obvious "How are you?"
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Bulls eye! People do indeed associate depression with just feeling sad or down in the dumps. My depression usually takes me to apathy and total void. And yes it can take me to really deep bounds of feeling sad too. So those who know I get depressed always ask me how I'm feeling or why I look sad. The think is I don't always feel the way my face suggests. I can look sad and simply be in the middle of a deep thought, or I can be smiling trying to cover up my anxiety or anger or depression. It bugs me too. I just tell them I'm ok, if they say I look sad or mad, I say it's a curse I always look like that and smile then they stop.