is there a reason your aunt can't know?

the hardest thing i've had to learn to do with my depression is advocate for myself which is *exhausting* but once you have people trained it makes life so much easier. i'm firm with people who think i should just 'snap' out of it ('this is a medical condition and i'm under the care of professionals. i cannot simply snap out of it.'). if someone offers a suggestion i might simply put it off with, 'thank you, i'll think on that' because honestly i have heard every single suggestion under the sun. exercise? oh you're the first person in the WHOLE WORLD to suggest that to me /sarcasm.

my default if i don't want to get into it is to say i'm 'tired'. "Let's go party!" "No thanks, I'm feeling tired. I'm going to go lay down."

In other words, do what you need to do to take care of yourself and let everyone else figure out how to handle it. it's not easy but eventually people will leave you alone.