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Originally Posted by prefabsprout
I'm not sure which it is.
I'm struggling, and I have a situation I have to work through. I find myself saying I'm fine when I'm not, making jokes with friends when I feel dreadful inside. I don't want to worry them and I don't want them to see me in a state, I fear I'll lose them if I let the way I feel show.
It's like being two people, the one I let people see outside and the person who is struggling inside.
Does anyone else do this?
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I can really relate. When I was depressed, situations where I was depressed but had to pretend not to be depressed were really, really bad, sometimes taking me days to recover. This might be common and might be part of why people go down hill over the holidays.
I don't really have a good solution other than addressing your depression directly. Maybe others have idea. I basically avoided people a lot, even people that I cared for.
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