Yeah, my only thought on this is that we have to be extra caring for ourselves.
Like extra caring as in self-care, but more than that.
I mean like beyond what typical self-care proposes. I mean like favoring our own mental health over everything. Of course, life gets complicated. And that's what I think you're referring to when you say you basically can't tell people.
In my life, I've managed to make friends in real life who have mental health challenges. Literally all of my friends, I think, have some sort of mental health challenge. And those are the people I associate with. And I get on really well with them because we understand each other. Aside from that world, the so-called "real" world, no one gets it.
And I don't think that's necessarily a product of culture, a product of education, a product of ignorance; I think it's literally just the fact that people don't have that personal experience.