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Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by weakfish on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:54PM (#31030611)
Repeating what others have said, but as the person in question. I'm incredibly depressed in the sense that I struggle to find motivation to achieve fairly basic tasks such as laundry, feeding myself, etc + extremely numbed emotions, but I am high functioning through a combination of anxiety and force of will (I'm graduating with a decent GPA from a state school with a job lined up).

It can be highly invisible; in fact, I reckon that it is usually invisible and most only see the extreme cases such as your roommate.

Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by thiago_fm on Thursday April 14, 2022 @03:40PM (#31032255)
Are you diagnosed, need to take medicine, is it chronic, do you need to visit your doctor frequently and have a lot of problems, even social issues...?

If not, then you don't have depression, you are just sad/bored like most of the people in this world and is misusing a word and kind of downplaying on depression.

Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by weakfish on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:33PM (#31032910)
Yes, I am diagnosed by two different psychiatrists and have been taking medication and been in therapy for over 7 years. It impacts my life daily and has caused a great amount of harm in my life. This includes self-destructive behavior and (long ago) suicidal ideation.

Don't make assumptions about people you don't know.