Depression is usually associated with sorrow, lethargy, and despair — someone who can't get it out of bed. Although someone experiencing depression can undoubtedly feel these things, how depression presents itself can vary from person to person.
"Smiling depression" is a term for someone living with depression on the inside while appearing completely happy or happy on the outside. Their public life is usually one that is "put together," perhaps even what some would call normal or perfect.
Smiling depression is not recognized as a condition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) but is likely to be diagnosed as a major depressive disorder with atypical features.
"Smiling depression" is a term for someone living with depression on the inside while appearing completely happy or happy on the outside. Their public life is usually one that is "put together," perhaps even what some would call normal or perfect.
Smiling depression is not recognized as a condition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) but is likely to be diagnosed as a major depressive disorder with atypical features.
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