A lot of people with depression are actors. Allow me to explain. People that are functional with their depression are professional actors. They get up every day. Do their job with a smile that's masking their pain. They rarely let anyone know exactly what their really feeling.

It has to be an act because people will call you crazy. Or tell you to man or woman up. Or tell you that happiness is a choice. Or make you feel as though you're weak, even though you know the battles you've fought to get out of the bed. And the worse of all, when they say it's

all in your head. NO FUCKING SHIT! Where else would it be? Damn!