Depression is a serious mental health condition that can lurk in people we least expect. Those with concealed depression or hidden depression manage their symptoms in ways that keep their condition hidden from others. Signs of Unhealed Trauma here https://youtu.be/qBWgPRXsnOU
Even though people with hidden depression adopt coping strategies to conceal their depression, the burden to carry this mental illness without support can make the experience even more isolating and damaging to their mental health. Do you know someone who might relate to these signs?
Also, do you suspect that you might have unhealed trauma related to your hidden depression? https://youtu.be/qBWgPRXsnOU.
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Writer: Allison Ikenouye
Script editor: Isadora Ho & Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Evelvaii
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References:
Brownhill, S., Wilhelm, K., Barclay, L., & Schmied, V. (2005). ‘Big build’: Hidden depression in men. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39(10), 921-931.
Herrick, L. (2015, Jan 8). 11 habits of people with concealed depression. Huffington Post. Retrieved from https://www.huffpost.com/entry/11-habits-of-people-with-_b_6384062
Overend, K., Bosanquet, K., Bailey, D., Foster, D., Gascoyne, S., Lewis, S., . . . Chew-Graham, C. (2015). Revealing hidden depression in older people: A qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial. BMC Family Practice, 16(142), 1-8.
Rutherford, R. M. (2019, Aug 18). Are you perfectly hiding your own silent depression? Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/perfectly-hidden-depression/201908/are-you-perfectly-hiding-your-own-silent-depression
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