People with depression are encouraged to make it public so they can get the help they need. But in most cases, people who openly say they have depression are seen as attention seekers who can become shunned for such an act.

I told my boss I have cronic moderate to severe depression and a lot of time it shows in my work. Even though my place of work yas garbage health benefits they are really understanding when I have days where I can barely muster the will to talk with or associate with coworkers.

When my boss and other coworkers asked what its like and why I cant just change and be positive! My best explanation is.

Here I have a brand new smart phone I got last week. And here is the one that I have had for nearly four years. My brand new one if charged over night will hold a charge all day with heavy use. My old one sitting idle needs to be put on a charger before lunch and even sooner if I do anything basic on it. My brain is like the old phones battery. It doesnt have the juice to run high performance for very long before it needs to remove itself from whatever its doing to charge back up a little.

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