mryounggun
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From one of the articles that YOU posted:It doesn't
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What Is Smiling Depression? Signs, Causes, and When to Get Help - Still Mind Florida
Smiling depression describes the experience of living with clinical depression while appearing perfectly fine to the outside world. The person shows up tostillmindflorida.com
Camouflaging depression - PMC
Many individuals with depression have been observed to exert effort to appear non-depressed. This effort, referred to as camouflaging, has been systematically studied among individuals with autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit ...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Understanding masked depression: A Clinical scenario - PMC
Masked depression is often misdiagnosed due to the predominance of somatic symptoms and is further complicated by lack of awareness among doctors. The present survey was conducted to gather the views of psychiatrists and nonpsychiatrists regarding ...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
If you want I can find more sources
Each of the other 2 articles that you posted also have some pretty clear descriptions of how depression shows up on people who are good as masking the traditional symptoms, also. They just don't have an easy to copy graphic. In your attempt to disprove my point, you did a great job of reinforcing it.
Again, depression ALWAYS shows up. Even if the person tries to hide it. That's pretty clear from the information that YOU provided.
Salute, though.