6 Signs of Concealed Depression
Channel: Psych2Go
Date: 2020-05-08

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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Suggested video(s): 

HIDING DEPRESSION (high functioning depression) (VERY WELL: episode 5)
https://youtu.be/qBWgPRXsnOU

Let Go - Amanda Silvera (our VO Artist) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSn0xDn2ZZs&t=3s

7 Signs Of Depression
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3rGwIOvUZQ&t=219s

8 Signs of Major Depressive Disorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSClXw4Wfxs

5 Hidden Signs of Depression
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaznCPVAiJc&t=14s

Credits
Writer: Allison Ikenouye
Script editor: Isadora Ho & Kelly Soong 
VO: Amanda Silvera 
Animator: Evelvaii 
YouTube manager: Cindy Cheong 

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