
The lying, never is sold or told well in anything I’ve watched. Probably because you need to have multiple character arcs to show difference and screen runtime is limited but most depression is covered by a mask of “im ok” “it doesn’t matter” or “so let’s worry about you instead” to an unbalanced degree of a further spiral. Honestly just think that anyone who truly goes through depression can’t write about it, and when you’re out it’s like looking through a window of what you felt.
This. Very much this. My depression is disabling, it’s not just being sad. I can’t move because all I’m doing is trying to will myself out of existence and sometimes I can’t even cry. And I desire nothing more than other humans, but that doesn’t actually solve anything, because nothing solves it and I still feel alone even if I’m surrounded by the best people