A Year of High-Functioning Depression

When I turn on my work computer, I keep seeing articles on my feed for high-functioning depression like “Five Signs You May Have High-Functioning Depression,” “Are You Suffering From High-Functioning Depression?” and “You Could Have High-Functioning Depression and Not Know It.”

I don’t know why there has been such a recent slew of articles about this topic. Certainly high-functioning depression is different than seasonal affective disorder, which tends to show up this time of year.

I don’t know why I even click on those articles to read. The fact that I do is probably trying to tell me something, namely that I’m relating to the title or something within the articles resonates with me, so I continue to read similar articles.

What is high-functioning depression? One post here defines it as follows: “If you struggle with high-functioning depression, you may still go to work, see friends, and attend events. But the heaviness rarely leaves you; you carry a feeling of exhaustion wherever you go. You feel weighed down by burdens. You think you have nothing to look forward to when you think of the future.”

I feel as if I’ve been dealing with high-functioning depression for close to a year. I enjoy my job, which I’ve been in for 10 months, but the hours are long. I’m enrolled in a fellowship program for clinical supervisors, and it was a relief to hear one of the other…