What is smiling depression how to identify it

A smiling depression is appearing to be happy to others but literally having depressive feeling inside . Person with smiling depression not show their negative emotion because they have already undergone facing the darker side and pretending much happier to the outside world .

Depression varies person to person . Someone with depression is typically depicted as a person who can’t get out of bed and feels helpless, but that’s not the case for all depressed individuals. There are people who often appear to be happy and motivated that are still dealing with a type of depression that isn’t well known called smiling depression.

Another way to describe the smiling depression is wearing mask. Smiling depression is more dangerous than classic severe or major depression. People with smiling depression gives no clue to the outside world of their problem. They often maintain a healthy life , they do their daily activities perfectly .

Causes of smiling Depression :

Insomnia

Suicidal thoughts

Panic Attacks

Deeper Sadness

Suicide can be particular threat for the individuals suffering with siling depression. Typically, people suffering with classic, severe depression might have suicidal thoughts, but not the energy to act on their feelings. However, those suffering from smiling depression has the ability to go through the successive suicidal thoughts. This is why smiling depression can be more dangerous than a classic form of severe depression.

Smiling depression is treatable if a proper counseling is given to the person , the person can completely recover from the sadness .

Why a person hides depression ?

The causes might be different, for the person who hide depression and smiling might be mechanism of defending them from showcasing their depressive mode.

He/she is ashamed of the problem . So , they might avoid sharing it to others .They might think depression is a lack of will and character, so it is clear that if you have this prejudice though they will try to hide this condition that is a “defect”

Sometimes he/she doesn't recognise the depression . He/she might think that depression goes away itself . In these cases occurs a denial and the smile is a mechanism of self-affirmation through which the person tells itself it's not so bad, that it actually feels good.

He/she doesn’t want to bother others . They might feel not to share their problem to others having a prejudice thoughts it may be a burden or concern for others. They might have tendency to keep the problem inside and they are introverted in nature.

He/she might keen on the image . They might have a prejudice thought that other judge only by the exterior appearance and so they pretend well hiding their sadness and become characters acting everyday on a theatre stage.

Who are more likely to affected with Smiling Depression?

Introverted people, who have a tendency to beware problems or find it difficult to talk about their emotions.

Perfectionists, those that demand too much to themselves and think they can’t fail in any sphere of life.

Hyper responsible people who believe to carry the world on their shoulders and think that if they collapse, it will happen a cataclysm of epic proportions.

Dangers of smiling depression :

The depressed person who might choose to smile and hiding their sadness and try to pretend to be happier outside will have a strong suicidal thoughts.

And surprisingly relatives and friends never know that you are in a depressed state for longer time and because of it you have committed suicide .

So , person who tries to hide depression is actually feeding it.

Moreover, the persons trying to hide depression usually follow some agenda to not show to outside world , so that ends up carrying a hectic lifestyle that produces them a great fatigue. By overreacting every day, they will boost depression inside them. Sooner or later, irritability, fatigue, sadness and tension will find their way out.

The problem is that at this point, those persons suddenly finds themselves face to face with reality and feel they’re at a dead end with no one around who can help. For this reason they can even intent some life-threatening act.

Some psychologists taken a survey by following a group of drivers for two weeks and found that while more smiles were pretended, the worse was their mood back home; a mood marked by irritability, anger and sadness.

Therefore , it is important to be aware of the fact that depression doesn't go away by itself .Hiding or avoiding the problem will not cancel it. So , consulting a doctor and help or support from your friend you can syre recover from the smiling depression.