The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of the world but those who fight and win battles that others do not know anything about Jonathan Harnisch, The Brutal Truth Imagine waking up every morning, going through your entire day, attending meetings, cooking meals, helping your children with homework, replying to messages; all while carrying an invisible weight that makes everything feel harder than it should. You are doing everything right on the outside, but inside, there is a persistent emptiness, a fog that never quite lifts. This is functional depression. Functional depression, sometimes called high-functioning depression, is a form of depression where people continue to fulfill their daily responsibilities despite experiencing ongoing symptoms of depression. Unlike severe depression where someone might struggle to get out of bed or maintain basic hygiene, people with functional depression keep showing up. They go to work, attend family gatherings, and mai...