This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. At self-work, we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues

common in today's world and what to do about them.

I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work.

Hi and welcome or welcome back to self-work.

Thanks so much for being here.

I'm going to be talking today about a topic that I'm very passionate about.

Perfectly hidden depression.

I've written about it and researched it for the last

three years actually and I'm so delighted to see that the episodes that have

already been on it which are episodes three, 4, and 21, as well as last week's episode, which was on the difference

between hiding depression and perfectly hidden depression.

But I've been delighted to see that those are really some of the most

downloaded episodes of self-work. In fact, people with perfectly hidden

depression are really the perfect audience for a podcast because you don't have to reveal

to anyone that you're listening. So I'm hoping that these are helpful to you.

This particular podcast is answering a request from a listener to talk about what causes

perfectly hidden depression.

So of course I'm happy to oblige and that's what today's podcast is on. First I'll give you a little bit of

information about perfectly hidden depression but there's a lot more on those

other episodes so if you want to go listen to those first, please feel free. I will be here.

Then we're talking about the nine paths to beginning to hide pain.

Lastly, I'm going to answer an email from a listener and this one is about building self-esteem, especially

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