289. The psychology of high functioning depression

The Psychology of your 20s

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

We are used to seeing depression one way: tears, extreme sadness, never leaving the house, pure misery. But for many of us, we experience depression differently. High functioning depression, a kind of depression where an individuals presents as seemingly 'fine' if not successful and thriving is on the rise. But despite outside appearances, it's just as debilitating as the depression we expect. In today's episode we discuss:

The bad vs. sad stigma present in society
What we expect depression to look like + why that harms people
What HF depression really looks like
What factors increase the likelihood
The link between overachievers, childhood trauma + hyperindependence
How to support a loved one with HF depression
How to cope ourselves + so much more

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0:00.0	Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.
0:09.1	Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
0:13.7	I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
0:18.5	At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
0:21.2	Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2, starting April 9th on the I Heart Radio app,
0:26.6	Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.6	Hello, everybody.
0:31.7	Welcome back to the show.
0:33.1	Welcome back to the podcast.
0:35.2	New listeners, old listeners, wherever you are in the world. It is so great to
0:39.7	have you here back for another episode as we, of course, break down the psychology of our 20s.
0:45.8	Before we get into today's episode, though, I do want to let you know that we will be talking about
0:51.0	some heavy topics today, including self-harm, suicidal ideation, and grief.
0:57.6	So if you are particularly sensitive to these topics, please consider your need to listen to this
1:03.3	episode right now. It will still be here tomorrow, in a week, in a few months, or even a year,
1:09.0	when you feel more mentally prepared to come back to
1:12.2	it. So please remember, your mental health is always the top priority. So if you do need any
1:19.8	further assistance now or after listening to this episode, there will be links in the description.
1:25.4	And I'm sending you a lot of love and a lot of healing.
1:29.9	Okay, so today I want to take a bit of a vulnerable turn and talk about something quite personal to me
1:35.7	that I've existed with for many, many years and that is high functioning depression.
1:42.1	Depression that is almost, I would would say invisible from the outside but deeply
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