“What is masked depression?”
I came across the term masked depression when I was in one of my classes at school. My professor didn't elaborate on what it meant, and I've never really heard of it before. What does masked depression mean?
7 Answers
PsychologistMaskeddepression
I believe it means covered up, meaning people on the outside looks great but inside they are depress. Basically pretending to others
Masked depression is a diagnosis for subconscious thoughts/feelings that cause or contribute to an individual's overall feelings of worthiness. It can be manifested by excessive sleeping, isolation, overeating, overspending, etc., to validate a sense of worth or purpose.
I believe masked depression refers to symptoms a person reports or exhibits that one typically does not associate with depression yet the person does suffer from underlying depression. For example, a teenager may primarily exhibit oppositional behavior increasing the possibility that his or her depression never gets recognized.
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Geraldine Fee
Psychologist
Somatic symptoms cover the underlying disorder.
When the symptoms are different than regular depression and so it is not caught as a disorder or depression at first or at all.