When you feel down or depressed do you hide it from others?

In real life, I hide it as best as I can since at this point, I have no one I can open up to. I open up to people when I'm online because they actually listen and they cheer me up. This site is full of such wonderful people.
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Of course!

Yeah I always do. I go out of my way to do nice things for people on the days I'm really depressed. It really helps me.

I don't necessarily hide "it"...I just hide myself, avoid people. But if I do happen to be around people or they ask, I usually don' mind telling them

yup, it's mainly because people needlessly worry or make it a big deal. I'd have no issues telling the truth if they just moved on past it. But that rarely happens. If I was legit distraught about something, believe me I'd bring it up myself instead of hiding it.

But if it's the common meh days that everyone gets, then it's nbd. I noticed an odd pattern where it's as if I'm supposed to have at least one day in a week where I'm in a rut for no reason. Like it was some sort of phoenix-esque cycle. So I welcome these days, do whatever that gives me the comfort in being sad, and it's flushed out of my system the next day.

I voted "mostly". I mask it unless I'm REALLY, REALLY down. in that case, I doubt I'd see other people.

I'm under the impression that no one but a select few people in one's life will really care and therefore I try to hide it. It may be unhealthy but what can you do?

Yeah if I can. I keep to myself and avoid social settings. It just makes it worse when you have to pretend you feel excited or put on a happy face around people when you feel empty inside. I don't share it with anyone anymore.

IRL and from the people I know IRL yes, but then I'm down most of the time

All the time.