It’s hard having a mental illness when you’re high functioning. It’s hard having a mental illness ANYWAY but when you’re high functioning it’s like people believe you even less. Just because you work, leave the house and make money doesn’t mean you aren’t suffering.
Thank you for saying this, I sometimes worry about telling people I suffer with depression because I'm high functioning as I worry it will affect how they see others with depression and then think that I/others are 'faking it'. It's maddening and adds so much extra pressure.