Even though I know there are other depressed people in my life, why do they look so happy on the outside? How come I can't look that way?

Many people with depression are afraid to seem not okay on the outside, myself included. So they put up the facade that they're okay and everything's fine. Not everyone can do that, and that's okay. Either way, that doesn't mean their depression is less serious, and it doesn't mean yours is less serious either. Depression is a personal experience and is different for everyone, and it's important to remember that.

depression in based on fears that haunting us, forget that fear and feel reality. and leave the negatives in your life and find your positives and go after it

some have been this sad for a long time and have simply trained themselves to look happy in front of others in order to avoid being asked questions about it, however it's not good to hide your true feelings

Their depression might get slightly better when they're around friends.

Depression is a mental illness , it doesn't effect your appearance. maybe changing up your looks with brighter colors could help you keep more positive

I think they don't want other to know what they truly feel because they don't think others understand. But it takes a lot of mental energy to hide the real feeling. I think it's OK for anyone to not be able to hide their feeling.

Depression is not always noticeable. Everyone reacts differently to the diagnosis and look different

Most people tend to hide how they feel and you most likely are hiding it but you feel like you aren't because you know it's there but others don't, others just see the front that you put up to hide behind

A lot of people with depression feel the same exact way that you do. I know in my experience I have dealing with my depression so long that I don't want my depression to taint the people around me so I school my features to not display how I feel. This is not healthy. Talk to someone you trust about how you feel! If you do not have a friend or family member you trust, try talking to a trained medical professional you can help you make sense of these feelings!

apart from depression cause incident or situation, there are many other things they need or have to do for their life, that depends up on person to person