Why does nobody believe I'm depressed?

No one believed I was depressed because I would put up a front. I would smile and laugh, but when I was alone I would be crying and feeling lonely. Not even my parents or my doctors or my therapists believed I was depressed I wouldn't tell them everything and I would seem happy in front of them.

Most of the time, people don't understand depression until they themselves have been through it. Anyone that doesn't believe you're depressed likely doesn't know what depression is or what it's like.

In my experience, my parents just didn't want to believe I was depressed. I guess because they didn't want their daughter to go through the same things they went through, and they fooled themselves into thinking it was mind over matter. Also, most of us depressed people put on a pretty good facade to seem happy and "normal" at school or work, so when people who don't understand depression hear that we have it, they're likely to just brush it off. Which is dangerous for obvious reasons.

Because too many people believe that it is for attention. Many people don't "act" depressed for attention, If you tell somebody that you are depressed, they don't have the right to say that you aren't. Unless they've blatantly shown that they are just pretending. You are the expert on you, nobody can dictate what you are feeling.

Mental illness is not visible like broken bones so people find it hard to understand that there is something wrong with you as they are not experiencing it themselves.

Because somehow I am not depressed enough to be depressed. Like this is some kind of battle. "Did you stay in bed for months? That's what my aunt did. Stop complaining." Its as if the fact that I could be more sad trumps the fact that I am sad right now.

Some people believe depression is a myth, or a life choice. You cannot convince people that you are depressed if they do not believe in it. It's not your fault, just some people have their own facts, even if you know yours to be true.

Depression is something very personal, you can feel terrible with it but still look completely fine to everyone else. Sometimes what we feel is hard to explain to others as everyone feels things differently.

because "depression is a very serious disease and I'm just victimizing myself" they say... "Poor, poor pitiful you"

People think that everyone who says they're depressed are either looking for attention or they blow it off and say it's a phase. I applaud you for trying your best to get through it, but I think you would do well to ignore those who think you're lying.