Mayo Clinic, functional depression is not an official medical diagnosis, as it falls under persistent depressive disorder. It’s an ongoing battle that can be there for years or an entire lifetime.
It includes all the typical signs of depression, but the person with the functional version keeps going, making it hard to diagnose.
ADVERTISEMENT People have preconceived notions that the depressed person stays in their bedroom, has sleep disturbances, and lets things in their life go.
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