Why would anyone fake depression? Nobody would fake having cancer would they!? For some reason a lot of people in the world are currently faking being depressed.

Here are 4 signs someone might be faking depression

1 - Attention seeking - Someone might not be getting enough attention they crave or want, they might see others in real life or online getting a lot of support for their depression, so they see this as an opportunity to get attention themselves

2 - They are only depressed about certain things - Someone who is actually struggling with depression is struggling with depression all the time not just sometimes, someone who is actually depressed doesn’t say oh I’m only depressed because my friends didn’t invite me or oh I’m only depressed because my favourite sports team didn’t win today, depression doesn’t need or have a reason to exist.

3 - Passive aggressive - If you ask someone who is open about their depression more times than not they will be open and honest but someone who is faking it will be passive aggressive, they will act all defensive, avoid questions and try to blame you.

4 - They use it as an excuse - If someone constantly uses depression as an excuse to get out of things it’s likely they are faking it, especially if they use it as an excuse for some things and not for other things.

Here are 4 key reasons why people might fake depression

1 - To seem cool or trendy - Over the past few years many celebrities, movies stars, musicians and social media influencers have talked about their experiences with depression which is a fantastic thing as they are helping raising awareness towards mental illnesses and help others in this world feel less alone. Unfortunately in todays world anything that someone remotely famous does becomes trendy and cool, this has lead to many people thinking they need to be depressed or come across as depressed to fit in, be cool or to be trendy.

2 - To gain some type of reward - Some people struggle with such severe depression that that can’t leave their own homes which means they can’t work, in some countries you can get money of the government for struggling with your mental health as you can’t work which means you can’t pay rent, buy food or pay your bills. Unfortunately some people can take advantage of this and the system by faking being depressed.

3 - Hoping to avoid a negative consequence - Some countries are lenient on people who commit crimes who struggle with their mental health, someone who is a criminal could easily fake struggling with their mental health in the possibility of getting out of doing jail time.

4 - As a symptom of another mental health disorder - There are a few mental health disorders that faking a depression can be a symptom including Factitious disorder where someone complains of symptoms that they don’t have.

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