bit of a vent so buckle up, i have a few close friends who are fixated on being ‘depressed’, with no real diagnosis. obviously these problems they have are valid; i’ve been there not wanting to seek medical help but very obviously being deeply depressed. however, the difference is that they keep Name Dropping the fact that they are depressed to me (and others) in conversation, and even to teachers to deflect not doing schoolwork. i understand lockdown is incredibly hard, it’s gotten so bad for me i’ve begun medication, however i feel weirdly angry at the fact that this friend will not stop parading around their self diagnosis. i obviously do not know everything that happens with her behind closed doors, however from what i’ve asked about and how she’s vented to me it seems a lot more like just sadness, and not depression. through how she is still able to function and how she only identifies with the sadness element of depression. i know i am no doctor, and i do feel shitty for feeling like this, but it really gets me when people self diagnose and then claim it as part of their identity, because first off depression is NOT a personality trait, and secondly with no real diagnosis it really means nothing. just needed to get that off my chest.