"I'm Fine"

This post came from reading this article, which focuses on the life of a high-functioning person with depression:

All of this. I sometimes struggle to express why I'm OK when I'm out in public and then not while I am at home. Home is my safe place. I can let down the facade. It's ok to not be ok there. And even then, I struggle with myself. But remembering that I'm not alone and that it's not just me making up excuses to act a certain way is one of the more healing parts of dealing with depression. Telling coworkers or social friends that "I'm fine" when they ask how things are is so much different than when I say those words to those closest to me. But imagining just telling someone that you're not fine when they asked how I was doing because that's what we're supposed to do.