Sadly Blending In –
July 1, 2018 – Too often, depression sufferers are depicted as exclusively white, cis, straight women, while the disease itself is presented as an all-consuming, incapacitating misery that binds its victims to their beds. Such a narrow scope not only excludes the experiences of millions of PoC and LGBTQIA+ people with depression, but ignores the existence of high-functioning depression, denying its sufferers the chance to recognise their illness and seek the help they deserve.