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When you think of depression, you probably think of a person unable to move from their bed and plagued by thoughts of despair and misery.
But some experts say the mental health condition, which affects 21 million US adults, can cause a much wider variety of symptoms than most people know of.
Surprisingly, some of this is determined by your gender.
Olesya Luraschi, a Harvard-educated psychologist and leadership coach, says the traditional signs of depression that most people recognize are mainly seen in women.
Male depression usually ‘looks completely different’ from female depression, she said in a TikTok with over 5million views.
Because men are raised to be tough, instead of expressing sadness when they’re depressed, they’re more likely to withdraw from their social network and hobbies, pour themselves into work and have outbursts of anger.
By contrast, women are more likely to have difficulty concentrating, sleep problems and …