You’re hitting your numbers at work. You show up for your family. You go to the gym, mostly. From the outside, your life looks like exactly what it’s supposed to look like.
But inside, there’s a flatness you can’t explain. A low-grade exhaustion that sleep doesn’t fix. A sense that you’re going through the motions — performing “fine” while feeling hollowed out.
This is high-functioning depression. And for men, it’s one of the most underdiagnosed and undertreated conditions in mental health.