TIL that hard partying may just be "masked depression," a clinical condition in which all the "fun" is just a way to conceal overall unhappiness and lowered self-esteem.

https://www.clarku.edu/faculty/addis/menswellbeing/pdfs/genderanddepressioninmen.pdf



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 01:55AM by mellowmonk http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/33275d/til_that_hard_partying_may_just_be_masked/