The High-Functioning Depressive

Maya Solis

ISBN 13: 9798235305670

Published by Old Lantern House Books, 2026

About this Item

The High-Functioning Depressive | Maya Solis | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Old Lantern House Books | EAN 9798235305670 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The High-Functioning Depressive
• Publisher: Old Lantern House Books
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798235305670
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 7D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 7 millimeters depth
• Weight: 181 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

They look capable. They meet deadlines. They answer messages. They smile at dinner tables, hold jobs, raise families, keep promises, and appear to be coping with life better than most.

Inside, something else is happening.

The High-Functioning Depressive explores one of the most quietly misunderstood forms of emotional suffering: the person who appears fine while carrying exhaustion, numbness, self-criticism, loneliness, and a private sense of drowning beneath the surface.

This is a book for the achievers, caregivers, performers, perfectionists, overthinkers, and emotionally exhausted people who have learned how to function so well that even their pain has become invisible.

With depth, compassion, and psychological insight, Maya Solis examines the hidden architecture of high-functioning depression, including the mask of competence, the role of achievement as emotional anaesthetic, the inner critic, chronic busyness, shame, suppressed sensitivity, bodily exhaustion, loneliness, rumination, and the long gap between outward success and inner life.

This book does not offer quick cures or empty motivation. It offers language, recognition, and a clearer way to understand the quiet suffering carried by people who seem, to everyone else, to be perfectly fine.

For anyone who has ever thought, "I should be grateful, I should be coping, I should not feel this way," this book opens the door to a more honest conversation.