摘要：大家都很喜爱的喜剧演员罗宾•威廉姆斯自杀的消息让很多人震惊。我们身边也有人每天看上去很开心，但是私底下可能在遭受抑郁症的煎熬。他们在微笑，但他们也可能是抑郁症患者。

Smiling depression is a term often used to refer to a patient who you think is depressed, but doesn’t look it and often won’t admit it.

微笑抑郁症(smiling depression)指患有抑郁症、但表面上看不出来而且本人不愿承认的状况。

Sometimes they tell you, “No, I’m not depressed” — and they smile. But it’s a sad smile.

有时，我们会告诉你“不，我没有抑郁症”，然后他们会微笑。可那是个伤感的微笑。

“微笑抑郁症”你知道吗

To the outside world, they give no hint of their problem — often holding down a full-time job, running a family home and enjoying an active social life. But underneath they are suffering secret panic attacks, insomnia, crushing low self-esteem and even suicidal thoughts.

他们不会对周遭的世界显示出一点抑郁的症状——通常都有全职的工作、有家庭，社交生活也很活跃。但在私底下，他们饱受惊恐症和失眠的困扰，很自卑，甚至会想到自杀。

The ability to carry on with life despite everything is what distinguishes ‘smiling’ depression.

微笑抑郁症突出的特点就是虽然自己饱受痛苦但仍然能保持正常生活的能力。

The recognized symptoms of depression tend to be crying a lot, feeling lethargic, perhaps even not being able to get out of bed. But not everyone with depression displays these symptoms.

抑郁症明显的症状一般为：经常哭泣、嗜睡，有时甚至无法下床。但并不是每个患有抑郁症的人都会表现出这些症状。

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A girl's suicide note - which was automatically posted on the Internet 12 hours after her death - has stirred heated discussion.

"I have depression, so I want to die. There's no important reason, and you shouldn't care about my leaving this world. Bye bye," read the message that appeared on Sina Weibo on Sunday.

The girl, surnamed Ma, had hanged herself in her dorm on Saturday night, police confirmed.

Unaware that she was already dead, netizens, Sina Weibo and police immediately tried to track down and help the girl.

一个女孩的自杀留言在死后12小时自动发布到网上，引发了激烈讨论。

这个女孩在周日的新浪上发出这样一条微博“我有抑郁症，所以就去死一死，没什么重要的原因，大家不必在意我的离开。拜拜啦。”

经警方证实，这个女孩姓马，她已经于周六晚上在宿舍上吊自杀。

网友、新浪微博和警方当时并不知道女孩已经死了，立即追踪线索，试图帮助女孩。

【讲解】

文中的“depression”就是“抑郁症”的意思，如：post-natal depression 产后抑郁症，clinical depression 临床抑郁症。“depression”这个词还可以指“萧条”，如：the Great Depression是指经济大萧条。另外，“melancholia”是“抑郁症”的较为正式的说法。抑郁症的表现包括悲伤(sad)、 忧虑(anxious)、空虚(empty)、无望(hopeless)、无助( helpless)、失去意义(worthless)、内疚(guilty)、易怒(irritable)或者不安(restless)，严重的还包括失眠(insomnia)甚至试图自杀(suicide)等。