## Description *Covert Depression* is the main subject of [[Terrence Real]]'s book, [[I Don't Want To Talk About It, Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression]]. ## References - *I Don't Want To Talk About It* - Addiction, pages 59-85 - Defense efforts, pages 54, 55, 56, 59, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276 - Externalization, pages 83, 199 - External validation needs, pages 45, 46, 57, 58 - [[False Empowerment]], pages 166 - [[Internalized Disconnection]], pages 83 - [[Overt Depression]], pages 46, 53, 54, 63, 73, 74, 75, 89, 285 - Recovery techniques, 278, 279, 280, 281, 290 - Shame channeled to grandiosity, 55, 56