When you wear dark glasses on a bright, sunny day, what you see isn’t real darkness, only a lack of light because your glasses have filtered the light. This is what the feelings of depression do. They interpose an emotional filter. Depression does this, not God! WHY IS MALE DEPRESSION SO OFTEN UNRECOGNIZED? The symptoms of depression in men are commonly not recognized for several reasons: • The symptoms of male depression are different than the classic symptoms we think of as depression • Men deny