I'm just wondering because i feel as someone who deals with depression, i notice when others are going through it as well, but my friends and family have told me they never thought it was that bad or that i was exaggerating.

My mom told me two months ago that she didn't get involved because she thought i could handle it, and she'll only refer to it as me being sad

is it more common than i'd think for people to assume someone's being a hypocondriac or saying whatever to justify not helping or getting them help?

I'm not phrasing this the best way with the details here, but yea the question as it is is what i'm mainly wondering