Functioning

Logline - When it feels like life is falling through the cracks, you may find yourself functioning as a means to stay alive.

'Functioning' follows Lauren, a young, black, professional living with undiagnosed persistent depressive disorder*. Her symptoms of depression are less debilitating and less severe; she is considered High-Functioning.

She experiences a constant feeling of sadness, low self-esteem, and rejection yet to her coworkers, family, and followers, she appears to "have it all together". As a result, Lauren is unaware of her mental state or that she even has symptoms, until she is made aware by an unexpected observer.

*PDD, or dysthymia, is a continuous long-term (chronic) form of depression. You may lose interest in normal daily activities, feel hopeless, lack productivity, have low self-esteem, and have an overall feeling of inadequacy.