id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Meet John. 

John* is in his 40s. He's extremely successful and runs his own business, borne from decades of experience in his field. That business provides for his family. 

<b><u>John has a beautiful wife, four beautiful children, a beautiful home.</u></b>

<u><i>John also has depression.</i></u>

The last six years, he says, contained some of the blackest days of his life. John kept quiet. This was a conscious decision. A business decision. "Nothing scares clients or investors quicker than the smell of desperation," he says. "Saying anything about mental health is dangerous."

<b>Then there's Alex.* He's in his 30s.</b>

When Alex was younger, he was sexually abused. Abuse he never reported, "for stigma reasons." As a result, Alex suffers from depression and has for years. His wife knows about the abuse. She has no idea about his depression.

<i><u>Alex was comfortable talking ab