Some people are “Fake Depressed”, where they lie to themselves because they’d much rather be sad for attention then to be happy for their health and well being.
Examples of Fake Depression; The lady listened to sad music and looked at depressing pictures on the internet to increase how upset she was.
Or
Rose purposely made herself feel sad and blamed everything on herself being the narcissist she is for attention, she was “Fake Depressed”.
Rose was fake depressed because she could not submit this form.
A break up, but not truly a break up, i.e. both parties still feel an obligation towards one another, engage in frequent phone calls and "meetings", and feel guilty about beginning to date other people. It is a psychological way of coping with the difficulties of a relationship by both parties distancing themselves from the relationship itself and allowing one another breathing room.
Person 1: Hey, I just saw Leland and Lisa together last night. Didn't they break up because of school commitments?