Originally Posted by
sealandair
..if I lied about it I'd always be looking over my shoulder for the rest of my career, which isn't how I want to spend it.
No, you don't. Nor 'should' you have a need to.
Airmen, less perfect ones like me that is, don't necessarily always DO what's required. Specifically, when the cure is worse than non-compliance. Crewmembers at every major airline take their own lives every year. More than gets attention. Anyone even track what part of these cases untreated depression is clinical?