I couldn't possibly let my employers knows I suffer from the black dog, even though the very worst that could possibly happen is that some software would get de

I couldn't possibly let my employers knows I suffer from the black dog, even though the very worst that could possibly happen is that some software would get delivered late. It would be seen as weakness by colleagues, upper management etc - if anything goes wrong then it would be 'Oh well he's depressed, better not give him any important work to do in case he flips out.'