Psychologists often see a child’s first successfull lie as a mental growth[^24]. There is a decreasing trend of the Authenticity with aging (see Figure \[LIWC-age\]-B.) Authenticity for depressed youngsters is strikingly higher than their control peers. It decreases with age (Figure \[LIWC-age\]-B.)

**Clout:** People with high clout speak more confidently and with certainty, employing more social words with fewer negations (e.g., no, not) and swear words. In general, midlife is relatively stable w.r.t. relationships and work. A recent study shows that age 60 to be best for self-esteem [@orth2018development] as people take on managerial roles at work and maintain a satisfying relationship with their spouse. We see the same pattern in our data (see Figure \[LIWC-age\]-C and Table \[Anova\]). Unsurprisingly, lack of confidence (the 6th PHQ-9 [^25] symptom) is a distinguishable characteristic of vulnerable users, leading to their lower clout scores, especially among depressed users before middle age (34 years old).

**Self-references:** First person singular words are often seen as indicating interpersonal involvement and their high usage is associated with negative affective states implying nervousness and depression [@pennebaker2003words]. Consistent with prior studies, frequency of first person singular for depressed people is significantly higher compared to that of control class. Similarly 