My depression has been affecting my job attendance and probably also to some degree my performance for a few weeks now. I am trying to work on medication and myself in order to feel better and return to my "normal".  My manager and supervisor have both said I still perform well and do good work. The supervisor, however, dropped a few weeks ago that she tells other staff members that I know more than they give me credit for after they apparently state that I am stupid and incompetent. It's the first time I've heard of multiple people expressing this. There is one woman at work that openly discussed my stupidity and incompetence where I could hear it. But in the two years I've been there, it never occurred to me that others felt the same. Today my supervisor said again that she has to defend me from the staff because of the negative things they say. First off, I was handling the woman who was talking badly about me myself. The issue was resolved and she has left me alone for the most part. Secondly, my supervisor told me that she and my manager "spoke to" this woman since she seems to be bringing my mood down at work. Honestly, sometimes she does. But I never intended for her to know that or for anybody to intervene on my behalf. I never thought I needed to be defended until my supervisor told me so. Why is she telling me that multiple people dislike me, say negative things about me but that she then has to defend me? I didn't need to know any of that. Nor did she and the manager need to speak to this other woman. The thought that I am generally disliked at work makes me even more depressed than I am and I have been crying a lot. I don't know how to stop thinking about the situation. It keeps going round and round in my head. How do I cope? I've tried distracting activities but they don't distract me at all. I just fumble the activity while I ruminate on this situation. Should I resign? I don't want to work where people dislike me!