What i'm suggesting is that its perhaps not even a coherent idea that one can remove depression without harming a person's mind in negative ways in the general

What i'm suggesting is that its perhaps not even a coherent idea that one can remove depression without harming a person's mind in negative ways in the general case. There are some people who make fantastic recoveries with modern pharmaceutical treatments for mental disorders, but there are many who pay a steeper cost. I'm well aware of how distorting depression is. I've been nearly bed-ridden for days at the worst of times. I am equally well aware of how distorting the pharmaceutical treatments for depression can be. It is like trying to correct a distorted mirror by putting a distorted lens in front of it for many people. Some people have mental disorders that respond perfectly to purely pharmaceutical treatment. I don't know how many, but i doubt it's a majority or even a significant minority.