There's a great book called "Learned Optimism" which at one point talks about a very similar phenomenon, established by research. The gist of it is that depres

There's a great book called "Learned Optimism" which at one point talks about a very similar phenomenon, established by research. The gist of it is that depressed people perceive reality more accurately. The author posits that it's one of the reasons who depression even exists. The world is a nasty, brutal place, and interpreting it accurately has its advantages, especially in our early evolutionary time period.