>Your comment is suggesting that depression -- clinical depression, not, "boo hoo things are tough right now and I'm unhappy" -- is the depressed person's own f

>Your comment is suggesting that depression -- clinical depression, not, "boo hoo things are tough right now and I'm unhappy" -- is the depressed person's own fault and all they need to do is change everything in their life until they're happy. I dunno, to me it reads as a (possibly) clumsily articulated suggestion to manage depression. Suggesting that one recognize and address the problem doesn't preclude the idea the problem is depression and addressing it to take control of one's life means seeking treatment. Maybe they're just speaking the generic advice and assuming the reader can put the pieces together. Part of my own journey with depression was realizing that when I got agitated over posts that imply or even explicitly portray a "just cheer up and get over it" attitude towards depression, I was just doing it for the temporary rush of indignation. I wasn't helping anyone. Not the person I responded to, and certainly not passerby readers. Eventually I realized, the smart response wasn't to disagree, it was to make a friendly expansion on that post for any passerby readers who might not know. There's no reason to assume malice unless someone is openly asserting clinical depression is a lie and depressed people are just bummed out. And even in that case the best possibly outcome is still achieved with a friendly retort that still focuses the message on utility to the passerby readers.