> The challenge with analysis is that it needs to be done by the patient. Only they can see/hear whats going on in their head. Based on my limited personal exp

> The challenge with analysis is that it needs to be done by the patient. Only they can see/hear whats going on in their head. Based on my limited personal experience as a patient, this is quite insightful. No medication could solve my issues with depression. What did turn my life around was when I was finally able to get a hold on the cycles that my mind goes through on a regular basis and terminate the feedback loop that leads to despondency for me. Counseling was only useful for me in that it allowed me to consult with someone with much more experience in the field to make sure my own observations of self matched the outward reality. In my early twenties I believe I experienced a taste of what schizophrenia is, although I was never diagnosed with it. My mind would make connections between ideas that seemed extremely important at the time, but between which no connections actually existed. I developed a habit of taking notes when I get excited about an idea and then going back in a day or two to review them to see if it still makes sense. In the vast majority of cases they don't.