> just as depression is a maladaptive persistent overlearned estimate of the world as threatening, unrewarding, and pointless, which persists despite regular ex

> just as depression is a maladaptive persistent overlearned estimate of the world as threatening, unrewarding, and pointless, which persists despite regular experiences which should falsify those beliefs and lead to learning (but doesn't), anxiety is persistent overestimation of risks which people with depression have been shown to have a more accurate perception of reality. it's the rose-colored glasses view which is adaptive.