> It comes across as patronizing I think the thing I'm stuck on is how someone talking solely about their own personal lived experience during a low point in t

> It comes across as patronizing I think the thing I'm stuck on is how someone talking solely about their own personal lived experience during a low point in their life can possibly be patronising? Is this not an interpretation that we as readers can choose or not choose? As opposed to something the author is doing to us? If she was saying "depressed people should just do X, what's all the fuss about. Losers." then maybe I would feel patronised. But she's not doing that. It's obviously a sensitive topic because a lot of people seem to share your view.