I am not sure about this because I have many friends who feel the exact same way you do about animal cruelty but chose to solve the problem by eating less meat

I am not sure about this because I have many friends who feel the exact same way you do about animal cruelty but chose to solve the problem by eating less meat but choosing higher quality meat from regenerative agriculture farms that they have personally inspected and none of those people suffer depressive episodes (they also enjoy knowing their cows had 2ish excellent years of life, up to 10-11 for their dairy consumption, while sequestering a crapload of carbon, providing a seriously underappreciated carbon sink while creating higher quality soil for growing crops)