I would suggest that awareness-related depression is itself irrational. Seeing the world for what it is may expose a lot of net suffering, but to be weighed dow

I would suggest that awareness-related depression is itself irrational. Seeing the world for what it is may expose a lot of net suffering, but to be weighed down by that reality, for which you have little personal culpability, doesn't make sense. We should be able to acknowledge that the world is full of suffering without reflexively experiencing it. There are ways to be optimistic without being irrational, as well. Simply looking at the world and deciding that there is something minor that you can do is both true and an act of optimism.