I see your "People X..., People Y..." language, and I just want to note that over-generalization can be a path towards depression[1]. I don't mean this directe

I see your "People X..., People Y..." language, and I just want to note that over-generalization can be a path towards depression[1]. I don't mean this directed at you specifically, but it's fairly common for people to take their bad experiences in a handful of places and extrapolate that to all places everywhere, and end up feeling depressed/nihilistic, as you mention. I find myself doing it too, from time to time. So, maybe this is more directed at other readers who might see your comment and take it as validation of their "everyone sucks" suspicions — grain of salt, and all that. But I agree that what you describe is genuinely demoralizing and a crap way to be treated (: I hope you get to experience a good work life, if you haven't already. [1] There's a good amount of research on this topic (search for "depression, over-generalization"), in addition to my personal experiences.