This. CBT helped me a lot. It's real, it works, and it works because it's realistic and asks you to observe yourself, understand yourself, and only then can you

This. CBT helped me a lot. It's real, it works, and it works because it's realistic and asks you to observe yourself, understand yourself, and only then can you "change yourself". It's amazing just a few days ago there was an article on the front page about how tripping on LSD or Magic Mushrooms was life changing for the better. Sometimes depression is caused by lack of sunlight, exercise, poor diet, bad environment (stressful) and other times it's caused by seeing the world for what it really is: A depressing cesspool of suffering, death, meaninglessness, and no purpose or hope. Sometimes all it takes is realizing that the universe and laws of nature are "evil", rewarding the most violent and aggressive species while punishing the weak or passive with miserable deaths, is all it takes to fall into a subtle depression. CBT teaches you to recognize the pattern of thinking that leads to those thoughts and training yourself to stop before you reach that state of mind.