I don't mean to take offense, I know you don't mean any, but saying what you're saying is a bit akin to telling a cancer patient that they need to just get over

I don't mean to take offense, I know you don't mean any, but saying what you're saying is a bit akin to telling a cancer patient that they need to just get over it. I hear what you are saying, but I do not think he is being that harsh. The harshest part of his post is this: And it responds very well to therapy, but barely at all to drugs. It might be an overexageration, but the points he makes about the effectiveness of therapy and placebo are good ones. You of course are correct too; chemical imbalance is a valid factor to consider, and something that is correctable via drugs. I don't think you two are on opposite ends of a spectrum here. There is a wide range of possible solutions to depression. :-)