I Battle Self-hatred, Anxiety, And Depression

In my experience, the people with the most skewed view of depression are the people who've lived with it for a long time. So many of them twist their self stories into pretzels - focusing only on the negative while actively fighting to push away the positive. Everything they're saying is true - but it's not the *whole* truth.

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SW-User

Although that is true, it depends. Biologically derived depression is a different story where the person has a physical misappropriation of essential chemicals LEADING to the difficulty in enjoying the positives. What you are saying is true for people who develop it by train of thought

BlueDiver · 36-40, M

You're right that it's a lot more true for people who's depression comes mostly or entirely from nurture rather than nature. But I would argue that a biological predisposition to depression doesn't completely (or even mostly) destroy a person's ability to positively impact their depression by recognizing the holes in their self-stories.