I am a summer rain drop pierced by sunbeams

 

Anyone who argues depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues are things you can just "get over with" by changing the way you think in such a ridiculously short amount of time will turn into a flea—a harmless little flea, then I'll put that flea in a box, then I'll put that box inside another box, then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives, I'll smash it with Tungsten Thor's Hammer.

 

Kind and simple.

 

 

Here's the thing, depression isn't just something you can switch off. Simply framing your thoughts as things you'd think about to purposefully make yourself as miserable as possible isn't going to make it all better. In fact, the vast majority of people with depression already know that their "coping mechanisms" aren't healthy and are actively making their condition worse but still have a very difficult time managing and carrying out basic, everyday tasks. It's not laziness, it's not procrastination (although it is a very common aspect of depression), and it sure as hell ain't the lack of willpower when depressed people actually have to exert more willpower to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Depression isn't even something you can will yourself out of. It takes more than just saying, "I don't want to be cranky and miserable tomorrow so I'll just stop lying down and mindlessly surfing the internet. It isn't that hard!"

 

But it is that hard. 

 

On the flip side of the same coin, a mindset change IS important if you want to see a difference, which is why therapy exists, amongst all the treatments proven to be effective against depression. Its primary goal is to change your irrational thought patterns that keep you chained. Additionally, depression is a disorder. There is a chemical imbalance in the neurochemistry of a depressed person's brain that makes it immensely hard not to feel awful, which is also why psychiatrists exist to prescribe medications that can balance the chemicals in your brain. Psychotherapy and medications work together, and you shouldn't neglect therapy and settle for medications alone, the same way it's recommended not to neglect medications and settle for therapy alone.

 

However, mental health, like many things in life, isn't black and white; what worked for you may not work for someone else. The struggle is often finding the "right" therapist who'll use therapeutic techniques based on what you best respond to. It's hard to make a general statement, it's hard to understand for some people who haven't had to deal firsthand with depression and other mental health issues, and it's harder to conclude a surefire effective answer that's guaranteed to completely reverse depression.

It's exactly why I find the post kind of insensitive and weird, and I honestly felt bad for a second. I can see past the approach, however, and I don't believe OP had any bad intentions. Just thought someone had to say it. :D