(((((Berries)))) Besides the usuall answers that we feel hurt because we feel that our own self judgements are being affirmed, I think it is also because we have such a hard time remembering everything positive that people say to us. When I get depressed, every stupid comment would feel like it was just one of a long, unbroken chain of condemnation, and it was like digging at an old, infected wound. Dpression wouldn't let me take the positive input seriously, so I forgot it as soon as it was said. Maybe this is also part of the problem. We have become allergic to normal amounts of BS,