It is a guaranteed recipe for misery if you keep comparing yourself with all those well-adjusted nondepressed people you see around you every day. Like it or not, your path in life is different from theirs. Happiness may always be an elusive goal for you to pursue.

But you can seek to be the strongest, most resilient person that you can be. Set goals for yourself that will be meaningful for you even if they wouldn't be for anyone else.

There are a lot of mediocre doctors and therapists out there and you've already met a few. Don't let their failure be your failure.