Thanks Rohag and Garden Gal.

It just seems like my depression carries over from being about stuff in my own life to feeling like everything sucks on a larger scale. Like, "what is the point of this if we (as a race of people) are going to just keep f** things up." It's why I gave up on studying ecology.
So this is where I go when I get tired and run down. Yes, it definitely has to do with the things I am trying to deal with in my own life. Then I just sort of extend that feeling out to current events. I think it is an area where I could use some behavioral therapy.
I can see the difference as today I'm less tired, feel more capable and I can think to myself "Yes, this is hard and yes it is a major disaster. But there are numbers of people working on it. They're professionals. They know what they're doing. Time will heal these wounds." And when I feel more capable its easier to try to talk myself up in regards to my own life as well. Well. I'm rambling now. But I guess it helps to ramble... Thanks to you both!