What your T said isn't what I think of as tough love. I used tough love when my teen son was acting out but what your T did was minimize your pain.

Isn't the very definition of depression emotional pain disproportionate to your life situation? Like you would feel depressed if a person close to you died or something. But when you are depressed and there isn't a visible cause for the emotional pain then you say you are depressed.

I don't understand what your T wants to accomplish. There will always be someone worse off, someone better off, but your pain is yours.