[quote=Perna;2823610]However, I'd say that surrounding yourself with a**holes implies low self esteem in the first place and in so doing, you'd pretty much caused your own depression :-)

True, Perna, and it is my response ability to do something about it like accepting that their dis-ease isn't mine. Easier said than done when we live in world where the social need of acceptance can seem so hard to find.