I think it is obvious that many of us would choose a life with no struggles and no depression if it were possible for us. For us who suffer from depression I do not think it is a choice so we are left to deal with it.

If you feel your able to choose a life with no depression I would suggest you do so. If that choice is not possible than in stark terms you can live with it or commit suicide.

It would seem more logical to pursue a path of effectively treating the depression so that you can have a life without it. I do not propose that this is easy. It is a huge struggle. Some of us are able to obtain it but many of us have limited success in it and have to live with it. Seems that it just the way it is.

When you say pleasure how do you define it? I could easily seek pleasure and obtain it through many means. Drugs and alcohol are the first things that come to mind. There are many ways to obtain pleasure through what I would call unhealthy means. The hedonistic life style so to speak. So a lot depends on how you define pleasure and what means of obtaining it.