No actually things can be very difficult without an individual making it that way or bringing it on them-self. Its not like an individual always gets to decide how difficult something is for them...things can be much more difficult than you make them.

Sure people can make things worse for themselves, life circumstances and other people being jerks can also make things worse for someone...if things get worse for someone that does not mean they made it worse for them-self that is just one possibility but it is quite possible for things to get worse without one somehow making it that way them self.

Also does it occur to you that sometimes things are actually really bad in reality...of course depression makes it hard to see some of the positives, makes it impossible to enjoy anything at times even if there isn't anything particularly bad but yeah thins can actually be really bad its not always faulty perception on the part of the individual feeling like things are bad.

Also yeah there are some external things that have contributed to my depression, so I blame some of that for contributing......and well makes more sense than blaming my depression and mental illness on myself when I am not the one who caused myself to suffer from mental problems.

You say you don't want a heated debate and then continue with the victim blaming phrasing, and don't even address any of the points any other posters have made...just keep telling us things implying its somehow our fault if we're still suffering from depression or arent well on our way to full on recovery.