Hi Renounced,

Yes, you're right...........and success can sometimes be meaningless in the face of depression, but for you it has actually been a bit of a breakthrough, right?? You managed to "prove it wrong"

And, you don't need a valid reason to be depressed
It is what it is, you don't have to earn the right, and it doesn't discriminate.
And if something hurts, it hurts........comparing pain doesn't just make it evaporate, it's still real. It still matters/you still matter.
In my eyes I would hope that there could be the right support there for everyone who needs it (I know that isn't necessarily possible, but...........a dream), whatever pain they're feeling, whatever the reasons.
Everyone matters, wherever they are on the scale/s..........including you Renounced!!!

Alison