On the whole, I agree with this response, although I wouldn't have emphasized the "intelligent and educated people" angle so much. I don't think I can control the way I feel. My problem all my life has been trying to ignore the way I feel and pretend I was OK when I was not. That suppression of feeling is not healthy and can even cause or add to depression. Basically, I think this response is refuting the CBT approach of trying to change one's feelings by changing one's thoughts. This symptom-based therapy doesn't work for everyone, and yes, I agree with the writer, there is a piece to it that is insulting. I think that psychotherapy that addresses solving the root causes of depression, such as difficult, stressful, and entrenched life events and problems, can result in a stabler and deeper "cure" than CBT. At least for me it has.