While I agree with you completely, for me, the feeling that I'm just a wimp for feeling down is the inevitable consequence of depression which has no outside cause. In my more logical moments, I'm aware that my ups and downs are not based on whether I have a girlfriend or a job or extra cash on hand, or the lack of any of those. They are external expressions of symptoms. But when I am depressed, it is very hard to accept that I cannot just get off my rear and do something about it so it is easy to feel that everyone else has "real problems" and that I am just whining.