depression isn't something you can just "surface" from

so i stumbled upon this article about sydney smith's 200-year-old strategies for dealing with low spirits and i just can't help but feel like it's all so...surface level, you know, like putting a bandaid on a bullet wound or something. the idea that you can just follow some tips and tricks to "raise your spirits" is just so simplistic, it ignores the complexity of human emotions and the societal pressures that contribute to depression https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/07/07/sydney-smith-low-spirits/ . it's all just a bit too much for me to handle right now, honestly.