Depressive Realism

From Wiki:
Depressive realism is the proposition that people with depression actually have a more accurate perception of reality, specifically that they are less affected by positive illusions of illusory superiority, the illusion of control and optimism bias. The concept refers to people with borderline or moderate depression, suggesting that while non-depressed people see things in an overly positive light and severely depressed people see things in overly negative light, the mildly discontented grey area in between in fact reflects the most accurate perception of reality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism


It's a nice thought, that instead of being damaged... lacking in some or just crazy, I am actually a realist! It makes sense that those with less sense of hope or unrealistic expectations would be more depressed about life in general than an overly optimistic person. Perhaps this also translates to my disdain for most people. There are few people I like- and though it'd be nice to have more friends, I rarely meet people I want to spend much time with. I like to think I see people for who they really are.

Maybe people suffering from depression are just realists, disdain society based on it's non-merits and are also probably a little narcissistic... at least this one sounds like it.