Sometimes depressed people think they’re too smart for everything and everyone and that’s why they’re depressed. And because they’re too smart to ever be happy, then there’s nothing out there that can help them. Brains get pretty warped sometimes. =[
Yes, definitely! But if they’re smart, then they’re really good at arguing, which means they’re really good at explaining why you’re wrong. So it’s really really hard. =[
Almost everyone suffers from illusory superiority. If CBT doesn’t work for people in this category, that is in itself a strong argument against CBT.
It seems like you are saying that depressed people suffer from illusory superiority—overoptimism—in respect to the foci of their depression.
This doesn’t seem right.
Sometimes depressed people think they’re too smart for everything and everyone and that’s why they’re depressed. And because they’re too smart to ever be happy, then there’s nothing out there that can help them. Brains get pretty warped sometimes. =[
But wouldn’t bursting their bubble on this matter then help them in the medium and long runs?
Yes, definitely! But if they’re smart, then they’re really good at arguing, which means they’re really good at explaining why you’re wrong. So it’s really really hard. =[