Realistic Depression

Take all of our favorite myths and fairy tales away and we are organisms like all others. We are born to reproduce our DNA and keep the species going to fill our niche in the biosphere. Like a virus, we are reproducing so fast we are killing the host and other organisms as well. There are 100 times too many of us according to something I heard on NPR (will get source later). 

Depressed people are realistic enough to notice this and see the stupidity of all we do to distract ourselves from the down side of self awareness. It isn't about us. It never was. The species would go on without us until we rape the planet dry. Even then we will fail to see that we are just another life form who has no business ruling over or carving up the planet or its inhabitants.