I heard he was doing well. I write of a young man who had all kinds of difficulties including drug addiction and anxiety and depression and such.
He was doing well. I brought up the long term future he might have, and he waxed articulately about the sad state of the Earth. So much like me so many years ago!
Gloom and doom is a real thing, and it is something for which folks with difficulties are prone to latch onto.
I’m a positive person so I always think of a glass half full. Unless I’m depressed. That is a whole other level of gloom.
I agree with your thought here though. If your on your knees it’s hard to see the good things in life and I think your right to say we all latch onto something to get you by. If that is something positive all the better.