It's the contrarian dynamic: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

(Your comment is arguably the third wave and mine the fourth...)

While it can be trivializing to people who are truly depressed when the term is used superficially, you have to be careful not to assume that someones depression is superficial based on your perception. Just because someone isn't late stage clinically depressed doesn't mean they're not in some stage of that process.

I agree, thank you for pointing this out. I don't mean to take anything away from people putting in the effort and helping themselves. It's great. I just feel the term depression as a medical diagnosis is used a bit excessively.