> that in most cases people are probably better off not taking SSRIs – that part of the problem is that people don't learn to deal with their depression anymore and as a society we don't care to help those suffering with depression beyond just telling them to take psychoactive drugs.

There's some inconsistencies in your logic there. If SSRIs aren't effective, how is it that people "don't learn to deal with their depression" due to SSRIs?

> As a depressed person myself and someone who knows a fair few depressed people, I do believe you can learn to manage it in the vast majority of cases.

The evidence supports that. The evidence also supports that without help, a lot of people won't learn to manage it, and many will literally die because of it.