Belatedly, hmm, could be. I know I do have a kneejerk reaction to Intense Positive Thinking that tries to paint everything as rosy gratitude and brush aside that things can be shitty and hard, and that kneejerk reaction is not "yes! I should think more positively!" I can see how that would feed into a bad cycle.

(As it turned out, my constant feeling of exhausted burned out misery was untreated ADHD. So there's that.)