Yeah, it's not really the same thing at all, given that much of my brain's depressive argument comes from an understanding of what it's like to do without. But I guess my point is that I can see pretty clearly that possessions do not cause unhappiness - they're just one possible scapegoat for it. I don't think it's strange that when people are unhappy, they will think it's caused by incredibly illogical things (depression has certainly taught me a lot about how nonsensical one's brain can get and subjectively appear to make sense). I hear what you're saying about self justification though.