There's a logical fallacy in my thought patterns that I've ignored for a while.
If one were to assume that they're alone in this world and nobody cares, then there would be no place for sadness and depression. Sadness and depression seem to work on the assumption that there's someone else out there that starts to feel pity and somehow tries to help. These are emotions most often used to manipulate with others and if there are no others, then these emotions are useless because there's nobody to manipulate. One could, of course, try to manipulate themselves into self-pity but in order for it to work, one would need a split personality or something which is quite useless as well. None of these could help to make one feel any better nor make them progress faster in any particular field. While detachment does seem to boost progress, in order for it to work, one would also have to detach from the aforementioned emotions that tie them to others.
I don't know if this can be generalized to more people or just me.
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