These people need Jesus. For Leftists, government ideology is often a substitute for religion. Government becomes a substitute for God.
In any large population, you can find people near the edge.
I’ve been fired, laid off, lost jobs because of buyouts, and just plain quit bad jobs, but never went into depression! These people are in serious need of psychiatric help, if there is such a thing..........
There are people who have real anxiety/depression disorders.
Many try to self medicate with alcohol.
Then they may try various pharma drugs in the the form of antidepressants.
Some respond to those and can live a productive life.
Others take the easy way out.
When you are looking into the abyss, sometimes the abyss looks back.