The assholes and monsters in power depends on those blinders to get away with their shit. The fact that the Orange Jackass got elected again is all the proof you need of that.

This is true, though most people asked that in a casual doctor's appointment aren't actually equipped to delve into that nuance.

Of course, that "no" is the way to extend the conversation to dig a bit deeper. The last thing someone suffering with the conditions needs is for someone to optimistically assume "normal" and brush a potential sign of trouble under the rug as 'normal'. Maybe after a bit more digging it's clear it's just reasonable sadness or nervousness versus something deeper, like a seeming inability to feel pleasure or happiness.

What does that even mean?

Eh..... It kind of depends on if they paid for medical school or their parents paid for medical school.

Most doctors don't really start making a decent living until they're in their mid 30s, and most of that goes to paying back loans. Medicine does not pay what it used to, and residencies are still basically a form of slavery.