Telling Use of Language --- Things never are as good or bad as they seem

I am a slightly overly dramatic person. I try my darnedest not to be but it's in my nature. Whenever things are good, I'm on top of the world, but when they are bad, I'm in the pit of despair and there is nothing that anyone can do to bring back the light to my day. One of my friends recently told when I was in such a depressed mood that I shouldn't be so overly dramatic and that "Things are never as good or bad as they seem." This interesting to me because the statement was very true especially in that moment for me. Things were not that bad, not so bad that I should be depressed an sitting alone in a dark room contemplating my existence. Did I have some things I needed to work through, yes, but were they so desperately bad that I couldn't work through them, no. Things often appear one way but really are another way. Walk wisely and hope desperately because things are never as good or bad as they seem.