@amusingHuman5441 Well, I know that, for me, my anxiety and depression absolutely do skew or distort my perceptions of things. I tend to interpret things in a negative way, even if the interaction itself is positive. For example, if my boyfriend tells me that he loves me, my brain will think "he doesn't really mean that." And I'll project my own thoughts/fears/worries onto other people. Because I sometimes feel as if I'm a burden or I'm boring or I'm annoying, I will believe that other people think these things about me as well, even if they don't. And I'll often imagine up problems that don't really exist.
Depression absolutely does affect the way that you see things, which is probably one of the worst things about it. It's difficult to see things as they really are.
I hope that things get easier for you. <3