No one is forced into any one way of thinking, but there is certainly an acknowledged agenda that is in the background of what we do. The role of social and environmental action and responsibility in a Friends World Education. There are thousands of things that you can do to make the world better than it is, either within the context of Friends world, in your local neighborhood, or on a global scale. Find out about them, and help others become similarly inspired. Rigorous Training Make a list of your favorite urgent human problems, and work out some contribution you can make to their solution.
Radical dogma is at least as limiting and destructive as any other kind of dogma.
If you have been thinking about the urgent human problems to the extent that you are depressed, remember that people are making a difference all the time. Remember that forcing dogma on yourself is no more useful than someone else forcing it on you.