what most people forget about depression
The thing about depression is that it either takes away all will to self- motivate and do what makes you feel better, or the things that made you feel better before have no affect on you anymore. That's what most people forget. I hear all the time you should go meditate, go outside, take up some yoga, go socialize, or you're not trying hard enough. With the other person not even realizing that if it was that easy, depression would probably not exist.
@XdarkX
It is not easy and you are right if it was easy it would not be a big problem. It is also individual as i found even when i feel nothing if i force myself to do do something although it does not fix it it..... doing something in my world no longer feeds the depression.
Example: If you quit doing things and depression wins.
Then you reflect of how much time you lost to depression/ maybe missed events or invitations... maybe missed opportunities .........and slowly you are no longer included as people assume you are NOT going.