> But is this something you can tell people that are seriously depressed or is it just another useless bit of advice? From my point of view, it's not useful ad

> But is this something you can tell people that are seriously depressed or is it just another useless bit of advice? From my point of view, it's not useful advice, partly because severe depression utterly saps the motivation to do virtually anything, and partly because depression is highly resistant to rationality. Mandatory references to "Hyperbole and a Half"[1][2]. [1]: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-... [2]: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-par...