This is often true, but there is a certain power to it when your doctor prescribes it and where you, at least temporarily, treat it as medicine. Often times sev

This is often true, but there is a certain power to it when your doctor prescribes it and where you, at least temporarily, treat it as medicine. Often times severely depressed people need help doing small things: taking a shower each day, taking a 5 minute walk. But less depressed people or people trying to prevent relapse may be able to keep up a more rigorous schedule.