i recently listened to the bruce springsteen audiobook, 'born to run' -- it was great. he talks a lot about his depression and how he finally got out of his de

i recently listened to the bruce springsteen audiobook, 'born to run' -- it was great. he talks a lot about his depression and how he finally got out of his deep rut, after 40 years of on/off again depression, sometimes severe said he 'had it all' and still almost 'ended it all', so he totally gets it i've never had it that bad, but i get it too, as much as anyone can who hasn't faced it directly think he ended up just trying some particular drug mix that fixed him -- or, fixed him enough so i do think there can be rewards to sticking it out as much as possible and continuing to read about anyone who has ever talked about 'the black dog', like winston churchill. i do wonder about the lifestyle stuff, tho i always think back to that bored rat vs. playpen rat and water vs. cocaine experiment if you are already getting at least 15 min of high intensity exercise (even a stationary bike, or the 'force fitmill sunny $400' --> recommend) and you're eating right-ish then those are both great but i also wonder what, if anything, changing your job might do. even if you try to switch to a 4-day/32-hour work week to start take the salary cut if you need to then look for other, more people-centric work? or physical labor-oriented? or even start picking up small IT projects on Upwork or by pinging local businesses, etc.? to mix it up? maybe try to change roles even within the same company? flip to qa, tech support, pre-sales, etc.? or a diff company? just some ideas. ...one thing i heard back in the day, not sure i ever followed it myself - think i tried once - something like, "Do more of the things you like to do, and less of the things you don't like to do." seems reasonable.