I totally feel you on this! Of COURSE I should exercise, but the whole thing about being depressed is that you just can't FORCE yourself to do it. Now I am back to doing well and taking yoga, etc, but no amount of FORCE would have made me do this. I have a habit of bullying myself.. and that never would have gotten me out the door more than once or twice. The way I got myself out the door was TOTAL acceptance of failure to do whatever I was trying to do, and taking it ONE step at a time. Like, I don't have to go to yoga, I just have to put on my yoga pants. And then, I don't have to go to yoga, I just have to drive to the studio with everything I need. And then, I'll walk into this class but I give myself permission to leave if I want, and I give myself permission not to try the challenging poses. And soon enough...

But I could NOT have done it if I felt all guilty about it, no WAY. That would have just increased the depression...