I've heard that same message many times from my T and from my Pdoc too. It isn't that they don't understand; they do. But they are absolutely right in telling us to get moving. The hard part about depression is that what you need to do is the exact opposite of what you feel capable of doing. It really is a fight to muster the energy and motivation to do what we really need to do. What they know is that all the talking and medication in the world isn't going to do a thing to get us out of our depression if we don't add the additional element of movement and activity to increase the serotonin in our brain and get us out of our heads from time to time. And that takes fight.

My T had me start small. Just get out of the house and sit at Starbucks and read for an hour. Or, walk to the corner and back. Go the park and sit under a tree. Little things just to get out of the house a little bit each day. I'm not saying it is easy. I know it is not. But it truly is what we have to do to begin winning this battle against depression. And no, it isn't a cure, but it is an important element in fighting depressive illness.