Paralysis precisely describes my depression when it comes. And in the fairly recent past, I have not dealt with it well (which is why I'm also on the Addictions forum regularly). In fact, I could tell you a lot about what NOT to do when depressed. However, in the calm that thankfully is now my daily blessing I could offer some advice and you can take it or leave it. These are things that I might try mysefl when depression returns; they are working now for me in my more "upbeat" state. I want to be ready for it when it comes, so I'm already putting defense mechanisms in play.

In this technologically-rich era we have become poor in certain skills which were the norm a generation or two ago. I recommend going back 20 yrs or more, before the internet came to be widely used.

Grab a Joy of Cooking book and find a cake recipe, something nutritious. Then buy all the ingredients and bake a cake. Add some special bi-polar frosting. If you enjoy it, bake another and give it to a neighbor.

Walk a mile. Get up early and force yourself to move down the road until it feels good. You'll be done in 20 minutes at a reasonable pace.

Write a letter, an old-fashioned letter to a friend and mail it. If it feels good, write another.

Talk to people. Not online, grab the phone and find a sympathetic ear.

Get out of the house and off the computer. i think the Internet is especially bad at these times, there's too much information, distraction, entertainment, etc. Keep the focus on you.

If you can, try and do some work around the house. Simple stuff, sweep the floor, make the bed, do the dishes, take a shower. Restrict it to the most basic tasks and when you complete them and feel good, try something a bit more involved.

This is all off the cuff so I hope you're not raising your eyebrows too much. I wish you a speedy end to the depression.