Hi Sezzie,
I don't remember how I got out of my depression but it had to do with the will to survive. I was put into a position that if I didn't help myself I'd end up in a homeless shelter, a mental institution or dead.
I choose to help myself and little by little things changed.
I don't know if you've ever seen the movie "Life as a House" but in one part of the movie the main character says ...and sometimes the change is so slow-you don't even know that it's happening...
that was how it happened in my case, there was no bolt of lightning, it was all just very slow. It was so gradual, I didn't know it was happening at the time it was happening. It's hard to explain. It's not like I just woke up one day and said "oh, I'm not depressed anymore."
I think doing things for yourself in a positive way, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant leads you to recovery. You seem to take it for granted but it all adds up. Making your bed, taking a shower, eating a good meal, cleaning up after yourself, going to work even when you really, really, really don't feel like it, standing up for yourself, releasing negative relationships from your life, etc...anything that requires you to push yourself a little. In the end-after it's done, regardless-it all adds up and it slowly begins to heal you.
Hang in there, Sezzie.