This question couldn't have come at a more perfect time. My son came at me with a barrage of those ridiculous statements, commands, demands...whatever you choose to call them. "Get with it. Get outside. Do something fun like ride a horse. Snap out of it...!" I was in tears by the time this was over. I told him to take a look at all the reading material I had pertaining to Major Depression and find the treatment of snapping out of it mentioned.
I was so hurt by his cruelty yet at the same tried to understand his frustration. But I will say, when one does not understand the etiology of mental illness or its effects on us, then it is best not to say anything in regards to treatment. Perhaps a kind word is all we need. Perhaps a hug. But let's leave it at that. Pounding us with demands only compounds our stress and triggers our depression more so.