I do have to admit one thing.... I (intellectually) know the "get up and do something" works. I'm were I am, and my brother is a self made millionaire... but he has depression, too. In fact, he came back from 3 weeks off snorkeling at some remote island, and the next day finds himself thinking "gee, I think I'll kill myself, life is so terrible."

I asked him what the difference was between us, where we were in our lives, since we had the same disease and the same family background. "Well, no matter how I feel, no matter how horrible I feel, every day I make myself get up and out and DO what needs to be done."