Our own brain stops us from doing the things that we, sometimes/many times can tell other people to do. Our minds can quickly convince us that we can't do this or things just won't work.
I disagree that meditation is over rated - it works for some and not others - that's just a fact. Saying that meditation is over rated is invalidating it's work for those that it does help (this wasn't said in this thread, but I read it somewhere else)

If it doesn't work for you, then if you want to get better, try something else. That's one of the points - look for something that works for you. It's out there, but you also have to want to change to make it work.

Being in a depressive state makes it double if not triple hard to get out of that hole or darkness - I KNOW - I'm not talking out of my a $ $.
But, it can be done. We just have to work harder than the person who seems to have no problem taking that first positive step. It's sucks, it's unfair, but that's the way it is.

I've been going through a difficult time - it turned out to be harder than I thought. I wanted to be in my miserable state because it felt safer to stay there. I surprised myself and did my DBT online class homework instead. It took several hours to do it, and it took more hours to actually feel better. But, finishing my homework made me feel good - made me feel accomplished - even if it was a tiny little ounce of accomplishment - it worked for me in that moment. And, that tiny ounce has lasted through today because I'm back here at PC (i avoided it for several days), and I'm reading about DBT and actively working on staying focused on me and not the people and/or events that are causing my pain.

If you have a tiny accomplishment, then take credit for it, no matter how small because it's an accomplishment. Those tiny steps feel like massive, mountain-sized obstacles and I don't care, I'm giving myself credit for that tiny step if it helps because it's helps me think more positively, especially about myself.