It's such a pain in the butt. I find that sometimes when I do the things you were talking about it will snap me out of it and sometimes I might feel better for a little bit and then right back in it.

Forcing myself to go through the motions can be torture. If I am not in a super severe depression and it is like bad moderate then forcing myself to go out and do things with my daughter or friends will snap me right out of it but only like 50% of the time. It does always pass for me though.