Myrto-really glad to hear that medications have helped you. They helped me years ago, but no longer now that the depression is so prolonged. I sometimes wonder if they have contributed to the damage for a mere short-term gain.
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The apathy and lack of motivation is such a downward spiral because the less you're motivated the less you'll do sth and the worse you'll feel. I've noticed that when I force myself to go outside, do some sports, run errands, anything. It egts better because it feels like I've accomplished something even if it's small;
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Yes, that is so true. This is what i struggle with now. I read before that your motivation muscle can decline, but that it can be strengthened again. It's hard for me to believe, but maybe it is true. I think i run in to problems when i set out to do something like you mentioned, such as go to the gym, then i end up not doing it. As a result, i feel worse. Now it has spiraled-several months of not doing these 'little' daily things. So it all spiraled into how badly i feel now. It didn't help that my therapist and i were in that rupture. Perhaps things will go uphill from here.
It's also really interesting to hear your responses. For the therapy forum, people don't say much about clinical depression overall.