Hey guys. I'm really struggling here. There has been a LOT that has gone on in my life in the last five years, especially this past year. I can't even begin to tell you everything that has happened to me.

I was diagnosed with depression and social anxiety five years ago, even though I believe I was dealing with it as a teenager. I have not found a way to be able to bounce back when I have a depressive episode. The past month has been super crazy and hard, dealing with my apartment being damaged by smoke from a fire that destroyed an apartment directly behind mine. I have come to the realization that I can't keep living in my depression. I need a schedule and less clutter in my life. I have no motivation to do anything. I never clean and I really need to organize things. I don't know what I'm saying anymore. I just want to be a normal functioning person. I guess my question to y'all would be how do you recover from an episode? How do you get back to things like getting the motivation to clean and take care of necessary things around the house? How do you get things done?