throwaway66523's comments

Absolutely. As I commented elsewhere here, I suffered from a depressive episode after a close friend committed suicide.

The lack of energy is extraordinary and what I experienced must have been mild compared to what others with severe depression suffer from.

Anecdote: a sliding door slipped from its rail because there was no stopper at the end of the rail and it had to be moved back in place. It is neither heavy nor difficult to do it.

I gave up after the first attempt to fix it.

Depression is nothing that I would ever wish on anyone, no matter how much I might hate that person.

No idea why you are being downvoted, it's even interesting (and at worst offtopic).

During a depressive episode after the suicide of a friend I compiled a check list of very basic things that I noticed had helped in everyday life. I wrote it down when I noticed that I couldn't remember the items reliably (or when it didn't occur to me to think of them). I carried it in my pocket for some while.

It contained very basic things, like questions if I had eaten enough, slept enough, whether I spent time outdoors (fresh air/sun), had met friends recently or exercised recently and corrective actions for each item (and yes, "eat something" was on it). Some items were accompanied by comments like "exercise will only help for the next day or two, do not skip for longer than that".

Another thing that helped surprisingly well was having a shower, shaving and dressing up. Basically the opposite of letting oneself go.

And in really bad moments, jamming/DoS-ing my brain by some sort of meaningless meditation (sitting, breathing and counting so that no other thoughts appeared anymore) helped as well.

The best thing is that I haven't had to use the list in a long time now and hopefully never will have to again.