It doesn’t help. Depression doesn’t mean unhappy. You literally feel like you have been injected with some type of drug. The key is to not indulge it.
You can lie in bed and stare at the wall all day or you can get your azz up, eat breakfast and go to work.
Ray Davies of the Kinks who is bipolar himself said that in a song:
Is There Life After Breakfast?
Written by: Ray Davies
Lift yourself out of the doldrums
Make yourself a cuppa tea
Drag your emotions out of the gutter
Don’t wallow in self pity
When you wake up, all of a fluster
Thinking life has passed you by
Give yourself a kick up the backside
Jump out of bed and punch the sky
Is there life after breakfast
Full of possibilities
Is there life after breakfast?
Yes there is, after breakfast
So don’t live in agony
Is there life after breakfast?
Yes there is, after breakfast
Cheer up son, put on the kettle
There’s no point in being glum
Make your mind up, try to forget her
Boil the tea and I’ll be mum
Is there life after breakfast?
Yes there is, after breakfast
So don’t live in agony
Is there life after breakfast?
Yes there is, after breakfast
After breakfast
Life after breakfast
After breakfast
Just because all of the plumbing
Isn’t all it used to be
Turn the tap, see, a little bit’s coming
That must make you feel relieved
Don’t turn into a total embarrassment
To your friends and family
Get out of bed, the whole day’s ahead
So take the pills and drink your tea
Is there life after breakfast
Full of possibilities
Is there life after breakfast?
Yes there is, after breakfast
So don’t be so depressive
Is there life after breakfast?
Yes there is, after breakfast
Is there life after breakfast
Full of possibilities
Is there life after breakfast?
Yes there is, after breakfast
Is there life after breakfast?
Is there life after breakfast?
Put the kettle on, mate
Once again, you are describing a mild or moderate mood disorder if this is an option. A dysphoria subject to will power. I have seen patients at the other end of the severity scale, where ECT was the only remaining therapeutic option (worked, by the way).
That!
Or you can do both. My boss is suffering from major depression, he still gets up every morning and stares at the computer monitor all day. He is also deeply religious and has been in therapy over a year. There are some advantages like not being evaluated on anything as an employee but when you are seeing it up close it is obvious why it is widely known as one of the worst diseases you could ever have.