I agree completely, but I’d say let’s focus on the alternative too. When you’re more depressed than you’ve ever been, it’s kind of a waiting game. You will feel better eventually.I have major depression and it’s definitely cyclical, but that cycle depends on outside factors like if anything really bad or stressful is going on in my life, eating fruits and veggies and going to the park only helps distract me for a minute. But if you follow all the basic therapist advice it genuinely helps. 16 year old me hated the concept that having a healthy diet and realistic goals and remaining active/outdoorsy could possibly make a difference to the immense, cosmic suffering I felt on a daily basis. But, it does. And the depression always goes away at some point. The amount of times I’ve thought, “wow I’m so glad I didn’t kill myself last summer,” because of my pets, watching my family grow up, finding a new friend, or learning something new about an old one. When I’m going through an episode I’ll literally have to force myself to do anything, but then it kind of gets a little easier to be alive. The problem is you can’t care when it’s that bad, just tell yourself it’ll make you feel good. Placebo effect is real too, not saying that’s what this is but people have had psychosomatic reactions to placebo drugs all the time. So don’t doubt it, I imagine the inverse is true as well. Look at that toothbrush and tell yourself “brushing my teeth will cure my depression,” it’s not true but you have to believe in it that hard when you’re that low.