Any good ways to get over depression?

[Anonymous]

I'm not feeling good about myself anymore. I'm not suicidal or anything, but so many people in my life seem to be going places and I'm not. My sister just announced she and her husband are having a baby, my friend is getting engaged by the end of the year and just got a job promotion, another friend is having a baby with his wife, another friend is getting married next year, and I have a couple more friends with new jobs. But I can't even leave the house because of the anxiety caused by a mental disorder unless I take a cocktail of medication.

I don't know, I just feel useless and like a waste of good resources. I'm not making money, I may not be able to return to my job, and single in my mid twenties with no prospects. I want something that goes right for me and at this point, I don't particularly care what it is. A job, an apartment, a boyfriend I don't give a shit what it is. But right now I just feel completely useless. I don't even enjoy my hobbies anymore because they're just hobbies. I'm good at them, but they don't get me anywhere.

I haven't been bothered like this in months, but I think the holidays are making me feel down. I've never been good at fighting depression so I was wondering how some of you do it.

[Kolya]

join the club :)) been battling this bitch for years , let me tell you one thing, from someone who is sick of it... dont give up, it sounds like shit i know, but if you give up you let that bitch beat you, because i know people who killed themselves and what they left behind is just awful, in every way, there is no need to feel guilt, or shame or feel inferior because you are here, you are alive, a survivor
i hate being alone for example, and every rejection or relationship that ended made me feel the darkness growing inside, and all my kindness, care and love trying to survive while everything just builds up but i still hope... hope until you close your eyes forever, i will not consider suicide anymore because i know that if there is a way to make things right... good... it is here, not after

[Decentguy]

go to the gym and workout. exercise is best for fighting depression.

[Asker]

I actually do that already. I should've mentioned it. But I haven't been losing weight lately for some reason even though I changed my diet and started working out more. Doesn't really help with the depression anymore.

It used to, though. It was a good way to zone out to my music and feel better because I thought I was looking better until I started plateauing.

[Decentguy]

well, honestly, im in kinda same situation as you.
all i do is spend my whole day in my room, listening to music, and watching moveis, and playing video games

[Anonymous]

I just watch a lot of uplifting movies and play lotto and just have hope that things will get better at some point and that it's just not my turn yet for happiness