I saw you upvoted one of my posts and I was curious to see who liked it and found this. Sorry I can't upvote you because it's too late. But your post resonated with me.

I know about depression. I see it as an energy spiral that can go up or down. If it goes down too far you lose the energy and ability to climb back up. Like priming a pump but you don't have anything to prime it with. I've been there and it's horrible.

And what I did is what you describe - one foot in front of the other. Every day I did something - it didn't have to be a big thing. Wash clothes. Next day fold them. Buy groceries. Next day cook something. Answering the phone counted! Eventually I found joy again and tried to be extra aware that I didn't let myself sink that low again.

But I did and at least I knew the steps to take to climb back up. And it didn't take as long.

I hope you do start posting more - I'll be following you!