People don't realize that coming over and just sitting with you, watching tv or having food or whatever, while you're depressed is the best feeling.

I have a friend who invites me on his grocery shopping and laundromat errands. He knows that I will put them off, and that I feel doing it by myself when depressed is sometimes a monstrous task (especially when they get backed up and I have a lot to carry.)
So he’s kind enough, since he’s doing his own stuff anyway, to invite me along. I could sit in bed five hours telling myself to get myself to the store, and then be mad at myself for putting it off, and feel worse and worse... but then he texts me “hey laundry/groceries tonight?” and picks me up and helps me... it helps so much.
Not that I don’t appreciate friends who try to cheer me up by saying “Let’s go get coffee or something!” but it just doesn’t really help as much (because I don’t go) ...it’s not their fault at all... but the friend who invites me on errands is like my hero.

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