What do you do when you're depressed? What helps you get out of it?

I get really down on myself. I feel worthless. I call myself hateful names, and if things really get bad, I head off for a really stinky gutter in NYC.

To get out of it, I get help. Take meds. Do therapy. And work really hard to keep myself from thinking anything that I know it is dangerous for me to think. Then, if that doesn’t work, I ask questions like this.