As well you should. Besides, what really matters is what works for you, not what works in general.

My point was more that while it is often helpful, it won't work for everyone or every case of depression. I hate when people overgeneralize such things because that's a short step to blaming the victim where you start thinking people who are depressed and don't manage to deal with it well ought to be able to. Or you start saying, why aren't you doing this? When they may have very good reasons, but they shouldn't have to justify it to everyone around them.

I get too many people trying to apply general rules to me that don't work because my case is unusual. So, while you may be functioning fairly normally, I don't want to imply everyone will.