Q. I know my problem and I know the answer to it. What I don't know is how to implement it.

The problem is I broke my hip and I can't get around well. I'm using a walker and frankly, it's depressing me. I have begun thinking twice about doing things because it's just not worth the effort. So I know I'm depressed.

The solution I think is to get up and get going as if there were no problem and by pretending it's so, maybe it will be. My question for you is, first is my solution the right one and second even if it is, how do I make myself do that?

It is just so much easier to stay in bed and let people do things for me and to tell the God's honest truth I'm tired.

My heart and everything else is good, so I could live a long time and I don't want to live like this. But I can't make myself change. Help me please. Thank you.

A. Sometimes "just doing it" is not possible for people who are truly depressed.

Knowing what you "should" do is little help when you can't get out of the bed. Your question to me indicates that you are aware that what you are doing is not healthy, a very good first step.

The next step involves sharing these concerns in your doctor's office, where he/she can access the severity of your depression, and make the appropriate recommendations.