Chado,
Eating right and exercising can help you get along better with your family and make friends. Let me explain.
Your mother seems to have problems with seeing you depressed. Maybe her real problem is that she doesn't see you taking any steps to get over it? When you eat right and exercise, that is one aspect of your life that is improving. She will feel the positive change.
Plus, having a full stomach and healthy body helps you think clearly. You make better decisions. You feel better. A healthy mind, heart and soul will only be found in a healthy body.
Plus, joining a gym can help you meet new people and make friends. Socializing helps, too.
One other point, you seem to say "clinically" depressed as if the term "clinical" makes it irrevertible or acceptable. Of course being depressed is not acceptable or irrevertible. You seem to be looking for some sort of justification that "it is okay to spend your life in depression, there is nothing you can do about it, so just go ahead and keep doing it" rather than looking for ways to get out of it. Sorry if this sounds rude to you, but somebody has to say it! It will only help you to realise it, if indeed this is what you do.
Your family obviously cares about you, otherwise they wouldn't keep making such a fuss about your depression! Or give you a place to stay, for that matter. Wonderful way to thank them for the food, shelter, clothing and care - by despising them!
I am sure your family has tried everything they could to get you out of the depression. But you don't come off as someone who wants to get out of it - it is almost as if you feel you have a right to shy away from your duties and future just because a doctor certified you as depressed.
So, the bottom line is, if you want to keep being depressed, go ahead by all means. It is your life! But, if you genuinely want to get out of it, start by eating healthy and exercising. Good luck!
Cheers,
Gayathri.
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