how to cope with severe mental issues/depression

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No problem, your post about how depression is when your belief system fails really helped me understand the depression I have been going through for the past 2 years or so. I am overcoming it steadily, now that I have recognized what it was. My mental health is a lot better overall and I'm just in a better mood overall. The only thing that still bugs me is that I have seem to lost interest in what used to interest me, and right now I don't exactly have a passionate hobby. And almost all my life I have been passionate about something. I am still slightly interested in music, it just seems I haven't been progressing much and it's frustrating. I now realize that I'm the one who needs to make it progress, but the depression and lack of interest has hindered me for the past year. It's like I need to do something that will make me feel confident about it again.

Here is a thread where I explain more in detail.. Finding myself questioning everything I love..

Or if you want to answer in general terms.. how do you regain interest in hobbies, life, progress, dreams, ambition?