What helps YOU when you are at point zero?

What is your personal strategy, when you are at point zero - but somehow know you cannot go?
Sport? Sleep? Eating? Reading? Music? Pray? Cry? Walk? Any strategy? Maybe helpful for all of us.

I do not know if this is interesting, but maybe some good ideas will come...?

These are good ideas

I don't know... I don't think anything really ever does. . .

Meditation. Sleeping. Drinking. Also kratom makes everything a pleasant blur while it lasts.

I don’t exactly know what you mean by point zero, but from context, it sounds like existential despair. Is that close? I use my strengths in these situations. My strengths are for the most part, mirrors of my defects.

I’m infinitely distraction prone, so just hitting a random page on Wikipedia and going from there will keep me occupied for hours.

Meditation also helps me. I have a tendency to feel lonely, so in my meditation I will contemplate the fact that so many people are lonely, and even though we don’t know each other, we are all in the same boat.

Being alone, though it could be a double-edged sword

I gotta check, "that-thing," out... one of these days~! *

Maybe Sf, how's that?

A desperate scramble to help other people, improving their lives. Alternatively, seek a new life for myself.

Oh gee. I went there today and lost an hour. During work time so that was not great. I know a lot more about the iconography of ancient Tibetan Buddhism, though.

Helping others is something that reliably lessens depression for me, too. It mitigates feelings of worthlessness. I don’t take positive feedback well all the time, though, so I try to do a good deed and not get caught, lol 😆

Oh, this is a good point, too! And I very much agree & think that it is correct.

When I feel at “point zero” (that just means “at my lowest/most hopeless, right? I’m assuming that’s what it means) I try my absolute best to think of anything/anyone/any place that is good/positive/inspiring and uplifting in this world. As many positive people, places and things as I can pretty much, there are so many for sure imo.

I not only “think of them”, but also do my best to focus my mind and feelings on feeling the deepest level of gratitude for them. Whether they’re “people or things” that are “in my life” directly or not, the gratitude I feel is “for the fact that they exist at all”. Then I try to focus as much of my energy as I possibly can on those good/positive/inspiring things, and also to draw as much of that positive/inspiring energy as I can into myself, as deeply and intensely as I can. I visualize that “by doing that” that it is helping “heal” my mind and that it will bring me more of the good/positive feelings I want, and less of the ones I don’t want.

Some of those “specific” people/things/places I think of are my mom and what a strong survivor she is, same with my sis, rl friend, the few online friends I have, my sweet little kitty, animals in general (and how sweet and unconditionally loving they are), nature, art, games, happy/positive songs/movies/shows I like, all the things I am lucky enough to own, forests, beaches, beautiful views, peaceful/calm/serene places and so many other things that are pleasing to the senses in some form pretty much

Oops, thought of a couple other things that also help a lot (they’ve both “already been said by others here” lol but just confirming that they are very helpful to me too) - helping others, and reading.

Gotta keep the hope going

Everyone works differently. For me I would say listening to music truly helps me feel better.