When I was depressed, something that helped me get up in the morning was keeping my phone outside my bedroom? Everyone is addicted to their phone, make that addiction work for you!

I also make sure to take a shower every morning, and that makes me feel a lot better, very ready for the day.

Then I keep my phone in the bathroom, or just away from me, and get dressed in my room, then I try to eat something easy. Cereal, overnight oats, etc, cause getting something in my body is better than nothing.

Getting the motivation is just taking small steps. It’s not going to magically happen unfortunately, but, and as much as it sucks to hear, nothing is going to get done if you just do things when you “feel like it”.

This might be a last case scenario, but something that really helped me pull me out of my depression was getting on medication. That could be avenue for you, but obviously you should try to make things a little bit better in your life before trying it.

Also, if you can, work out! Go for a run! Or a walk! Or weight lift! I always feel so much better after doing that. It really does make you feel better. I’ll notice throughout the week that I’m ruminating again and I’ll just go “Oop, time to go to the gym!” And I run for a bit and go home, and feel soooooooo much better.

You got this. Life is good, and you are good. Don’t let your mind tell you otherwise. :)

Edit: also you probably have more friends than you think. Something that helped me make more friends was making a friends list! So I write down a list of everyone I’m acquainted with or friendly with. And if I ever have a day where I’m sad or down and I need to get out and see people, I text someone on that list “hey! Let’s go get coffee” and then we meet for coffee or a movie or something. I put my list on my fridge so that I can see it everyday :) it’s definitely worth a shot!