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Work as the best way to fight off rotten thoughts. When some pseudo-philosophical bullshit from the "what's the point of getting up in the morning if I...?" series starts creeping into your head, you start tidying up your room (as someone correctly suggested above) or doing some more serious work, if you have the strength. Army methods work perfectly here.
If you've fallen into a hopeless apathy, lying in bed à la Oblomov, then start by restoring some specific habits. For example: "OK, I'm not really doing anything proper for now, but at exactly 10 AM I will do useful thing X," like studying something. Even just a little, 20 minutes, but the key is—exactly at 10 and mandatorily.
Communication with friends. You meet up with them, these jokers start teasing and making fun. It might seem like nonsense and not funny at all; you automatically throw back a standard joke on autopilot, and then, little by little, as if on a roll... your mood improves.
+ Default lifehacks like contrast showers and physical exercise. This stuff really works.
And then, it's individual. Various visualization techniques also helped me. For instance, when I was going through what you might call depression, I imagined that a war was going on. The forces of depression were the enemy, and I was holding the defense. I had a headquarters—my decisions, my thoughts—and in it sat cold-blooded officers who could authorize a tactical retreat but would never, in principle, abandon the ultimate goal. The headquarters operated with German precision, 24/7, even in the toughest conditions.
Right now, I need to run some errands and I feel like I have no strength, but for this mission, I've deployed an elite assault battalion. It's staffed by selected veterans with daggers engraved with "Completed NoFap 2023." Many have commemorative medals for "Got through a breakup without checking my ex's Instagram." These guys know no mercy... The final offensive is being prepared, artillery barrage is underway..
