3 Decisions That Pulled Me Out of Rock Bottom

Rock bottom doesn’t always look dramatic.

For me, it looked like waking up every day already tired. It looked like scrolling endlessly at night just to avoid my own thoughts. It looked like telling people I was “fine” while silently wondering how everything had gone so wrong.

I didn’t lose everything overnight.

I lost myself slowly.

And one day, sitting alone in a small room that felt heavier than it should, I realized something terrifying:

If I didn’t change something, this version of my life would become permanent.

When Survival Becomes the Only Goal

At my lowest point, I wasn’t dreaming anymore.

I was surviving.

Pay the bills. Get through the day. Repeat. I had stopped expecting joy, stopped believing in breakthroughs, stopped trusting myself to follow through on anything meaningful.

The hardest part wasn’t failure.

It was hopelessness.

I genuinely believed I was stuck this way.

But rock bottom has a strange gift—it leaves you with nothing to lose.

Decision #1: I Stopped Waiting to Feel Better

I used to tell myself I’d take action once I felt motivated, confident, or ready.

That day never came.

At rock bottom, I made a different choice: I decided to move without motivation.

I got up even when I didn’t feel like it. I took small actions even when they felt pointless. I stopped negotiating with my excuses.

I learned this the hard way:

Motivation doesn’t create action.

Action creates motivation.

That decision alone cracked the door open.

Decision #2: I Took Responsibility Without Blame

For a long time, I blamed everything.

My past. My circumstances. Other people. Bad timing. And while some of those things were real, blaming them kept me powerless.

One night, I said something that changed everything:

“This is my responsibility—even if it’s not my fault.”

That wasn’t self-criticism. It was ownership.

Ownership gave me control. Control gave me hope. Hope gave me momentum.

I stopped asking, “Why did this happen to me?”

And started asking, “What can I do next?”

Decision #3: I Chose Progress Over Perfection

Rock bottom taught me how damaging perfectionism can be.

I used to think if I couldn’t fix everything at once, there was no point starting. That belief kept me stuck longer than any failure ever did.

So I made a simple rule:

Done is better than perfect.

I focused on small wins. One habit. One boundary. One honest conversation. One healthy decision.

Those small steps didn’t feel powerful—but they were consistent.

And consistency changed everything.

The Hard Part No One Talks About

Pulling myself out of rock bottom wasn’t inspiring every day.

Some days felt lonely.

Some days felt slow.

Some days felt like nothing was changing.

But something was changing.

I was building trust with myself again.

Every small promise kept became proof that I wasn’t broken—I was rebuilding.

The Breakthrough I Didn’t Expect

The breakthrough wasn’t success.

It was self-respect.

I started walking differently. Thinking differently. Choosing differently. Not because life was suddenly easy—but because I was stronger.

I wasn’t chasing a perfect life anymore.

I was creating a stable one.

What Rock Bottom Taught Me

Rock bottom taught me lessons I couldn’t have learned any other way:

• You don’t need clarity to start

• You don’t need confidence to move

• You don’t need perfection to progress

• You don’t need to fix everything today

• You just need to decide not to quit

Rock bottom stripped away illusions—but it revealed resilience.

If You’re at Rock Bottom Right Now

If you feel stuck, ashamed, or exhausted…

If your life feels smaller than it used to…

If you’re wondering whether it’s too late…

Let me tell you this clearly:

Rock bottom is not a dead end.

It’s a foundation.

And foundations are meant to be built on.

You don’t need a miracle. You need one honest decision today.

Then another tomorrow.

The Life I’m Living Now

I’m not “finished.”

But I’m moving.

I’m growing.

I’m hopeful again.

Those three decisions didn’t magically fix my life—but they gave me direction when I had none. And direction is more powerful than motivation.

Final Thought

Rock bottom didn’t break me—it introduced me to the strength I forgot I had.

If this story resonated with you, share it with someone who feels stuck in the dark. Sometimes, one story is enough to remind us that climbing back up is possible.

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Regards: Fazal Hadi