What helps to take your mind off things?

Hi, I'm curious to know how others distract themselves from everything they are going through. My boyfriend has depression, and he doesnt have any interests or a passion to distract him if he needs to, and since we have some distance I can't always physically be there for him to be the distraction he needs. When I got rlly sad I usually was triggered by something (not always ofc, sometimes i would just wake up that way). I learned to deal with that by doing something that distracts me, but even when I was depressed I still had a lot of interests and things that I like to do or atleast that would distract me from whatever was triggering me.

I just dont know how to help him in any other way rather than going on reddit and see what helps for others to hopefully try it out and let it be something that helps for him too. I just dont know what to tell him or what to do or how to support him since I dont know what I would have done if I had nothing that distracted me, i think i would be doomed idk...