It is almost always possible to make money in the stock market. The gyrations of prices virtually guarantee that sooner or later good companies will be sold cheaply. If you buy good companies at low valuations, you will seldom lose.
PS. There is certainly nothing worth buying right now!
There's always something worth buying. The trick is figuring out what it is. For instance, a couple decades ago I bought a penny stock in a company making gaming machines, probably bought it at 8 cents a share. Then Indian casinos started sprouting everywhere and the stock went to about $8 dollars a share, and I sold. Kicked myself because it continued to grow several times that.
When people are miserable, they turn to gambling, booze, drugs, and other diversions. Invest in companies that sell to people in misery.