Motivating Myself When I Can Barely Do Anything
How do you makeyourself do activities and come through withresponsibilities when you arefeeling really depressed? Sometimes just finding motivation and getting myself out of a slump seems really difficult, and there are days when I cannot make myself do anything. Practicallyeverything feels like it is outside my comfort zone.
I totally agree with you and I'd like to know some strategies for getting motivated when everything is so much effort.
I've been told numerous times to find something or do something you love, even if it is something so small and simple. I struggle with depression myself and I completely agree it seems like everything I do is entirely outside my comfort zone. I try my best to stay away from medicine due to the harsh side effects so I followed the advice I was given. I enjoy being outdoors so almost everyday I try to get myself up for a walk. I have a friend that lives near me and so we try everyday to just go for a walk, some days it is the only thing that makes me actually get out of bed. I also enjoy doing knitting and do it yourself projects so every once in a while when im feeling like I need toaccomplish morein my life I will create a hat, scarf, rug or a do it yourself craft like a braclet. I just find that by completing something even if small it makes me feel better cause its completed and I did it. I find that when im really feeling crapping and I have to get up out of bed and go somewhere I try my best to make myself look prettier than I would usually by doing my hair and dressing up a little bit, not just wearing a big comfy sweater and jeans.
At the end of the day, you just got to remind yourself that you cant live your life from your bed/house. In order to stand on your own two feet, you will need to break free from your comfort zone and make money to live freely.
I hope this will help you :)
Thank you for this! I love your suggestions,especially to pick one small activity to do and build from there. Some days, it is so hard to muster up the courage and energy to be somewhat productive and leave my comfort zone, but I know you are right. Trying when we least want to helps to continue to get better. I just need to take it one small step at a time and not focus so much on whatdidn't get done, but rather what little things did get accomplished that day. Thank you. :)
There isn't anything that I enjoy except lying in bed with my dogs.
It's hard to do activities and responsibilities when you're depressed. But what should be done must be done. :)
Sometimes we can't do anything, and nothing appeals to us. I've found that sometimes doing small meaningless tasks can actually be a step towards actually doing something. I get up. I pour a glass of water. I light a candle. I open a drawer. Just...don't stop. Keep finding things to do.
Yes, even though you don't feel motivated, keeping moving, do even the smallest thing, or break a big job down into tiny steps, and just take one step at a time.
+1. Sometimes momentum is everything. Just gotta find small wins here and there until they add up to bigger victories. And it's important not to beat yourself up if you're having a particularly bad day.
Yes I completely recognisethis. It has always been really hard for me to motivate myself.
I have always pushed myself to get up and do something but I got way too hard on myself because after a while I wasn't doing anything that I enjoyed doing anymore but only things I thought I had to do. So what I do now when I'm feeling really low, I just listen to music. I notice that my thoughts don't become too dark when there's nice tunes playing in the background.
Do you mean activities with people or by yourself?
If you don't get out the house much, then what you could do is just go out for a walk by yourself, ideally go somewhere not many people are there.
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