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Do you struggle with motivation?
When life gets mentally challenging, sometimes I find it particularly hard to motivate myself. Sometimes I rise to the occasion and sometimes I don’t.
Do you struggle with motivation? If so, how do you manage on your bad days?
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I struggle with anxiety, any stress makes it worse and then I seem to lose all motivation to do anything. It’s this in particular that’s really adversely affecting the quality of my life. I often feel it’s not worth living 😔
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I have been having a lot of trouble with motivation lately. It just seems like I’m too tired to do anything even though I may get enough sleep. It just all seems too hard. I’ve been wondering how to lift myself up. I haven’t found an answer yet.
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Yes, apathy is definitely a problem for me. I don’t care about things i used to be passionate about. And a lot things seem too stressful. I just started on antidepressants and will see if that helps.
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I’m so thankful for this forum.
For quite a while I thought it was just me & to learn that others are experiencing the same things is so reassuring.
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I find apathy and loss of motivation one of the biggest contributors to less quality of life for me. It’s very difficult and challenging to motivate myself when I feel so apathetic. I use prayer, exercise and a prescribed antidepressant to address feeling apathetic. Getting outside and changing my environment seems to be most helpful
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I have become very adept at pivoting. If I’m tired, my symptoms are more pronounced than usual or I’m feeling stuck, I’ll pivot, put off big things and focus on smaller goals like short bursts of exercise throughout the day or cleaning out a drawer. Even something silly like a Godzilla movie marathon while I work on some knitting helps. After a few days I feel better, pivot again, and tackle the big stuff.
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I find it very challenging to get motivated after going through illness or stressful situations. Sometimes our home lives aren’t as good as others. A lot of us lack any emotional support from friends or family and this makes us depressed.
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Sometimes when I feel stressed or unable to do anything, I will take a breather day and just do nothing or do something enjoyable.My friends are very encouraging and supportive. I find that if I exercise even if it is just walking, seems to lift my spirits. Sometimes just reading others problems or discussions help me. Aloha and thank you all out there!!!
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Yes. I noticed in this past year, that my motivation to fight the good fight against Mr. P has been waning. As the years pass, I’ve often been complemented on my positive attitude and optimisim. But, as my symtoms have increased, it is harder and harder to stand tall. And so, I’ve discovered that my attitude has worsened. I called a friend last week, and revealed to her that I feel as though I am going down the “rrabbit hole”. She replied, “Get the fuck out of there!” The longer you stay in that depressing hole, the harder it is to crawl out! So, I focus on the people in my life that would be very sad if I was no longer on this earth. I don’t want to make them sad, so I do something that will help with this anxiety caused by Mr. P’… I do some deep breathing, I watch a favorite comedy, I listen to music, or I play some of my instruments; guitar or saxaphone. Maybe we should try to jam with eachother, because when playing music, there is no room for anything else at that moment.
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Sometimes I just feel like I’ve been fighting so hard for so long that I’m just tired. I’m 80 years old. Why can’t I just take it easy now. Then I try to tell myself that I don’t need to burden my family and that I need to move. Today my neurologist got after me for my pity-party. I have given up my singing and writing but she told me I can’t do that. So, I guess I’ll keep trying although I no longer have the ability to be on stage.
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