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Lacking motivation to do just about anything

Lacking motivation to do just about anything

Hi folks, well day 2 out of hospital has hit me and I am suffering from a serious lack of motivation to do anything. All I feel like doing is sleeping. I have little motivation to eat, study (I am getting further and further behind), engage in any sort of sexual activity with my gf... just about anything. I had to be forced to get dressed and go to the chemist to pick up a prescription today, even though it is a medication I need in order to stay well and 'functioning'.

What the heck is wrong with me? I don't feel depressed, far from it. I just feel so exhausted all the time and seriously can't be bothered with anything that takes effort. I am so lazy it's scary!

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Re: Lacking motivation to do just about anything

Think that's pretty normal @Queenie to fall flat a couple of days after hospital. I know I do. Partly I think it's our expectations about coing home - they don't match the reality but it will get better. Just be patient with yourself. Take care 💜😊

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Thanks @Former-Member. I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this. The time before this admission I came home to an empty house and just fell on the floor and cried for hours. This time my gf has kept me going. I'm supposed to be studying today, but my brain fog and lack of motivation has just meant I'm goofing off instead. That just makes me feel disappointed in myself.

I guess I should be more patient with myself. It's only early days yet.

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I've had a similar day @Queenie and I was getting crabby woth myself. So I gave myself permission to do nothing and I've done nothing. I decided to recline on my bed and read around midday and woke up 3 hours later. I don't have the excuse of just coming out of hospital but I have had an extremely stressful week.

I'm simply considering today as a necessary recharging of my batteries. As @Former-Member said it takes a bit of time to readjust to living in the community and all the responsibilities that come with being in the real world. 💕

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Thanks for replying @Kurra. I eventually forced myself to look at my assignment questions and managed only to knock off one small question, but I guess that's better than nothing at all. I also forced myself to wash my hair (it badly needed it).

Tonight my voices are giving me hell, but I'll manage to get through somehow. I always do.

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I went through a period of talking nicely to the voices so say one was shouting and swearing I'd quietly mention that I could hear better if the voice didn't shout and that swearing wasn't really an acceptable way to talk. It actually did work for a while but the hardest part was remaining calm because voices can make me feel very agitated.

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I used to give my voices 'soapbox hour' whereby I used to say to them I wasn't going to listen to them until one hour before bed when they could communicate to me and I would openly communicate back. It worked well for many years, but lately doesn't. If I calmly whisper that to them, they just jump on me so to speak, telling me I'm worthless and giving me self destructive commands. I've even tried reasoning with them, saying that if I were to complete an act of self destruction, then they would cease to exist also.

Doesn't work however. They are still there and still just as nasty.

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