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lack of motivation, lack of life energy

neilContributor14 Nov 2016, 11:35 am AEDT

lack of motivation, lack of life energy

Hi I am new to this forum. I have schizophrenia for 9 years and I am 30.

I have a very lack of motivation. I have no real interest in anything. my interest are short lived. I have only interest that can give me satisfaction immediately. for example, food, it provides immediate satisfaction. Even that satisfaction is not much. Interest in long term goal is not there. I can not do long term thing, I can plan it, but I loss interest in it after the plan, after few hours. Planning to get job or planning to study is short lived. Even if I know it is important and I have to do it, I can push myself. On good day I can to something, however I quickly I get distracted by voice I hear. I hear the voice when I am alone, I can not think and do stuff. I ok around people, not much voice when I am with people. Voice distracted and make my mood bad, I loss for motivation. I waste time, talking voice, telling to stop, or waiting until the voice stop. The medication does not stop the voice. Therefore I have randomly, frequency occurring thing to distract my motivation and make it worse. Even if I do not have the voice, my mood is low, I do not feel like doing anything. I am tried of waiting for my mood and my voice to stop, wait perfect time to do stuff, which does not regularly happen.

I create good plan to do weekly or monthly, but that does not happen also because of lack of motivation. I think I need meaning behind doing stuff, I need to feel the meaning. for example I need reason behind why I need a job. I know why I need job intellectually but I need to feel it. I am not feeling my life. I live boring life with doing nothing significant. Boring live without meaning. I looking for meaning.

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In response to: lack of motivation, lack of life energy

GlennContributor12 Mar 2017, 10:07 am AEDT

Re: lack of motivation, lack of life energy

Good morning Niel. When I finish or just at any random point in a task, I will stand back and look at what's there. I'm painting my house, on the outside, at the moment. Well, for about three years now. Painting the west wall in the afternoon was impossible. I would have gone snow blind! Can't prep or paint in the rain, at night, below 10C. Lots of weatherboards need to be replaced, there's a window needing replacement......well.... I stand back and tell myself that it would not have been done had I not done it.

My life has been a bit of a s**t storm, and I'm pension age now. This is a light house. Meditation is good for me, providing I focus, and a guide here is great. Mindfulness is another great tool. I also get an old excersise book and write: date, mood rating,and then I can objectify stuff more easily. If you have a phone with a camera , take a picture of good things, things to aim for, and return to. Break stuff up into manageable bits. Each achievement can be a piton/ attachment to the side of your own mountain.Once there, you can return to these points. Enjoy the view.

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