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TaySenior Contributor
I'm finding it so difficult to motivate myself to do anything - what I'm struggling with is that during isolation I have no reason to be motivated - there's nothing wrong with watching tv because I can't leave the house - I'm finding it's actually feeding my fears - I suffer from agoraphobia - fear of leaving my home - now I'm being encouraged to not leave my home
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NatureLoverSenior Contributor
Yay, well done, @Tay !
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TaySenior Contributor
Bit of a positive coming out of a negative situation - thanks 😊
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Jo-anneJoySenior Contributor
@Tay When I was severely agoraphobic in my early 30s and so immobilised by the fear of making a goose of myself at the supermarket, I desensitized myself by going in the wee hours of the morning to the 24 hour Coles. Wasn't so peoply and I had been a shift-worker for a decade before IT had me in a head-lock. I understand now that I organically gravitated toward shift work as an adaptation to an underlying trauma-anxiety that was trundling away in the background, and it's awesome how the bodymind defences unfold. Your psyche truly desires for you to be safe, it just a suck way of getting your attention.
If you've not already heard of Peter A. Levine and his book, Waking the Tiger and the therapy of somatic experiencing, my suggestion is that you do. Take what works, leave the rest.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
hello and hugs @Jo-anneJoy , @Tay , @NatureLover
how are you going today xx
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NatureLoverSenior Contributor
Thanks @Shaz51 , I struggled with motivation today, got hardly anything done. I'll try again tomorrow. How was your day? 🙂
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BlepSenior Contributor
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TaySenior Contributor
Aww thanks @Shaz51 - you always make me smile
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TaySenior Contributor
Mother's Day is coming up - I love my sons and my mum is my best friend but I can't see her because of the isolation
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Hi @Tay (we have the same name, my name's Tayla too).
I'm sorry you're struggling with lack of motivation and agoraphobia, must be hard with that and not being able to leave the house now.
I get anxious when I leave the house aswell, although thats probably entirely different. I also struggle with lack of motivation and I feel like I've lost interest in everything, I feel like I have no joy anymore, and whenever I try to do something, I get bored of it, like colouring in for example
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