My psychiatrist wrote SZ with apathy and avolition on my diagnosis report.
Do you suffer from apathy?
How to deal with it?
Honestly, the best thing you can do for yourself is force yourself to do whatever it is that you need to do. It also helps you have someone else that you’re accountable to. I have my dog Chloe, and she needs at least 2 walks per day in order to use the bathroom and to feel well. So I have to get out of bed because it’s not just about me anymore, it’s about her. Then, once we’re on the walks, I often find that I’d like to go farther than I originally planned, so we both get some exercise and quality time.
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Apathy has always been a problem for me. There have been times when it would have been so much simpler and easier to do what I was supposed to do, but I put it off, and put it off. If you do too much procrastinating ordinary chores and minor complexities can start to seem like insurmountable tasks. Believe me, it’s easier just to do what you need to do.
Exercise. Took me years to learn that if you buy into exercise you get some good progress with the negatives. Try that. Costs you nothing. Plenty of things to improve just do it regularly and see if it makes a difference. It does for me.
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Its called affective flattening aka flat affect. The feature of this is you not feel any emotion whether its bad, good, happy, angry etc unless force yourself to feel it or it requires effort to feel those and not come naturally.
Due to this need to force yourself to do needed things. Ex: At night need to force yourself to go to bed. At morning need to force yourself to get out of bed. Force yourself to do daily activities etc as nothing comes automatically due to the lack of automatic emotions, feelings etc.
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Yeah there is no secret formula. As posters above have mentioned, you need to try and try again. Set some realistic goals and go after them, tooth and nail.
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I am very apathetic. But I think it’s because of the APs I take.
To and extent, yes i do suffer from apathy. The things that i used to take pride and joy with are now washed over without much thought. This is to my detriment. I feel sorry for my partner, because i feel that he has to look after me. I wish i had more motivation and drive.
I have sza with apathy, avolition and social withdrawal.
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