I dont find anything fun anymore. How can I deal with lack of drive and motivation?
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I do very little. My days are empty. I’m just not interested in anything. Video games feel boring. Even answering nurses’ questions feels uninteresting and a chore
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I use: notes, schedule, music, good night’s sleep and alarm clock
I can go to the gym 3x a week and study a little
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You should start very little, one thing at a time. I also suffer from heavy negatives. Also some meds make negatives worse.
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@Newlyborn im on clozapine and it doesn’t work for negatives. I just feel like everything is a chore. I tried to play vidya and lasted 5mins until I gave up. I really don’t like this
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I’m still interested in the stock market, meeting up with friends, news and family.
Just give it time then, try not to be harsh on yourself. You might improve within some time
I dont deal with it well. Im bed bound alot of the time.
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I feel you there. I cant bring myself to clean or do anything fun
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Set small achievable goals, hit those targets, and then add more goals. That’s how I went from sitting around all day to being busy all day. At some point I started enjoying myself again as I was retraining my brain to be engaged with the world. Now I’m a busy person who has a lot of fun when I’m not at work. My problem is not having enough free time for all of my hobbies, which I deeply enjoy.
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Thats how i feel on haldol, doing anything was like climbing a mountain.
I kind of just accept that some days im just not gonna feel like doing anything and hope the next day i have more motivation. Forcing yourself to start something can also help. But i feel you. I can start things and stop within a matter of minutes because i just am not interested. Here is to hoping they come out with better meds.
Do you know Russian prisoners are given haldol to torture them ive read.
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I’m doing it right now. I got four hours of sleep last night and I don’t want to be at work right now. But I’m forcing myself and trying to appear eager and happy to work when I really want to lay down in my tracks on the carpet and snooze.
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I have avolition too but usually I can still read a book or enjoy music so it helps to do that, or go to beach with hubby. But sometimes it’s really hard and I just end up sleeping
I would believe that.
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There was a psychiatric patient talking about her personal torture in Russia i think i recall on youtube. Comment section
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