Looking for ideas to create motivation for self care. I am doing great with almost everything else right now but no matter what mood I am in I cant seem to get to the point where I want to do that.

This includes changing clothing, showering and even brushing my teeth. For some reason I still enjoy doing makeup, even more than before and sometimes my hair too unless my mood is low.

The only thing that makes me want to shower is exercise and I try to every second day if Im working but have recently switched to casual so I dont work as much. I dont exercise inside often either and it has been frostbite weather outside for quite a while so running hasnt been an option.

If neither of those things are happening my H basically has to tell me to take a shower or "remind" me I suppose sounds better but if he doesnt do it a few times I still probably wont bother.

This was really never an issue until my first major episode 2 years ago and now it has turned into a constant issue. Any ideas?