[Blitter2014]

I'm not talking about what keeps you from ending it all. That would be too depressing a subject. No I'm talking about being motivated just to get things done. Daily its a struggle to get motivated. Some days you know you just have to get up and go through the motions, and that is enough to get you going, and once your going its kinda easier to keep on going.

Other days, when you can lay back a little, I find myself looking at a dozen things that I ought to be doing but can't be bothered. Or I will start something, only to pack it up and sit back down for an hour. Then I will feel guilty and get up and do something, run out of energy or enthusiasm or the guilt has worn off and pack that up. Sometimes it can go like that for hours, days or even weeks, where you just can't seem to get going.

So, I am curious, how do you motivate yourself to get going and do beyond the basics like eat and sleep? Do you reward yourself? Is guilt your motivator?

Got to be honest. I'm looking for motivation myself and wondering what I can use....

Not to be a smart *** by any means, my only motivation is my heart keeps beating.

This forum as well.

[r010159]

I am too mean to give up. This forum helps. Never will disappoint my daughter. My mother with dementia needs care. If I do not care for myself, I will have no future.

[CastlesInTheAir]

I have no clue! Lol

[Road_to_recovery]

My beautiful two year old daughter. I want to see her grow up successful, happy and confident. I want to be emotionally available to her, my parents weren't the best at that

[BipolaRNurse]

I'm curious to see how the rest of my life turns out.

[Trippin2.0]

Mine is a simple 5 letter word: MUSIC

It kickstarts my unmotivated a.s.s. into gear, and before I know it the work is done. And because my OCD kicks in, the work is done well too!

Thank you you've just reminded me that I need music when I get up in a few hours...
I have some serious cleaning to do.

[A Red Panda]

Stubbornness. A desire to "win" (I have an ongoing war where it's me vs. my brain, but I also refuse to let my family win!). A desire to keep things hidden and unseen because I don't want people to think of me as being messed up. A need to be considered responsible. A fear of ever losing my job and losing independence.

Mostly it's stubbornness

My kids: both biological and educational.

My determination to not let this control my life.

Hope and belief in what is yet to come.

[Nammu]

I'm guessing, but I'd say the old, it's what I'm supposed to do. Put one foot in front of the other, put on the mask, and go though the motions.

[comicgeek007]

Right now, the thing keeping me from relapsing back into anorexia is an upcoming cosplay competition where the character I'm dressing as is supposed to be kinda curvy.

In general, that competition. Wanting to learn more and help people. Wanting to finish college and not be a failure. Wanting to have a happy life with my fiance when we get married and needing to be able to help support us financially and emotionally. Wanting to be more successful than that ***** in my major that said biomed engineering is easy (because screw that guy). Not wanting to let the professors that vouched for me to be able to get services I need down. Wanting to finish writing and drawing all the stories I have in my head but needing to find time to do that.

[pawn78]

The desire to have pleasure... That motivates me to work and make money, to get the house clean so the wife will have sexy time with me, spending money on pleasurable things like music, food, etc.

I guess I'm a hedonist.

My son, wanting to help animals that are being abused or abandoned, wanting to help foster children and music. Also eventually moving and being around more like minded people. So my son and wanting to make the world a better place.

[manymiles]

..not wanting to ever go back to that place I was before where literally everything hurt with no reprieve. Being alive literally hurt and I do not exaggerate. I can't ever go back there!

[Skitz13]

My precious daughters

[Skitz13]

Originally Posted by Blitter2014

I'm not talking about what keeps you from ending it all. That would be too depressing a subject. No I'm talking about being motivated just to get things done. Daily its a struggle to get motivated. Some days you know you just have to get up and go through the motions, and that is enough to get you going, and once your going its kinda easier to keep on going.

Other days, when you can lay back a little, I find myself looking at a dozen things that I ought to be doing but can't be bothered. Or I will start something, only to pack it up and sit back down for an hour. Then I will feel guilty and get up and do something, run out of energy or enthusiasm or the guilt has worn off and pack that up. Sometimes it can go like that for hours, days or even weeks, where you just can't seem to get going.

So, I am curious, how do you motivate yourself to get going and do beyond the basics like eat and sleep? Do you reward yourself? Is guilt your motivator?

Got to be honest. I'm looking for motivation myself and wondering what I can use....

That's a really good question. I find it very difficult to be motivated when depressed like everyone else out there.

I had this brief 6 months of total wellness and now it's a drug for me. I just have to have it. That time period was sooo great. I had never felt better or in more control than I ever have, which is why I'm doing anything and everything to get back there.

Thats a hard one, and a question I struggle with daily. Motivation is a huge problem for me. I am really trying to combat it right now with some pretty big goals - if I dont work my arse off I will not achieve these goals - but they are achievable I put the effort in. I am hoping this kickstarts me into action. I suffer from anhedonia so even achiving or rewarding small goals is not pleasurable for me. I keep on doing things because thats just what I have to do, but it makes it hard when there is no joy from achieving them. I am hoping my big goals will give me more of a sense of achievement as I actually respect that they are significant goals rather than the every day goal of doing the dishes, having a shower, eating right, exercise etc. In saying that I do feel better on the days that I have been productive.

My heart is still beating, and I'm not being sarcastic.

[Standup2me]

My cats and parakeets
Who would take of them if I were not here?

Jobs in the past. Now it's just that I still have a pulse. Really, I hate being so gloom and doom here, but I seriously don't have much right now. This forum and the clinic are trying to help.

[Skitz13]

Today NOTHING is motivating to keep going!!!

[~Christina]

I stay motivated for the people that are in my life. I struggle just as much as most people here do, I just choose to focus on the good times.... bad times just get analyzed and tossed in the garbage bin .

[sarahblue]

Good thread...I'm not very motivated today, but this thread is motivating me to try and get something done. I'm thinking mild exercise, at least some stretching.

I also have memories of being very functional, and would really like to get back to that point again.

[nummy]

I don't know what keeps me going, I just put one foot in front and keep praying for the best. And for strength. And with gratitude for my family.

I never assign my strength to any one thing, because, as life has shown me, those things can be taken from you in an instant, same as for the non mentally ill.