Lack of motivation

So let me start by saying i haven’t felt depressed. I’ve been in a good mood and trying to read my positive affirmation cards daily. Now I’m still somewhat stuck in bed again lately. I am going back to staying in bed and just playing on my iPad and doing nothing. I haven’t cooked in a while and have a small amount of dishes in the sink. I als have been meaning to do laundry and clean up my table where all the excess items from my deep cleaning were out. Why am I going back to this?

I also have minor clutter in living room. I recently had a deep clean and they cleaned most of my house except for my room and closet. I had a lot of mess and still need to organize some stuff. With my recent shoulder improvement I am feeling more motivated to do stuff (this was yesterday got ancortisone shot, still hurts but doc said kicks in two to three days).

I wish I had an answer for you. I feel this way often. It usually ends up turning into a depression for me but like you, I have times when my mood seems okay but I still have no motivation to get things done.

Do you feel overwhelmed by things that need doing? That is also part of my problem. I feel so overwhelmed by all of the things I need to do that I don’t know where to start and don’t end up doing anything. My therapist suggested setting a timer for 10-15 minutes and just do whatever I can do in that period of time. Perhaps something like this might help?

Yea talking about it with my buddy and posting it I was able to get few things done play on the Nintendo I got for Xmas for a few. Now I’m back in bed.

I feel like this is what’s comfortable. But I also don’t want to head into a depression or have a filthy apartment etc.

Sounds like you were doing good for awhile. Use the tools that you learned in IOP. I am pulling for you.

I was feeling the same way for a while, low energy but not quite depressed. I didn't know what was wrong with me but then I had to go into IP because things weren't getting better. The doctors told me I was in a depressive episode even without the mood being present. Even when I got out of IP I was still feeling weird, honestly I probably should've been in there longer, but I hate being in there. It's gotten a bit better now that I made some changes to my daily routine and started pushing myself harder to get out of bed and do things, even if it's only doing one load of laundry, which is a mountain of a task since I let it pile up so much in the depressive episode. Now I'm having a mixed episode though, grrr.

I really hope you get to feeling better soon!! You can try doing one small task a day until your energy returns, I can't say that it's going to make you feel back at 100% but it can help fight the low energy.

i don't know you or your life, but maybe you need some social interaction, to get a bit engaged in something outside your mind?

helps me, sometimes.

Talked about it helped a bit and actually did stuff yesterday. Today just got home and I’m in bed.

I heard somewhere that after depression, it's easy to still act depressed because it has just become a habit.

I've never heard that before, but I definitely understand it. It's almost routine to feel low. You kind of forget how to feel like anything else.

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I'm sorry you're struggling through this, I too have a hard time even getting out of bed or enjoying my work. Maybe we'll find something to bring us back around.

Today I felt depressed. Was feeling lonely Nd frustrated.

I definitely feel depressed so zero motivation at work and at home too.

I’m sorry to hear this. Feel better