[peaceweb602]

I'm having a hard time getting out of bed early each morning. I want to get out of bed at latest at 6:00A.M because I enjoy the mornings, but I tend to wait until around 12:00P.M to do so. I'm extremely lazy. I don't feel motivated to do anything and I'm not aware that I am depressed because I don't feel it. I'm 26. I think I lack morals. I give in to my desires for comforts all the time. I hate struggling. I have to take medications for schizophrenia. I think I feel a bit sedated. There's nothing I can do about it because my doctor and my parents want me to be on the dosage that I am on right now. I want to go to college and learn and eventually get a degree in psychology. I've been in and out of college for the past few years and have barely gotten anywhere because I am so lazy. I don't know what's making me so lazy. I don't have a good self foundation to reach my goals. How can I feel more motivated?

[kindachaotic]

I don't believe for one second that you are lazy.

Your probably work with a T so hang in there.

Learning to build a foundation doesn't happen over night.

Will keep you in my thoughts & prayers.

[ECHOES]

Just for a while, do what feels okay and don't judge yourself for not doing something else.

You could decide for now that getting up at 12 noon is just perfect and exactly what you want to do right now. So, getting up at 12 will be a positive (just like I planned!) and not a negative (I *should* have gotten up at 6am). Self-acceptance is a kindness toward yourself. Accept what is happening right now. Getting up at 12 is part of learning to live with your medication. That said, could there be another time of day to take your medication that would not interfere with your desire to start your day earlier?

If your goal of getting your day going earlier is something you can work on now (or later)
then there is that big gap between 6am and 12 noon. So, you might want to work your way towards 6am in steps. Get up 1/2 hour earlier every day for a week or two, then the next week or two, get up another 1/2 hour earlier, and keep going until you reach your goal.

College will be there when you are ready. When you are feeling better, you could take one course to continue working on that goal. In the meantime, you could visit your library and find books in the areas you want to study and study that way.

[Italianma]

It's always nice to see postings that help us remember to kind to ourselves! Through these postings I realize that I spend so much time worrying about all the negative things about myself, that I never think to give myself a break. Here lately, I have been so hard on myself, sleeping to much and not accomplishing all that I wanted to during the day. I have a lot going on in my home, relationship problems, parenting issues and two of my family members battle depression... and I am also in college. Sometimes we just need others to remind us to give ourselves a break. Thanks for the positive postings