How to be healed when you have no energy to take the necessary steps to be healed like reading something helpful, although you want to be healed and be a better person?

[Skeezyks]

Hello Lonely Warrior: I'm sorry you are struggling. I also tend to lack the energy, or perhaps in my case it's motivation, to take the necessary steps to heal. In my case, though, I presume it's for different reasons... mostly age related. I don't know if you see a therapist. But perhaps that would be a positive step, if you're not already doing so. Personally, I find reading mental health related material to be tiring. I simply lack the motivation & ability to concentrate that it takes to really absorb it. Plus I'm never convinced that it will really make any useful difference anyway.

One thing you might consider, if you're not already doing it, is to watch mental health related videos on YouTube for inspiration & ideas. A couple of excellent resources are PsychCentral's YouTube channel & California therapist Kati Morton. But there are others as well. Beyond that, of course, there are psych med's that may be helpful with raising your energy level, if you're not already taking anything. Diet & exercise can also play a role in raising your energy level. From my perspective, at least, there are no sure-fire answers to this question. You simply have to try out different things & see what works for you.

[MickeyCheeky]

I know what you mean those options suggested by Skeezyks looks pretty good. Maybe you don't have to read - there could be other options available. I'd still try to read some books though.. even if you've already tried, probably

Good luck!

[kadie2]

I do the reading but implementing the ideas into my life is hard,. I try to do my reading in happy places, like outside next to my pond on nice days...Or snuggled up in bed with my heating blanket and a cup of tea. Anyplace that's a comforting place. Sometimes at a coffee shop with a nice cup of coffee. The people milling around I don't feel so alone. I don't know if I'm helping.... I hope it gets easier for you soon.

It's not just about reading which is mentally challenging for me, but I have no energy/motivation even to watch videos or see a therapist. I sometimes go out to coffee shops, but I cannot read there (I'm very sensitive to noise). I lose interest very quickly on everything, and fall back. It's contradictory that I want to be better, yet at the same time (at some level) I don't really care!! I guess essentially I need some change in my life that would change my perspective. Being alone has caused me a lot of damage to my mental health. I know change must come from within first, but simply I cannot do it. But then again, if I don't change from within, how would change from without happen?! I feel it's like a trap.

[handheart]

Well you can say us why you dont have energy ? Personaly i make sport i eat healthy i make meditation etc .this days any informtion you can search on google find what wrong with your body and find energy and after that read all about mind how to cre anxiety etc .yOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY

I don't have energy in the sense that I'm not motivated. I don't know how to get out, because if I'm not motivated to get out, how I will ever get out!! Am I doomed to be like this all my life? I cannot handle this situation alone, but I'm alone. Literally alone, with no fiends around me or family near me.

[Thunder Bow]

Depression will do that, and depression likes re-enforcement. Real healing takes much determination and dedication. No quick fix.