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Motivation

This_is_me1

Does anyone find that motivation levels can be really low or zero sometimes? No matter how hard I try I just can't find the motivation to do even a simple task sometimes. I would be happy just sitting by myself either listening to an audiobook or playing a game on my phone.

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  • This_is_me1 said:
    Does anyone find that motivation levels can be really low or zero sometimes?

    Negative.

    I don't mean "no", I mean sometimes I feel like I lack the motivation to even feel I have zero motivation. I just have to turn my back on it. It's too painful to be a witness to it. My whole being slumps, gives up in the face of it.

    I resonate with 's characterisation of it as a devastating loop of despair. I get so stuck sometimes that I try to play it down, hide it, bury the shame of it, tell people I'm getting along OK, all the while I'm more and more terrified that I'll be caught, found out. And there are real consequences to f—ing up—again.

    Today is not a good day. Today, life is just too bloody hard. I can't do anything. I'm tired of it. Sick of it.

    Sorry for the rant. I'll try to get some help this weekend with a few things and see if that breaks me out of the loop.

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  • This_is_me1 said:
    Does anyone find that motivation levels can be really low or zero sometimes?

    Negative.

    I don't mean "no", I mean sometimes I feel like I lack the motivation to even feel I have zero motivation. I just have to turn my back on it. It's too painful to be a witness to it. My whole being slumps, gives up in the face of it.

    I resonate with 's characterisation of it as a devastating loop of despair. I get so stuck sometimes that I try to play it down, hide it, bury the shame of it, tell people I'm getting along OK, all the while I'm more and more terrified that I'll be caught, found out. And there are real consequences to f—ing up—again.

    Today is not a good day. Today, life is just too bloody hard. I can't do anything. I'm tired of it. Sick of it.

    Sorry for the rant. I'll try to get some help this weekend with a few things and see if that breaks me out of the loop.

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  • in reply to Damojo
    Damojo said:
    I get so stuck sometimes that I try to play it down, hide it, bury the shame of it, tell people I'm getting along OK, all the while I'm more and more terrified that I'll be caught, found out.

    Couldn't agree more. This is a very apt description of how I am most of the time these days. At times I'm terrified of the future and what it might mean for me.