I think I have a serious problem with motivation. I don't even really have the motivation to write this post...

I think I also have a sleep problem. I can go fine for days without out it, but at the same time I could sleep for hours and hours.

I wake up around 9-11h and I won't be tired, but I'll still just lie in bed and go back to sleep. I can sleep all day, as I often do. Or just lie in bed for hours, doing nothing.

I don't want to waste the day in bed, but I just can't seem to get out. I have homework and lots of things I should be doing, but instead I sleep or just lay around. It makes me feel so pathetic, but I don't know how to stop.

I try to force myself to get out of bed, think of all the things ( and often things I enjoy) I have to do, but still I stay in bed.

I think I should see my doctor about this... it's just confusing. I also have a wierd sleeping pattern that I stay up til 5... and I can get up at whatever time and not be tired, no matter how much sleep I get.

Argh. It's so annoying because I hate wasting time, especially when I have so much to do, like right now! X.x
 
   

 


 
 
tchmymnd on
Re: Sleep and Motivation Problem
It's depression. Thats exactly what depression does. Just wipes away any motivation or energy.
DarkSalem on
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I thought my depression might have went away... I've been feeling happier lately. But perhaps it's still not gone. It might be another thing, too, or combined even.
DarkSalem on
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I have lots of energy though, just no motivation.
tchmymnd on
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It could be, but it's possible to have mixed symptoms too, depression and hypomania. I always had a hard time figuring things out because I had mixed symptoms, till I learned that it happens.
DarkSalem on
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Yeah... I don't know. but I think it wouldn't hurt to see the doctor about it. It has been going on for a long time, now.
tchmymnd on
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Yeah, definately see the doctor!
DarkSalem on
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Yeah... just gotta get up early enough to call to make the appointment! 
decisiontime on
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I've had depression to varying degrees for as long as I can remember, and therefore I'm not a good source for advice!   I got counseling at various points in my life, which usually helped.

 

I tried meds last year, and they made it worse.  But meds have helped two people very close to me.

DarkSalem on
Re: Sleep and Motivation Problem
Yeah.. I was "diganosed" with it a few years back. I talked to a psychologist then and I think it helped. Then we realized I needed help with relationships, which she sent me to see someone who specializes in. But I saw that person once, and then I found out they were quitting... I thought about calling the psychologist back, but I guess I never got the motivation...and I thought maybe I didn't need it, or failed to see it as something they could help with.. I don't know. I don't want to take any medication, I know that for sure.
bahamat on
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I'm unmotivated about most things unless I see some reason for it to be important... much to my parent's dismay
Also no matter how much/little sleep I get I'm permanently tired, I think it's just a big sleep debt that'll go with enough rest. It's strange that when I force myself to wake up + move around it doesn't register so much when I'm in the right frame of mind. Boredom can be very tiring too lol

I read somewhere that if you lay in you can feel more tired because the body things "oooh more sleep, lets try to get more and more and more!". I can't understand how people enjoy excersise
DarkSalem on
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Even if I feel it is very important, I am unmotivated.

I am never bored! Impossible! Hehe.

I do enjoy exercise. I love walking and biking, and playing games that require physical activity. It makes me feel good. I just need to GET UP and GET OUT there to start it.

 
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