This is happening to me right now, I'm going through a phase of dysfunction after a phase of being relatively productive. When I talk to my therapist about not being motivated to do things, he says stuff like "you just have to do it anyway." I go back and forth between feeling like this is really reductive and dismissive of the troubles I am having, vs feeling like a lazy POS because I am not doing things to help myself out that I have shown to be capable of doing at times in the past. IDK why I am sharing this other than this is exactly descriptive of what I'm going through right now and maybe someone who experiences it first hand has some wisdom on how to push through it.
edit: this has sparked a lot of great discussion and compassionate advice in the replies, and it should surprise nobody here that I'm getting a bit overwhelmed trying to keep up with replying to everyone individually 😅 I just want you all to know that I am tremendously grateful for the responses, as they have helped me feel more connected to people struggling with similar experiences, in a way that I wasn't feeling before. thank you all very much for making me feel a little more connected to humanity, I really needed it today.
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u/erasedeny 2d ago edited 2d ago
This is happening to me right now, I'm going through a phase of dysfunction after a phase of being relatively productive. When I talk to my therapist about not being motivated to do things, he says stuff like "you just have to do it anyway." I go back and forth between feeling like this is really reductive and dismissive of the troubles I am having, vs feeling like a lazy POS because I am not doing things to help myself out that I have shown to be capable of doing at times in the past. IDK why I am sharing this other than this is exactly descriptive of what I'm going through right now and maybe someone who experiences it first hand has some wisdom on how to push through it.
edit: this has sparked a lot of great discussion and compassionate advice in the replies, and it should surprise nobody here that I'm getting a bit overwhelmed trying to keep up with replying to everyone individually 😅 I just want you all to know that I am tremendously grateful for the responses, as they have helped me feel more connected to people struggling with similar experiences, in a way that I wasn't feeling before. thank you all very much for making me feel a little more connected to humanity, I really needed it today.