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firemonkee57
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How do you distinguish between laziness and lack of drive/motivation/apathy?
Sometimes/A lot of the time thinking about doing things is too overwhelming or just seems to require too much effort.
A lot of the time i don't want to get dressed let alone go out of the door. Sometimes the thought of going out ramps up my anxiety.
Have not been doing my groups via the day centre .One because it clashes with having my depot injection every other week and they now expect us to get to the allotment on our own(which i feel nervous/uneasy about) and the other,the art and lit,because i feel uncomfortable because of the number of people and being so close together round a long table.The issue re eye contact has become more problematic since the group has grown in size.
Last two times i went i spent the whole time fighting against getting up and rushing out the door.
All of the above plus the fact i have given up on several forums due to being stalked by Pms means i have been isolated/isolating even more than normal(my social network is poor at the best of times (due to long term interpersonal/social interaction difficulties) ie no close friends and difficulty when it comes to knowing how to initiate/sustain social interaction /conversation with other people.)
As i'm not actively suicidal(danger to myself) or homicidal(danger to others) i don't think my mental health team are that bothered as to how well or not i'm functioning.
Risperdal consta may have helped to some extent with my paranoia and hypersensitivity/emotional volatility / strange/weird thoughts
but as for the question of lack of motivation/laziness and drive/initiative that's a whole different kettle of fish

A lot of the time i don't want to get dressed let alone go out of the door. Sometimes the thought of going out ramps up my anxiety.
Have not been doing my groups via the day centre .One because it clashes with having my depot injection every other week and they now expect us to get to the allotment on our own(which i feel nervous/uneasy about) and the other,the art and lit,because i feel uncomfortable because of the number of people and being so close together round a long table.The issue re eye contact has become more problematic since the group has grown in size.
Last two times i went i spent the whole time fighting against getting up and rushing out the door.
All of the above plus the fact i have given up on several forums due to being stalked by Pms means i have been isolated/isolating even more than normal(my social network is poor at the best of times (due to long term interpersonal/social interaction difficulties) ie no close friends and difficulty when it comes to knowing how to initiate/sustain social interaction /conversation with other people.)
As i'm not actively suicidal(danger to myself) or homicidal(danger to others) i don't think my mental health team are that bothered as to how well or not i'm functioning.
Risperdal consta may have helped to some extent with my paranoia and hypersensitivity/emotional volatility / strange/weird thoughts
but as for the question of lack of motivation/laziness and drive/initiative that's a whole different kettle of fish
