Low Motivation - Anxiety / Depression

Sometimes you can be too depressed to tackle your issues. It can seem to others as if motivation is low, as if you are not really interested or not really bothered as to whether you succeed or not. Obviously this is not the case, in fact you want to succeed so desperately, and the task seems so daunting, that you really feel low about it.

What can you do to raise your spirits? Well, it might be worth investigating if some kind of secondary gain is holding you back. Often depression can keep from doing the same things the anxiety stopped you from doing. If this were the case then you would have much more enthusiasm for the areas of your life that don't involve tackling old fears and phobias.

Otherwise it's time to get on the motivation trail. There are a couple of good books that I'll list here tomorrow, and a few good motivation sites. Motivation quotes, although often cliched, can be really helpful.

The important thing is to do something, now! Read something about motivation, take a small piece of action, write down your reasons for not acting and argue them out. Do Something!

Or, try a bit of paradoxical intention, try to demotivate yourself, try and really do nothing!

Until tomorrow!