hey guys what's up it's Mandy so today I wanted to share with you a little bit
about how I am able to stay motivated and get through the day when I am
dealing with really severe depression now the stuff that works for me isn't
necessarily gonna work for everybody but it might help someone out so I figured I
would share it with you so even at my absolute worst when I was completely
suicidal I was still able to manage to get myself up and out of bed and go to
work sometimes I'm not even really entirely sure how I was able to do that
but basically I just really tried to focus on all the people that were at
work counting on me to be there and do my job one of the big factors of helping
me cope and deal with things and get out of bed in the morning is definitely my
animals all my animals definitely kind of help force me to get out of bed and
get my day started no matter how bad or down I feel that day any of you out
there that have cats know exactly how persistent they can be they are not
taking no for an answer in the morning if they want to be fed they will be fed
and sometimes that means you're getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning to start
your day add to that that I do have a giant dog that needs to be let out in
the morning and yeah that is usually what gets me kick-started for the day I
don't know how many mornings I will I will lay there and I just I don't want
to leave my bed and it's not because I'm still tired it's not because I want to
go back to sleep I just don't want to get out of bed not because it's cold
not because I'm just super comfortable but because I just don't want to get out
of bed I don't have the willpower to get out of bed I
I just don't feel like getting out of bed and living my life that day but
thanks to having all of these animals they kind of help force me to get my day
started now I'm not suggesting that if you are suffering from depression you
should hurry and run out there and get you some animals but I know that it
definitely helps me a lot I tend to do so much better because I do have a lot
of animals and I have all the animals another thing that really helps to
motivate me is of course my daughter I think about what she needs what she
needs from me and who she needs to be her mother
because sometimes I just don't have the willpower to get up for myself but I
definitely don't want to be a mother that my daughter is ashamed of or
embarrassed by or doesn't get up and interact with her and help her out help
her with her homework help her get ready for school in the morning
I need to be that person like I need to be that person I need to fulfill that
role so for me sometimes my biggest motivation is other people and other
living creatures that depend on me to get up and help them or do things for
them that they can't do for themselves and I have to step up and fulfill that
role and fulfill those needs sadly sometimes I'm just not enough sometimes
you motivating yourself is just not enough sometimes you just don't have the
willpower to get out of bed and that's where sometimes these external things
that are counting on us help to make that difference and helped motivate now
again this is just stuff that works for me and it's not necessarily gonna work
for everyone out there on days that are really really bad I have to sit there
and ask myself in the morning like what kind of day do I want to have do I want
to stay here in bed all day and get absolutely nothing accomplished for the
day and feel even worse tomorrow because I didn't get out of bed yesterday I
don't want to feel that way and I know I don't want to feel that way and again
sometimes it's really really hard to just get going and get motivated but
knowing that tomorrow Mandy is not gonna want to deal with cleaning up the mess
for today Mandy kind of helps to get me up and get
me moving sometimes another thing that really helps me is my phone so these are
pretty much all Hayes right next to us at all times I know I use my phone as my
alarm so it's gonna be right next to the bed and I'm sure the majority of us out
there use our phone as our alarm for the morning so sometimes if I'm really
really not feeling motivated and I really really just can't even my cats
can't seem to get me moving I will sometimes turn to YouTube and look at
motivational channels and inspirational channels people people who inspire me
and make me feel better a lot of those like spiritual guru type channels I
really really love when I am in this state because sometimes even though a
lot of times those people do go over the top and it kind of comes off a little
cheesy sometimes I really need that when I'm in that place and I'm in that
darkness and I can't seem to pull myself out of it and get myself going so that
even if I am just going through the motions that day I'm getting things
accomplished and I'm not letting anybody down including myself because with
depression we can end up in this sort of downward spiral right we can end up
making ourselves just constantly feel even worse because we feel so bad that
we're not getting anything done we're not doing anything we're not bettering
ourselves we're not doing anything to move forward so then we end up feeling
even worse day after day it just gets worse and
worse and worse because we're getting further and further behind on things and
letting people down and just becoming disappointed in ourselves and other
people becoming disappointed in us too I am subscribed to multiple little
spiritual channels I can even put links to some of the people that I follow in
the description below if they help me maybe they'll help you maybe they'll
help you feel better maybe they'll help to inspire you as well so besides those
things too I also keep a journal next to my bed always if I am feeling really
really down about myself that morning and I just can't seem to drag myself out
of it then sometimes I will reach for that journal and I will go ahead and
write five things that I am proud of myself for or that I like myself for or
appreciate about myself I did make a video on this I typically journal at
night but sometimes in the morning I really need to pick me up and it also
helps that I can thumb through some of the positive things that I have written
in the past to help kind of get me off to a better start and in a better
mindset to start my day so I don't know you guys I know these things aren't
going to necessarily help everyone but they do help me to try to stay on track
and stay motivated and drag myself out of bed every morning even if it's a
really terrible terrible morning where I just like don't want to participate in
life I know I have to I know I need to it's not good for me if I don't
participate in life so that's all I really have for you guys today thank you
so much for watching and I will see you in my next video bye
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