do you guys have little things that get you through the day? i have a few, but lately, all i can really do is sit on thecouch, no matter how much i want to do stuff, i even put off going to the bathroom. i think i need to up the ritalin, but will i just be going up exponentially? i want to just sit in the back corner of the closet and fade away...........im not even sad today, my body just wont go. i got it to work and back. to my part time, why dont i just volunteer job. at least i am doing SOMETHING tho right? like im in a good mood................my body just wont work....*sigh*

Here is my tip for getting through the day...

Get up, and JUST DO IT no matter how much you don't want to...

I FORCE MYSELF to do EVERYTHING I DO...

Go to work, by force..
Have a shower, by force..
Watch tv, by force...
sit still, by force...
Etc...

say in the morning, I will even CURSE MYSELF in my own head to get going...

ahhhh... my "secret" :(

I put off going to the bathroom! I put off doing almost everything. I put stuff off at work, I put off just about anything you could imagine....

Luckily I am in a good mood this month...but november and december....I was about to put my self off a bridge....

:)

I'm like thickman, I have to force myself to do stuff--except for one thing: smoke. I actually use my smokes as a way to keep myself moving, i.e., "As soon as I get done doing X, I'll treat myself to a smoke." Not that I'm recommending that anybody start smoking in order to use this system! But it works for me!

I'm so unmotivated and/or depressed lately that I have to force myself to get out of bed in the mornings, and I put off so many important things, things I need to deal with that I contantly worry about. Going for walks with my dog and going to the store when I'm absolutly out of stuff are the only things that keep me going. I also use cigarettes to get me out of house and to the store, sort of like the way Wobbly uses them. Sometimes I write to do lists and I put them where I can always see them, and that helps .

I'm so unmotivated and/or depressed lately that I have to force myself to get out of bed in the mornings, and I put off so many important things, things I need to deal with that I contantly worry about. Going for walks with my dog and going to the store when I'm absolutly out of stuff are the only things that keep me going. I also use cigarettes to get me out of house and to the store, sort of like the way Wobbly uses them. Sometimes I write to do lists and I put them where I can always see them, and that helps .
Fellow procrastinator here too.
I am working on it though.I put off seeing my aging parents so much so that my dad went off on me when i called to say i wouldnt be over on sunday!!He had every right.I do that too often.I am not trying to justify anything here its just that some days i cant handle my mom..She brings me down with her negativity and then her and my dad often argue about everything.That i would have to say is my biggest secret!! I did go visit yesterday for 5 1/2 hours though and it went very well....I also put off going to the grocery store{I HATE IT}.I smoke waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy toooooooooo mmmmuuuccchhhhh.I have one in my mouth all day long it seems.I used to make myslef wait till i got whatever done now i have one stickin outta my face or burnin all the time.I am really starting to feel some odd feelings in my body.I am just gonna have to be diligent about cuttin back before my family has to buy me a casket!!!!!!!Im not even kiddin.I told my self this mornin was gonna be the day i really really try to at least cut back..As i look in the ashtray i have smoked 4 ciggs since 7;45 this morning and it is only 9;30...I have to go to work hopefully i will have better luck cuttin back there..Have a good day everyone i am off to make some pocket change!!!
SP68

sweetpoison68,
This may be a rhetorical question, but have you tried the "nicotine patch" thing?
Anyhow, I really had a hard time around my mom too, but then when she died I found myself longing to have her back again, and suddenly all her faults became unimportant in my mind....
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I don't smoke anymore, but I do "reward" myself in order to get anything done, too.
I tell myself that I can get on the computer once I (fill in the blank) first.
OK, it works half the time - but I get so mad at myself when I can't get things done that I know I should. I don't care whether its the Bipolar disorder or not - I wish I could motivate myself more when I'm "medium depressed".

Im am sooo like you guys. This week we are having our final exams and what am I doing? Im lying in bed listening to music and getting those endorphines pumped in my head. I don't even force myself to sleep (or is it that I force myself to stay awake).

I put off going to the bathroom! I put off doing almost everything. I put stuff off at work, I put off just about anything you could imagine....

Luckily I am in a good mood this month...but november and december....I was about to put my self off a bridge....

:)


Glad you didn't bok! missed reading your posts. Things you having posted have really helped me!


.....and about my secret. I just constanly nudge myself by saying "it'll get better" or "It cant get any worse" or my favorite "fake it til you make it" meaning fake feeling good until your mood actually improves. I force myself to smile. :D

I too use smokes to motivate myself, tho I regret it, I wish I could quit. The thing that works best for me, I tell myself that I do everything I do for my wife, and that it will lead to her 'expressing' her love for me. I cannot do anything for myself, it becomes a kinda 'self punishment' issue. I thought for a very long time I suffered from chronic fatigue or something similar...so it's apparently it's something common with being bipolar?

II actually use my smokes as a way to keep myself moving, i.e., "As soon as I get done doing X, I'll treat myself to a smoke." Not that I'm recommending that anybody start smoking in order to use this system! But it works for me!
This is why so many manic depressives have heart problems... well, that combined with the fact that staying up for over a week straight puts some strain on it. Smoking is really prevalent among bipolar people. I smoked for four years, and quit about 6 months ago. I still need one occasionally if I'm in a bad spot, but every day I think how glad I am that I quit. It was so horrible when I was up going through 3 or 4 packs in a day (of course days last 24 hours when I'm up). Plus, quiting smoking gave me such a feeling of accomplishment. It really helps me think positively like I can accomplish those things that usually shut me down.

Yeah, I noticed when I was in the hospital (when I wasn't obsessing about killing myself, that is) that a lot of mental patients smoke. Ironically, I had quit for 12 years, then somebody in my outpatient group offered me a cigarette and I was right back hooked again. If only I hadn't taken that first one...However, I am not a heavy smoker by any means, usually 5 cigs a day or so. Sometimes I wonder if it's not a slow, socially acceptable form of suicide...

Sometimes I wonder if it's not a slow, socially acceptable form of suicide...
:p hehe, true that.