Mental Illness Can Zap Motivation
HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter
Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:
- Mental Illness Can Zap Motivation
- Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
- From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
- Stand Up for Mental Health
- Latest Mental Health New
Mental Illness Can Zap Motivation
Mental health difficulties can make life challenging, and they can zap our motivation and zest for life. Motivation is a force within us that can inspire and energize. Motivation can also be the opposite; it can be an unreachable concept that zaps and deflates. When we're dealing with a mental illness, be it depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia, or any other condition, we can find it hard to be enthusiastic about doing anything. (When Depression Causes A Lack of Motivation) Then, to add insult to injury, we know that we "should" be motivated to excel or even get out of bed. We want to, but we just can't.
As if the loss of motivation and drive weren't hard enough, people who don't realize the scope of mental health challenges sometimes use labels like "lazy" or "unwilling to try." That can make us feel even worse about ourselves. (The Effects of Mental Health Stigma)
Know that a loss of motivation is a side effect of many different mental illnesses. Remain focused on those things you used to love, that you would do if you could. As you recover, you'll find that your motivation begins to return.
Related Articles Dealing with Motivation and Mental Illness
- Depression and Motivation
- Resolutions Worth Keeping: Motivation, Willpower, and Passion
- Finding the Motivation to Recover from Mental Illness
- Importance of Motivation in Addiction Recovery
- Motivation
Your Thoughts
Today's Question: How do you deal with loss of motivation? We invite you to participate by commenting and sharing your feelings, experiences and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page and on the HealthyPlace Google+ page.
Share our Stories
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We also get many inquiries about our linking policy. If you have a website or blog, you can link to any page on the HealthyPlace website without asking us beforehand.
Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:
- How Sleep Impacts Your Self-Esteem
- Panic Attacks Explained Simply
- Why I Self-Harm: Why People Self-Injure
If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.
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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.
- What Happens in Residential Treatment for Eating Disorders? (Mental Health Treatment Circle Blog)
- Coping With Adversity and Depression (Coping with Depression Blog)
- Lessons I’ve Learned From Anxiety (Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog)
- Establish Healthy Boundaries in Three Steps (Living A Blissful Life Blog)
- Being a People Pleaser Because of Bipolar (Breaking Bipolar Blog)
- Three Myths About Self-Injury (Recovering From Mental Illness Blog)
- Mental Illnesses That Commonly Occur with Combat PTSD (Understanding Combat PTSD)
- What’s Your PTSD Recovery Program? (Trauma! A PTSD Blog)
- Stop Being Too Hard on Yourself and Your Rights in Relationships Matter (Building Self-Esteem Blog)
- The Stigma of Side Effects of Having a Mental Illness (Surviving Mental Health Stigma Blog)
- You Don’t Know My Binge Eating Disorder (Binge Eating Recovery Blog)
- Avoid Future-Tripping When You Have Anxiety (Treating Anxiety Blog)
- Exercise and Your Mental Health (Mental Health for the Digital Generation Blog)
- Using Phone Apps In Your Eating Disorder Recovery (Surviving ED Blog)
- Infidelity and Mental Illness Impacts Romantic Relationships (Relationships and Mental Illness Blog)
- The Challenges Behind Loving an Alcoholic Personality and Amy Winehouse, Alcoholism, and Support Systems (Debunking Addiction Blog)
- Schizophrenia and What a Psychotic Episode is Like (Creative Schizophrenia Blog)
Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.
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Stand Up for Mental Health
Thousands Have Joined the Stand Up for Mental Health Campaign
But we still need you. Let others know there's no shame in having depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, trichotillomania, OCD, ADHD, schizophrenia or any other mental illness.
Join the Stand Up for Mental Health campaign. Put a button on your website or blog (buttons for family members, parents, mental health professionals and organizations too). We also have covers for Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
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Latest Mental Health News
These stories and more are featured on our mental health news page:
- Childhood Physical And Sexual Abuse Linked To Ulcerative Colitis
- Teens With Depression, Bipolar At Greater Risk Of Heart Disease
- Positive Reinforcement Plays Key Role In Cognitive Task Performance In ADHD Kids
- Bariatric Surgery Procedure Lowers Tolerance For Alcohol
- Better Support For Released Offenders May Reduce Suicide Risk
- Scientists Identify That Memories Can Be Lost And Found
- Mindfulness Meditation May Help Smokers Quit - Even Those With No Willpower
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APA Reference
(2015, August 11). Mental Illness Can Zap Motivation, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2024, November 5 from https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/mental-illness-can-zap-motivation
