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It gets easier. It’s true, don’t guilt or shame yourself for doing what you can. You wake up, and you still do things. Even if it means you come home and do a whole lot of nothing. I get it. I can barely engage in more than watching something incredibly low anxiety inducing on YouTube. I don’t play games, I don’t watch new shows, I don’t exercise like I used to.. you have to kind of.. drip feed yourself these experiences. And you must refrain from shaming yourself for not being able to do more. You will always feel like you could be doing more, even when you’re doing more than you could weeks ago or months ago. Do what you can, not what you think you should. Be kinder to yourself, it’s not like you do it for fun and giggles, I remind myself that a lot. I don’t find it fun to live in fear of watching a new tv show.

Try not to make yourself feel guilty for wanting comfort, it’s totally natural. There are ways to be comfortable while being active that I’ve learned though! I suggest simply walking, even out in nature. When I want comfort I go to walk on a trail and take multiple sitting breaks. Both active and comfortable!!

No that’s so real I have physical issues so I totally relate to this. I started by just being more active around my house and not pushing myself to do things I don’t want to do. Like I might feel productive if I cook everyday this week, but it’ll make me hate cooking if I keep forcing myself to do it. So I’ll only cook once this week and once I get used to that I’ll cook twice ect. One day the motivation will come ( meds and therapy help too but I don’t know your situation) now I go to the gym twice a week when I used to not be able to get out of bed. Just build yourself up slowly, if you try to do it all at once you’re gonna fail.

i really relate to the part where you said you want to change but also don’t. I think people sometimes assume that if you genuinely want things to be different, you should automatically have the energy or motivation to MAKE them different, and it just doesn’t work like that. especially when you’re already exhausted. and I don’t think you necessarily have to ‘snap out of it.’ that makes it sound like tomorrow you need to suddenly become this completely different, productive person. maybe it can literally start with doing one tiny thing differently and then letting yourself go right back to being comfortable. sit outside for 5 minutes. walk around the block. shower and put on clean pajamas. anything that makes you feel a little more like a person again. you don’t have to give up comfort. maybe the goal is just slowly making your world a little bigger than your bed again. ❤️

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