Not Feeling Motivated? Do it Anyway

I get questions about depression all the time, and what most people ask is how to feel motivated when they aren’t motivated. Well, one of the hallmark symptoms of depression is lack of motivation, and it can turn into this twisted cycle. We lack motivation, so we don’t do anything, and then we feel like shit for not doing anything, and that makes us more depressed. We feed our own depression and feel absolutely hopeless. How are we supposed to do something when we don’t feel motivated to do something?

The answer is simple: We do it anyway

F*ck Depression

As I write this, I’m not feeling motivated, and it’s something that’s been coming and going for months now. I get this anhedonia where I feel absolutely numb and just don’t want to do anything, and it freaks me out because I’m a workaholic and always staying busy. When I don’t feel like doing the things I committed to, I have no clue what’s going on or how to solve it. Well, I do know how to solve it, but sometimes I need a swift kick in the ass.

A few weeks ago, the anhedonia was sinking in, and I didn’t want to do anything about it. Well, I read a ton of books and was in the market for a new book, so I went to Audible and typed in “depression” and this book Hardcore Self-Help: F*ck Depression by Robert Duff, Ph.D. showed up. This book has…