Finding The Energy To Do Anything

[Rosalia]

I work for a school, and since the school year is over, I get laid off for about 3 months. All of my coworkers look forward to the break. I used to. But now I have a hard time getting myself out of bed. I often succeed, but when I do, I leave my apartment and go eat somewhere, which has become a problem financially and health-wise. I'm not too heavy, but if I don't stop, it will be an even bigger problem.

What I need to do is clean my apartment, but I simply can't find the will to do it. I don't have that many friends in this area, certainly none that would help me with such an embarrassing problem. I'm tired of looking at this mess, but when I try to fix it that fog comes over my brain and I just want to curl up and not exist anymore.

My therapist suggested a few ways to meet people online, but they don't really appeal to me. I will try them, however. Any suggestions would be great. :unsure:

 

[SweetPeaandSunBird]

Hi Rosalia,

I'm in the same situation because I teach also. I have a hard time maintaining a sense of structure and in my anxious, self-loathing, like you, I go out "shopping." My financial situation is a mess because of the emotional spending. I have a similar situation regarding friends in the area, co-workers are tricky sometimes. That fog coming over the brain is also something I struggle with all year long but that is especially bad in the summer.

One thing I'm trying to do is make a schedule that "matches" the time slots of a teaching schedule, if that makes any sense.

Also, the Happiness Challenge on this forum is something that I'm participating in, which I'm hopeful will help add some "structure" to my day as well.

By the way, what do you teach?

I'm so glad you posted this.

 

[Rosalia]

Oh, I actually don't teach. I'm a cook in the university cafeteria, but the kitchen closes for all of the same breaks. Thank you for your suggestions!

 

[SweetPeaandSunBird]

A cook -- I need to get into cooking.

A random idea: where I work the university offers adult-education courses of which a person from the community offers their skills to teach a workshop/course. It's not for credit and the pay is not that great, but, if your university offers something like that, perhaps you could teach a cooking class (if the university where you work offers something like that).

Hope you have a good day. Best.

 

[Rosalia]

That's another fantastic idea. It would be nice to help people. Thanks again :)

 

[Rosalia]

Where exactly can I find the "Happiness Challenge?" I did a forum search but it didn't come up.

 

[cherryblossom]

Where exactly can I find the "Happiness Challenge?"

[DLMURL]https://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/happiness-challenge-round-2-may-7th.33454/[/DLMURL]