How to activate yourself when you don’t feel well?

The advice given by one of our experts will surprise you. Will you put it into practice?

In some cases, we can feel very strong moments of sadness that come accompanied by a lack of motivation and energy. When this situation occurs frequently, Very surely the person begins little by little to abandon some activities and stop doing important things for himself or herself with his mind focused on thoughts like the following: “I don’t have energy”, “I need to feel good to get back to my life”, “I can’t do anything until I feel happy” or “when I feel better I will return to those activities that I like.

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If you have thought about it, you are not alone, these are the phrases that are commonly used when experiencing this situation. Also, if you are going through a situation like this right now, I would like to tell you that the answer is a bit contradictory.

The less you feel like doing different things and the more you are tempted to throw in the towel, that is when you should get more involved in these activities.

I understand that this is not easy, but I am going to use this space to share with you some keys that can help you start this plan to change the logic and begin to activate yourself, even though you are feeling bad.

1. Think and write down what is valuable to you. Valuable means what is really important in the areas of adjustment (personal, family, work/study, recreation) or also what you would like to achieve in each of them. Key to keep in mind, you can’t control what other people doFor example, “make
2. Think about what activities are related to the above and plan how to do themFor example, “exercise more” can be related to “being healthy”, something that can help you is having a place to plan what you are going to doa calendar, an agenda or a notebook, and set specific hours for this “exercise at 7 pm”, for example.
3. Turn activities into small steps: Something that can happen is that you think about an activity that at that moment seems gigantic and impossible, such as: “picking up my son from school” can become: “putting on clothes, then leaving the house to school”, in this case, You can divide it into different small steps, the more steps the better.
4. One day at a time. Be patient, returning to valuable activities may take time, and more important than speedis being able to reestablish a routine with important activities, step by step.
5. Finally, remember that Every little thing you do has the potential to improve the way you feel., by helping you have a greater perception of what you have achieved and increasing your motivation. Furthermore, every thing, no matter how small, if it is valuable to you, is very important. Celebrate all your small achievements, you have the right to do so!