How to Stop Being Apathetic and Lazy

Do you know how to stop being apathetic? Here, we’ll give the answer. Overcoming apathy does not depend only on one’s will. It is very difficult to find the strength of motivation when what is usually behind these psychological dimensions is fear, affliction, lack of emotional support and even some underlying disease. Disorders such as depression or a problem in the thyroid gland usually mediate in these types of conditions.

How to stop being apathetic?

To overcome laziness and apathy, we need support. Specialized support and also from our environment. It is also necessary that we perceive from the latter a genuine sense of understanding and not of censorship. Because of the lack of desire, enthusiasm and motivation sink more if what they receive is the criticism or contempt …

how to stop being apathetic

To better understand how to stop being apathetic, we must remember a detail. Often, we believe that to create an emotional state to improve motivation. It is enough to “change” thinking. Now, the famous rule of “thinking well to live better” is not always 100% fulfilled.

Not if we’re not well. Not if there is a brain lacking serotonin or if there is a diseased body. The brain, the mind and our body must be in full harmony to find that impulse. The inner energy with which to regain the spirit. Let us reflect now on the following dimensions, those that can allow us to overcome laziness and apathy.

Keys to overcome the lack of motivation and apathy

The first thing we will do is rule out medical problems. Discarded hormonal factors or other organic problems, we must understand what underlies our mood. Next, we will establish a transition period. In it, we will only do one thing: solve problems. We will think of ways to face that dissatisfaction, fear, disappointment. We will establish a process of detachment before everything that immobilizes us.

Gradual changes. We will start by introducing small changes in our routines. For example, we can change our diet or establish new schedules. It will be time to initiate major changes. Those that should bring us wellbeing, those that fit our vital expectations.

Direct the look towards specific objectives. Towards things, we can get daily and that satisfies us. Challenge apathy. Once we have incorporated new routines and conquered everyday goals, we must learn to challenge that disabling state. When we notice that this feeling appears, let’s look for an alternative.

Stop being apathetic in classroom

When a person sinks into the pit of apathy and laziness, their reality changes completely. The first thing that happens is that it stops being able to mobilize enough resources to emerge from that situation. You cannot always have the necessary energy to regain your vitality and place new and motivating objectives on your horizon with which to regain your desire, strength, or hope.

Often, and from a clinical point of view, it is preferable to understand what is under that well in which the person has sunk, instead of giving immediate strategies to get out of it. It is necessary to know what lies behind this apathetic attitude, after that fatigue and that reluctance. It is not logical, nor useful to provide a patient with resources without first clarifying which or what are the triggers of that state.

So much so, that in recent years we have more and more studies and work on the subject. We know, for example, that demotivation is not always a reflection of laziness, of that passivity that one chooses by simple disinterest in his surroundings. The lack of motivation and apathy are related to very specific brain circuits that at certain times can show certain pathologies.

They are undoubtedly factors that we must take into account when choosing the most appropriate therapeutic approach.

The shadows that live after the demotivation and fatigue

To overcome laziness and apathy, the advice is needed. When these states are not punctual in time but become chronic, the person (and their environment) must become aware that change is necessary. For this, it is a priority to have a correct diagnosis that allows us to start making small innovations in our routine and in our personal approach to getting out of that well mentioned above.

Stop being apathetic in classroom
Demotivated students in a lecture hall

Something that must be left aside in these situations is the pejorative terms. Many patients who suffer from laziness and apathy are not “lazy” of their own volition. We must avoid categorizing inactivity and lack of interest as a weakness of character because it is neither useful nor successful.

Factors that determine the appearance of laziness and apathy

Lack of sense of self – efficacy. Often, and due to various circumstances, the person stops trusting his efficiency to achieve things, to succeed, to feel useful in his daily responsibilities. Something like that is devastating.

Lack of emotional support. When our environment is not available emotionally or when what surrounds us is coldness or disinterest, these states of apathy and demotivation can arise.

Fear, fear of failure, fear of trying and repeating the same mistakes yesterday. Fear of leaving our comfort zone, anxiety about changing habits, restlessness about new and unknown things. All of these factors often undermine our desire and courage.

And not least, we must also take into account the organic and/or neurological factors. Conditions such as fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, or even Alzheimer’s disease mediate this permanent sensation of lack of energy, apathy and demotivation. Likewise, we cannot forget that in depressive disorders it is common for laziness and lack of interest to manifest.

Overcoming laziness and apathy is not an easy task, but neither is it impossible. However, we can not forget that these shadows are very recidivists and often visit us. When they do, we must be prepared, ready to deactivate them, to ventilate our emotional rooms with fresh breezes and new projects.

Roger Walker

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