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Lack of motivation

I don’t know what to do anymore. I dropped out of my last course which was animation and illustration and I’m now studying psychology. For background I’m autistic (suspected adhd) and I struggle with complex ptsd. I’m really struggling with motivation for my course and I don’t know how to get it back. I used to be obsessed with psychology it was so fun, I would spend all day learning about it and it brought me so much joy. But now it feels like a chore. I don’t know how to go back to having so much motivation to study. It feels like a chore than I can’t bring myself to do. I’m considering deferring a year, because I feel drawn to relapse with anorexia just so I don’t have to study anymore. I feel like I’ve lost my will to live.

Reply 1

Really sorry you are struggling. Perhaps university isn't the right thing right now and you should be focusing on getting yourself into a better place with your mental health? University is not the be all and end all and taking time out and even not getting a degree at all are both perfectly OK options if that's what's right for you!

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by black tea
Really sorry you are struggling. Perhaps university isn't the right thing right now and you should be focusing on getting yourself into a better place with your mental health? University is not the be all and end all and taking time out and even not getting a degree at all are both perfectly OK options if that's what's right for you!

Thankyou for this ❤️ I really needed to hear this

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by Mgrace894
Thankyou for this ❤️ I really needed to hear this

no probs. all the best 🙂

Reply 4

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by Mgrace894
I don’t know what to do anymore. I dropped out of my last course which was animation and illustration and I’m now studying psychology. For background I’m autistic (suspected adhd) and I struggle with complex ptsd. I’m really struggling with motivation for my course and I don’t know how to get it back. I used to be obsessed with psychology it was so fun, I would spend all day learning about it and it brought me so much joy. But now it feels like a chore. I don’t know how to go back to having so much motivation to study. It feels like a chore than I can’t bring myself to do. I’m considering deferring a year, because I feel drawn to relapse with anorexia just so I don’t have to study anymore. I feel like I’ve lost my will to live.

If you feel like you've lost your will to live, you need to see your GP and go to an emergency centre and tell them about all of this.

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by Mgrace894
I don’t know what to do anymore. I dropped out of my last course which was animation and illustration and I’m now studying psychology. For background I’m autistic (suspected adhd) and I struggle with complex ptsd. I’m really struggling with motivation for my course and I don’t know how to get it back. I used to be obsessed with psychology it was so fun, I would spend all day learning about it and it brought me so much joy. But now it feels like a chore. I don’t know how to go back to having so much motivation to study. It feels like a chore than I can’t bring myself to do. I’m considering deferring a year, because I feel drawn to relapse with anorexia just so I don’t have to study anymore. I feel like I’ve lost my will to live.

It sounds like you have a lot going on right now and this has led you to feeling un-motivated and questioning your will to live. We wonder if you might like some support with these feelings from our service. We are a suicide prevention service who can help to support you through these thoughts and work together on keeping you safe. You can contact us by phone on 0800 0684141, text us on 88247 , email on [email protected] or webchat via our webpage here https://www.papyrus-uk.org/

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