What do you do when you feel like you literally can not get out of bed?

[dysfunctional]

I just roll to the floor literally just to get out of bed. I end up taking so much time doing stuff that only require few minutes so I get angry at myself and go straight back into bed for few more hours.

Sounds alot like what i'm going through.

 

[Sayo]

If you feel like staying in bed my advice is to stay in bed until you feel like getting up, dont force it. At the weekends I never get up before 3pm and the latest time so far was 6pm.


I know the feeling, although latterly I dont really mind anymore.


In the nicest possible way - please refrain from posting pro-life nonsense. This is not /r/Suicidewatch etc. ppl come to this forum to get away from that rubbish and get /real/ help.

If you want to help ppl thats great - just dont do it here and instead do it where it is appreciated. Thank you.

I don't see how that is a platitude. Limbo wasn't saying anyone ought to do that instead of suicide if they want to, and I don't believe, from my experience with their posts, that they were claiming to offer a cure for depression. The topic directly solicits advice for (presumably) depression-related exhaustion, lethargy, and demotivation; motivating oneself with small things in order to get up is a reasonable thing to try if one needs to get up. I understand that seeing such phrases causes an instinctive anger even out of context, and you have every right to say that it is useless advice, but your reaction was unwarranted.

This is a pro-choice forum.

On-topic: I haven't been able to get out of bed for two weeks except to shower. The effort of showering overwhelms me so much that I either collapse in a chair or go right back to bed. I don't really know what to do about that. I'm afraid to pay attention to the 'real world'; I find that avoidance fuels my demotivation really badly.

 

[bigj75]

Coffee

 

[BlackDragonof1989]

Sometimes I poop in the bed. Just kidding ><

 

[dysfunctional]

Sometimes I lay there and get heart palpatations as I hear normal people driving by and what a decent amd productive day they're having while I lay here missing out.

 

[Red star]

If I really need to get shit done like last night I give myself a kick in the butt and rev up the coffee.

 

[LostitAll]

Sometimes i get to the point where I have been in bed so long that I become sick because I haven't eaten or drank anything. There were times i've stay in bed for days trying to force myself to stay asleep but eventually a near panic overcomes me because I'm completely isolated with my depressing horrific thoughts. This is hell.

That was beautifully put! Exactly the way I feel.

 

[hunter_lewis]

I get out of bed when I get hungry or thirsty at the latest as I can't bear it for too long. Also, when I need to get groceries, go to my job or visit friends-but sometimes I enjoy lying down for a while when I feel like crap.

 

[Jewels]

Always something I have to get up for

 

[Jim]

If I could, I would just go back to my old ways and stay in bed and sleep for 12hrs + everyday but as people mentioned, certain things are a good motivator. In my eyes, may as well make the most of whatever days I got, cause I never know if today will be the day I ctb.

 

[Jon]

Mornings have always been a nightmare for me. What works for me is the android app "Alarm clock for heavy sleepers", which I've got installed on two phones. I think it's available for iOS as well. It has a post alarm as well so if you fall back to sleep you won't hear it bleep a second time. Then a countdown runs down and if it's not deactivated then the alarm will sound again. I combine this with creating a QR code on the internet which I print out and put up over my kettle, so the alarm can only be deactivated by scanning the code. I downloaded air raid sirens which usually wake me up as the default ones are not load enough. Also, I wake up at 6am every morning, even weekends though deactive it on the rare occasion I go out the night before. I feel better after waking up early. Then while I drink my coffee and smoke a fag I write my morning pages, which is a useful technique I found out about on the internet. Basically just write about anything, aiming for three pages or 750 words.

Though admittedly it doesn't always work, some nights I seem to dream so heavily that my head feels heavy in the morning and I end up being late for work which I absolutely hate as I have to rush, and that alone puts me a bad mood for much of the day. But staying in bed the whole day just isn't productive at all, I get absolutely nothing done and feel rotten at the end of the day, then can't sleep at night. If the day starts badly then the whole day follows in earnest.