How do I get better??

Question

I can't seem to live a healthy lifestyle, I feel so lazy but something in me just doesnt let me get motivated to do things, I am incredibly behind in schoolwork, I can't find the motivation to brush my teeth every day or change my sheets. I feel like a lazy blob laying around the house and I feel awful about it and I don't know what I need to do to get better :( any tips??

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From someone who suffers from depression, it sounds a lot like it. 
Tips:
1. Try and get counselling it will really help. 
2. Create a positive playlist of music, can be on YouTube/Spotify/Your Phone whatever or wherever is easier for you. Try for two types of songs: 1. These are songs where the lyrics speak to you, inspire you, or lift you up. 2. These are songs that make you happy to listen too them. 
3. Grooming can sometimes become infrequent with depression. So try and combine things or create habits to help. So for me, when I was having trouble with brushing my teeth, I realised it was because I hoped out of the shower at night and all I wanted to do was just hop into bed. I was exhausted so I thought to myself I will just skip it. Pretty soon that became a bad habit of just skipping things. So when I needed to break the pattern, I started using mouthwash just before I entered the shower. Then when I needed to brush my teeth after the shower it felt like it was less time consuming. 
4. Try doing 10 minutes of morning yoga, right after you roll out of bed, before you go do anything else. Yoga with adrine, yoga with Kassandra and Brett Larkin Yoga have good ones. 
5. Try downloading a meditation up like calm on your phone. You can also try candle meditation.
6. Positive affirmations help. Try writing them on the mirror in your bathroom so you read it to yourself whenever you look in the mirror. 
7. Try two kinds of journaling. 1. A thought dump, where you don't worry about gramma, writing style or even if what you are writing making sense. Just write the thoughts and feelings out. 2. Gratitude Journaling. A lot of people try to write lists with gratitude journaling, that doesn't really work for people with depression as we get stuck. So don't aim for a list, instead try to think of something that happened that day that you are happy happened. It can be anything, the idea is thar when you read it back you should be able to feel that feeling of appreciation or happiness again. This will be hard at the beginning so start small, food to eat, place to sleep etc...
The trick is not to overload ourselves with trying to do to many of these things all at once. If we do we tend to get overwhelmed and fail. So just try introducing one small thing to what you do everyday untill it becomes habit. Best of luck hun

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It sounds like you may have a bit of depression. Talk to your friends, maybe some company at home or getting out with them will uplift you. You sound young from your post that you're still in school, so whoever you live with let them know youve been feeling really down and think that eating healthier will help. Then you can throw out junk food and only get healthy foods or snacks. Maybe they'll even help you meal prep. Do things you enjoy, once you are in a better headspace hopefully you'll feel more motivated. Talk with teachers about your troubles and how yoi can make up work. Write a to do list, write your short term and long term goals, speak into existence. Everyone gets into a bit of a rut sometimes, so don't feel down on yourself.

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These are all symptoms of clinical depression dear. Nothing is wrong with you and you aren’t lazy. You may need to see a professional or a therapist who can help you. Sending love ❤️

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