Chronic procrastination / no motivation - seriously need help before my life messes up

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Ok I've had a baby (6m). Baby doesn't sleep well at all or even nap well tbh so I'm pretty much exhausted most of the time.

But I don't get anything done during the day. I have other kids who I drop off to school and then for the next 6 hours or so I just sit with baby in my arms watching TV, on my phone, YouTube. I literally am wasting my time.

I don't know what the heck is wrong with me. I literally am wasting my time on pointless crap like today I ended up watching loads of 1D interviews even though I'm not a fan or even remotely interested in them!

Help!

Baby doesn't sleep well at all or even nap well tbh so I'm pretty much exhausted most of the time

there is your answer.

you are not lazy or procrastinating. You are exhausted.

you can't sleep, because you are uncharted of an awake 6 month old, so your mind and body is doing the next best thing.......nothing.

*in charge

not uncharted

the only advice I can give you is find a way, anyway that you can get regular chunks of sleep. harder said then done, I know!

once you are no longer exhausted you will find motivation again.

I don't know. My whole life is at a standstill. I feel like I'm drowning in stuff. Theres a million things I need to do and I just about do the bare minimum. It's making me feel down. I want to be able to do stuff. To be productive. In my eyes a crap day is as an unproductive day which is everyday.

I hear you.

how's your diet? do you think you are getting enough vitamins and minerals? lack of certian vits can accentuates your tiredness, and be a cause of anxiety and low moods.

Actually I've been procrastinating on taking my vitamins too! I shall strategy today. Ill be taking vitamin d and b6.

I felt like this and for me it was a manifestation of PND...the difference once that was sorted (and it was a side effect of the minipill so lifted in 24 hours) was astounding. Poor DH, who had been fab throughout, commented ‘you were doing nothing and it was so out of character but you were looking after DS2 so I didn’t feel I should say anything!’.

So I guess I’m asking if you’re sure it’s not that!

Hmm. Actually I did think if it was pnd. But I'm not sure tbh. How can you tell it's that and not just a feeling of apathy?