Haven't been out of my pjs since Xmas ...anyone else ?

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Aibu not to bother getting dressed?
Work from home.
Order food shop online.
Has anyone else lost all motivation for actual real life clothes?
Wardrobe full of nice outfits and I just put clean pjs on

You need to go for a proper walk and fresh air. I sympathise with how you feel but you don't want to fall down that hole. Get out with your dog, you will feel so much better for it

Solidarity for how you feel. I’ve spent a lot of time in PJs too, and when not in PJs, stretchy leggings and sweatshirts. I had to get ‘semi’ dressed up for an important work zoom last week though (well, chest upwards) and it made me feel good to have a nice top on (still a comfy one...but realised how much weight I’ve put on and need to reverse!) put a bit of make up on and blow dry my hair. I find it helps to put some happy tunes on my iPad while I get ready. Makes me feel more inclined to do it.

Also agree re the fresh air. Although I very very rarely fancy leaving the house especially with crap weather I generally feel better for it. I don’t do it every day though. Perhaps you could aim for a couple of dog walks a week and take it from there? Sure your pooch will be delighted too and there’s nothing better than an excited dog 😄

I have a shower/bath and wash my hair.
Clean pjs etc ..I think one day I put my leggings on.

I get it op with nowhere to go it's easy to just think sod it. Since beginning of the year I've challenged myself to be dressed even if it's just joggers before lunch.
Makes me feel a bit more human.

I can't stay in my PJs all day - it reminds me of being off school ill, and actually makes me feel psychologically unwell. Perhaps that's part of the problem for you.

You don't have to dress up, just put on whatever's comfy (daytime clothes though!) and join your partner on the dog walk.

You will feel so much better for doing that.

Times have been so tough recently, but you need to do everything you can to keep your own spirits up, or you run the risk getting stuck in a rut that you struggle to get out of.

I've been dressed, but only to walk the dog. My day to day outfits now only include:

• damp, muddy jeans and a hoody
• pyjamas
• clothes that are very much LIKE pyjamas but are NOT pyjamas, so I don't feel bad changing into them at noon

Every thing else hasn't moved from the wardrobe in months...

For your own mental health wellbeing please get dressed and showered every day. Brush your hair. Lip balm, self care.

So important op. I would be really worried if my partner had stayed in PJs for nearly a month. I would be worried about their MH.

I’m jealous
Seriously.

Get dressed, do your hair, get out of the house. It's a vicious circle staying in your PJs, you feel depressed so you don't get dressed, you're not dressed so you don't think to go out, staying in makes you more depressed...ad infinitum.

I've been getting dressed in my work clothes Mon-Fri since Autumn, it helps me get my mind in the zone and helps me differentiate between weekday and weekend.

Worth your while reading this NHS 5-year campaign:

improvement.nhs.uk/resources/helping-patients-get-up-and-get-moving/

I nearly put jeans on yesterday...don't know what I was thinking

Today make a little change - put some comfy warm clothes on and join your boyfriend walking the dog. Much better for you all.

I have some idea of how you feel, I think, OP. I've been pretty much housebound, often bed bound, for more than 5 years now. I mostly stay in PJs, too, though I have bought some loungewear in the last few months. I suffer pain all over so the softer fabrics are lovely.

I'm obsessive about my hair, though, so my husband helps me wash and dry it. I like my hair to look nice. My skin is quite clear so I just use eyeliner & mascara.

I get dressed nicely (i don't do casual well) if we go out to the supermarket, and sometimes we go for a drive in the countryside. I can't walk far at all so all the suggestions of a walk in the fresh air are no good for me.

Other than that, though, why make more laundry? That's the way I see it.

Wow really? Do you have children? I can’t imagine doing this tbh, it’s been almost a month, I think you are probably on your own with this one

I had this, I have a beautiful wardrobe of clothes and nowhere to wear them and also started to feel a bit “pointless”.

I then realised that actually not picking an outfit etc has actually contributed to the down feeling and it wasn’t exactly doing wonders for our relationship either.

I’ve invested instead in some comfortable but actual clothes for wearing during the day from some premium activewear brands. So I now have lovely SweatyBetty and LuluLemon leggings and long sleeve T shirts to wear.

It’s not much but getting up and putting clothes on rather than PJs really does make a difference, helps differentiate day and night and just makes me feel a little more put together!

I’ve shifted from clothes into ‚loungewear‘ ie Uniqlo checked flannel trousers and soft uniqlo fleecy turtlenecks. They are so warm and soft and cuddly and because I’ve got tops that match the trousers I can kid myself it’s an acceptable outfit. In normal times I’ve always changed into this sort of thing when Im at Home and Theres no one around so I’ve just extended the period as Im Home most of The time. It doesn’t make me miserable in fact the opposite. I just feel extremely comfortable. I change into proper clothes to go for a walk and back into my flannel uniform when I get back.

I couldn't do it but I wish I could be that neutral about not dressing up

Have you not left the house?

My MH would be on the floor.

I think you would feel so much better if you made the effort to go out for a walk in the fresh air and your doggie must be missing you walking him/her. The rain is supposed to stop later in the week so hopefully some nice frosty days. I cannot stay in night clothes once I am up, and religiously do my make up in the morning and again mid-afternoon (always did this). Can't remember when I last wore a skirt though!!

I go out for a half hour walk and then put on my pjs again can’t stand wearing uncomfortable clothes indoors!

Have to get dressed to go to work, actually have a WFH day today first one since before Christmas, I do have teams meetings so I've compromised PJ bottoms, normal top

You need to go for a good walk every day.
I dress and walk / run every day, even when I'm not WFH.

I would hate it if my partner didn't get dressed. I don't let my teenager do it either. I like wearing clothes and seeing people outdoors even if i don't know them. Are you not in any work meetings? I even wore shoes for one of mine last week. Haven't worn a bra for a while though.

Not even left for a quick walk? I get dressed everyday ok clothes, albeit they are not the clothes I would normally wear into London for work, but not pjs.

I don't quite wear pjs every day, but leggings and a slouchy jumper is my current uniform. I don't see the point in wearing any of the lovely clothes hanging on my wardrobe, or wearing any jewellery. For zoom meetings I might put on a bit of mascara, but that's all the effort I'm making. However I do leave the house with the DC everyday, I think in your case OP, it's not the wearing of the pjs that is not quite right, it's that you haven't left your house in so long.