Feeling so demotivated and don’t know how to fix it

[LilMagpie]

Just that really. It’s been admittedly a not great couple of weeks, but nothing life destroying. Kids and I all got hit by a virus, which also came with lots of disrupted sleep. Husband lost his job (but did get offered a new one the next week). But I just feel so flat. My house is a mess. I really need to pick up extra shifts to try and boost our income a bit. But I just can’t seem to face doing anything. Kids are bored and I feel like a crap mum not doing much with them. I haven’t cooked a proper meal in a week or so. I’m never normally like this and don’t feel like I have a good reason to be which makes me feel even more shit about myself. I know it can’t continue. I feel like a lazy cow but even knowing this doesn’t seem to make me get up and do something.
Why am I like this?! How do I snap out of it?!

Post viral syndrome. Quite normal.

Agreed. Post viral plus a bucketload of stress. Rather than force yourself to snap out of it can you approach it step by step - what next tiny/small thing is there you could do to move in the right direction? And is there a way to make that pleasurable? Like listening to music/podcasts while you do it?

cut yourself some slack and be a bit kinder to yourself - no child died from having non homemade meals or from watching TV / having days at home - give them
some
blankets / bed sheets and suggest they make a den !
Hope you feel better - good advice abojt little bits of pleasure . A book / audiobook (libraries do free ones )
Can you get out in nature ? Or just the garden

I feel a bit like this - I actually find June quite hard as think I don't sleep as well due to longer daylight and less production of melatonin. That's my theory anyway! Just try and get outdoors as at least that's beneficial. X