Can I be bothered to write this? It would be so easy not to, wouldn’t it, and after all, what’s the point?
We can all be lethargic, unmotivated sometimes. There might be good reasons for this. Maybe we need to be physically checked over as lethargy can be a sign of physical ill health, maybe you are too hard working but don’t realize how hard you push yourself and have now become exhausted. In Overcome Lethargy, the new download I have just prepared for hypnosisdownloads.com, I use hypnosis to motivate.
Lethargy as a signal for change
Maybe you just need to rest, or it could be that the lethargy is a signal that you are bored with life and need new challenges and stimulations. Lethargy, of course, goes hand in hand with the exhaustion of depression. But I also think lethargy and inertia can be infectious and can become a generalized way of being. A prehistoric ‘What’s the point?’ may have echoed around the ancient caves in grunt form amongst those of our ancestors who never made it to the point of figuring out crafted tools, let alone sustainable farming. Because, of course, anything can be assigned a ‘what’s the point’ and then dismissed as ‘too much effort’ because limited thinking excludes the possibility that the point may become clear after the action – not the other way around.
Passive times
There is always frenetic activity in the world carried out by some people. But we also live in passive times. We see successful people portrayed all over the media but what we don’t see is the effort that goes behind the success. We sit slumped in our multitudes in front of the TV or PC, happy (so we believe) to leak away our lives being ‘entertained’ – as if to be entertained is the pinnacle of human potential.
If I don’t try then I can’t be seen to have failed
Of course, not seeing the point of doing something is a wonderful excuse for avoiding the possible indignities of being seen to be unsuccessful. Lethargy may feel comfortable, but so does falling… until you hit the ground. With the new download created especially for hypnosisdownloads.com entitled Overcome lethargy, I have gone flat out for motivation. But I have also set out to unmask lethargy for what it is – a parasite that feeds off and destroys human beings. Without motivation we are robbed of a central human characteristic: the ability to participate in our own lives.
Don’t let it get you.
Mark
