how to keep motivated when you don't want to do things

i go to the gymnasium near me to swim when i can, just for an hours swim...swim for an hour...it is not an Olympic sized pool....but i just swim for an hour as part of the effort of managing my type 2 diabetes....but i often get times i struggle with motivation and i don't feel like stepping outside my apartment....i also have social anxiety and ptsd symptoms, because i was attacked physically a few times in public in the long ago past..............so there's days i don't want to move or do anything....or step outside of my comfort zone.

because stepping outside of my comfort zone = danger and risk, i worry something might happen to me or i might be attacked again, hurt, humiliated or embarrassed, like in the past...

so how can i get over that? get over my fear and motivation struggles? especially when you get days where you don't want to do anything? except just stay in doors and relax, where it's safe?

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almondflour · 46-50, F Best Comment

You do go to the gym and swim and that's a very good start which means you can go out from time to time. I don't have PTSD, although some experiences in my life could have led me there, but I think my issue has been social anxiety. What has helped me is to be here like you and dancing. I like dancing, so I have used it as a way to integrate myself with other people on the dance floor ( I don't dance much anymore, but when I was younger I did). Also, what has helped is helping kids ( I learned a lot from them).

Jungleman · M

@almondflour thanks for your feedback!