Constantly Demotivated And Overwhelmed? You Might Have 'Avolition' |
Do you find it hard to get motivated to do even the smallest-seeming tasks? Struggle to make plans? Express little to no interest in day-to-day activities, and/or stay in the house “doing nothing” as often as you can?
These, MedicalNewsToday explained, can be signs of “avolition”, a symptom that’s sometimes, but not always, associated with depression and bipolar disorder.
Speaking to HuffPost UK, clinical psychologist Dr Tracy King said that avolition is “often mislabelled as laziness or lack of motivation, but clinically it is very different”.
Here, she explained what the term means, its symptoms, and what to do if you suspect you might have it.
What is avolition?
Researchers have referred to avolition as “an inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activities”.
Dr King added that although avolition can sometimes be misread as “laziness”, that just is not medically accurate. “Laziness implies choice,” she explained.
“Avolition reflects a genuine difficulty initiating action due to neurological, psychological, or nervous system factors.
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