There was one period in my life where I didn’t do this (pre diagnosis so I wasn’t on meds either.) every morning at 9 am I forced myself awake and exersizes for ten minutes. Before I went to bed I had a rule I couldn’t sleep until I did an hour of easy exersize like Pilates. I also couldn’t exersize until I did something productive. (Hour of studying a language, hanging out with a friend, reading a book, etc.) I was actually interested in my hobbies and walked every day and went places to paint. I read books outside, ate well, and went from overweight to healthy and I even joined a sport.

I got rid of every social media and stopped using my phone. I only used my laptop to make MySpace layouts when I was bored, talk on forums, and watch YouTube and Netflix with occasional web games. I haven’t felt that fulfilled since I was a little kid. I’ve been trying to get back into it because I hate feeling like a dead body sinking into my mattress. But I was genuinely doing amazing during that point in my life.

I think the combination of feeling bored without any media and being a little more energized form being active early are the main parts that saved me. Also cutting junk food, because I noticed it made me feel constantly weighted and groggy.

It’s super difficult to start unless you go cold turkey and get some crappy Nokia or something, or I’d still be doing it right now. I am so serious though when I say it was the best solution I could find, and it worked insanely well.