What Motivation do I need?

There are two types of motivation intrinsic and extrinsic. Both of these break down into other categories, however these are the headers they are under. Intrinsic motivation is motivation which is given to yourself by your self 'within'. Extrinsic motivation is external motivation therefore motivation given to you from another person or external factor.

When in recovery there are a number of stages in which people will be guaranteed to go through which will cause them to require a mixture of both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. When you first start recovering the motivation you will most likely require and receive is extrinsic motivation. This is because you are still in the deep depths of your illness and for most it can be difficult to see out of it and not understand the benefits yourself. Which does require for someone e.g. your psychiatrist, psychologist, family and friends. To give you lots of extrinsic motivation. As they can see clearly why recovery is good and why you should keep going, as in the first stages of recovery mot individuals, including myself were in denial we were ill. Therefore getting us motivated to recover was more or less impossible.
However as an individual does get better and more recovered they will require less extrinsic motivation as they themselves can now supply themselves with intrinsic motivation. This is a result of them being less in their illness. Therefore they understand themselves more of why recovery is a good idea and why they should keep going. Allowing them to motivate themselves.

As motivation is key to recovering from any mental illness, as without it the person suffering will not recover. And without the right motivation the individual will not get better.