Coping with "Negative Symptoms" of Schizophrenia

Negative symptoms are symptoms of schizophrenia, such as lack of desire for activities that you enjoyed at one time, feeling tired, eye to eye contact, difficulty in conversating, cognitive impairments, plus several other symptoms. 
Some ways to cope with these negative symptoms are as follows, depending on the symptom:
Going for a bike ride.
Have friends and relatives slowly start coming over.
Think about a subject so that the mind will tend not to wander off in another direction.
Accept help from others, especially family members.
Perform concentation techniques (discussed later).
Seek out internet support groups.
If experiencing low or loss of motivation, make  a list of 5 activities or so, that you will be able to do on your free time.  Place this somewhere yo uwill se it, such as a refrigerator.  When you have nothing to do, look over the list and choose an activity to participate in. Some suggestions are: playing a musical instrument, writing, researching, calling a friend, etc.
Make sure you have structure in your day and life.
Do something pleasurable every weekend.
Daily exercise, beginning with about ten minutes a day.
Shower daily, make use of deodorant, brushing teeth, wearing clean clothes daily, etc.
Practicing looking at people when you are talking to them.  Ask family or close friends to let you know when you are not making eye contact when speaking with someone.
If you are tired much of the time, speak to your psychiatrist, as a medication adjustment may be needed.
Make yourself get out of bed, a good thing to do, which i do, is place the alarm clock away from the bed, forcing you to get out of bed.  Then, please don't get back into bed!!!
Practice listening to others.  Practicing repeating they say to you will help keep a conversation going.  It may be difficult at first, but it will help keep the conversation flowing.
If possible, sign up for a college class, at your local comunity college, possibly a continuing education class or two, if you can afford to do so.
Try to read every day, this will also increase your concentration level and ability.
If you have social fears or phobias, have your local community support provider, shjould you have one, or a close family member or friend, take you to the local bookstore or somewhere small, to start with.
Talk to others that have schizophrenia, discuss symptoms, and possible ways to manage them.  Others often provide great techniques and suggestions that have worked for them.
Listen to music, watch a good film, such as The Universe, or something that will also help you learn new things.  Take these opportunities to fine tune your learning abilities and increase your retention.
There are thousands more options, techniques, and the like, and I will be discussing them further, but for now, take time to absorb these suggestions, and begin to practice a few of them.   especially the taking of a shower or bath daily and wearing clean clothes, and doing one thing every day, an activity that will hold your attention.