This might work:
Try to find a song that inspires you, and find the words to that song in the siddur or tehillim.
Then, learn the meaning of the words. That way, tefillah won’t be an empty, rote chore. It will be someting that springs to life and jumps off the page.
When we lain the tochacha, it sounds very scary. But sandwitched in between is a few lines of hope, that (when sung to the tune that the Piamentas made famous) it sounds very comforting.
Bottom line: prayer is communication. Do it in a way that helps you connect.