Occasionally I have these days where I don’t feel like doing work or chores. So I’m thinking, why not just enjoy myself, do something that interests me?

But then I don’t find any motivation to do anything really. Not even the things I normally enjoy very much.

Typically I would then waste time browsing or watching videos, but that seems to make it worse. How to snap out of this?

  • Aurenkin
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    6 months ago

    Just have to make it until after work and I can have a break

    Just have to make it until the end of the week and I can rest for a couple of days

    Just have to make it until the next holiday

    Just have to make it

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      6 months ago

      @Aurenkin oof that’s life, yep.
      at some point I realized I’ll “make it” but it doesn’t get better, so …
      so nothing, I guess.

      I’ve been through every selective neurotransmitter reuptake inhibitor, and they pull off the amazing feat of being habit-forming drugs that do not actually help one feel better.

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        6 months ago

        What’s your experience with SSRIs? I never wanted to even try because I feel I would just get used to them after a while and then be stuck paying for medication without really feeling better.

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            5 months ago

            Yeah, this makes me feel like I don’t really want to go there. It’s frustrating, because it seems like when I follow the routine of a ‘normal’ person. I tend to get very tired and anxious over time. But If I want to find some routine more suited to myself, it will be practically impossible to survive.

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      6 months ago

      This was pretty much me in university and during the first years of my work. It just feels like endless postponing of actually doing the things you want. But it never comes.

      I’m starting to wonder if I just have much less capacity (in terms of energy) than other people.