depression? getting old? hormone issue?

IloveTHIS said:
for the last 6+ weeks I have absolutely no desire to do...anything. I go to work, come home, and just doom scroll youtube while laying in bed. I have no desire to do anything other than that. it doesnt seem to be a physical energy issue as I have no problem willingly working overtime. its just mentally things that should be fun/enjoyable to me, in theory, I cant pull the trigger and actually do them. the easiest shit too, like playing a game for a few hours or watching a movie I cant do.

nothing more than turning off my brain, finding any video just entertaining enough to watch while napping and waiting until I fall asleep. hour after hour, day after day. my weekends are literally 18 hours of this Saturday and Sunday
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I know this exact feeling
 
IloveTHIS said:
for the last 6+ weeks I have absolutely no desire to do...anything. I go to work, come home, and just doom scroll youtube while laying in bed. I have no desire to do anything other than that. it doesnt seem to be a physical energy issue as I have no problem willingly working overtime. its just mentally things that should be fun/enjoyable to me, in theory, I cant pull the trigger and actually do them. the easiest shit too, like playing a game for a few hours or watching a movie I cant do.

nothing more than turning off my brain, finding any video just entertaining enough to watch while napping and waiting until I fall asleep. hour after hour, day after day. my weekends are literally 18 hours of this Saturday and Sunday
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I don’t see the issue here.
 
Turn off the electronics. They're built to make you complacent with sitting on your ass and vegging out, as you watch the years go by.

Easier said than done, of course. Try to find a new hobby. If you have the means, take a trip. Just get the fuck out of whatever environment/routine you're in right now, because it's slowly killing you. If you want change, you have to change. Take up jogging, or something. Anything to make you feel alive.
 
IloveTHIS said:
not recently but I do have a psychiatrist and been on every SSRI/DRI under the sun, though Ive been off them for a good while now. maybe I should schedule to get put back something but I thought I was doing decent getting off them
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How long have you been off your meds?
 
I had this problem and found out I had low vitamin D. It just happened suddenly. Been taking OTC a s it went away. Might be good for a trip to the doctor.
 
Just exercise a little. Some young kid said I am pretty jacked. I lied to him and told him he would get like this if he kept on training hard.
 
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Jack Reacheround said:
This is the exact question I was going to ask.
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From what I've seen him post if we were in Vegas I would bet my money this is a huge part of the problem .

I'm not judging him or trying to give him a hard time either we all have our burdens and pains . It's just that if I new the answer to the question I'd have a much better idea where the light at the end of the tunnel is for him . It takes a long time to feel joy again when that is the source of your depression.
 
Sounds like depression and/or burnout. I’d start by getting a blood panel done by your PCP, and talking to a therapist. You’ll get through this. Many of us get caught up in existential vacuum, from time to time.
 
IloveTHIS said:
for the last 6+ weeks I have absolutely no desire to do...anything. I go to work, come home, and just doom scroll youtube while laying in bed. I have no desire to do anything other than that. it doesnt seem to be a physical energy issue as I have no problem willingly working overtime. its just mentally things that should be fun/enjoyable to me, in theory, I cant pull the trigger and actually do them. the easiest shit too, like playing a game for a few hours or watching a movie I cant do.

nothing more than turning off my brain, finding any video just entertaining enough to watch while napping and waiting until I fall asleep. hour after hour, day after day. my weekends are literally 18 hours of this Saturday and Sunday
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Instead of consumption entertainment try to learn some type of creating or active entertainment.
 
IloveTHIS said:
not recently but I do have a psychiatrist and been on every SSRI/DRI under the sun, though Ive been off them for a good while now. maybe I should schedule to get put back something but I thought I was doing decent getting off them
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Were you generally better on meds? I've had periods where I've been feeling great and figured I'd try and come off meds and then quickly realised that there was a reason I was taking meds.
 
IloveTHIS said:
for the last 6+ weeks I have absolutely no desire to do...anything. I go to work, come home, and just doom scroll youtube while laying in bed. I have no desire to do anything other than that. it doesnt seem to be a physical energy issue as I have no problem willingly working overtime. its just mentally things that should be fun/enjoyable to me, in theory, I cant pull the trigger and actually do them. the easiest shit too, like playing a game for a few hours or watching a movie I cant do.

nothing more than turning off my brain, finding any video just entertaining enough to watch while napping and waiting until I fall asleep. hour after hour, day after day. my weekends are literally 18 hours of this Saturday and Sunday
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what shift do you work?
 
For years you made thread after thread as cries for help to get off of drugs. Did you ever get sober? Sober from all substances? At a certain point the lubrication addicts/alcoholics use to live life stops working… what you are describing feels like someone that’s either still self medicating or didn’t look inward to develop the tools to live life on life’s terms post substances. Either way only you know the truth and only you can fix it. It takes hard work and honesty though. There are a wealth of tools and resources that are free to those that actually want to better their lives.
 
Technology gets boring and numbs your mind. Get out and get going. Go to the gym. Go grocery shopping for healthy good food. Go visit family or an old friend. Do something. Take a stroll.
 
Travis Alexander said:
For years you made thread after thread as cries for help to get off of drugs. Did you ever get sober? Sober from all substances? At a certain point the lubrication addicts/alcoholics use to live life stops working… what you are describing feels like someone that’s either still self medicating or didn’t look inward to develop the tools to live life on life’s terms post substances. Either way only you know the truth and only you can fix it. It takes hard work and honesty though. There are a wealth of tools and resources that are free to those that actually want to better their lives.
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What is a lubrication addict ?
 
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