Thread 33236267

How do you feel passion for wanting to do things
Not that I don't have things I want to do, just, I lack that burning desire to do them and therefore never do
I used to wake up thinking of all the things I can do today, but now, all my hobbies feel like chores
I know I still enjoy them but honestly I think low effort high dopamine activities have fried the desire center of my brain or something
Just zero will to do something as simple as reading or watching a show
Dont wanna waste my life away not being able to do things I like

>>33236267 (OP)
probably anhedonia, life only gets worse from here lol

>>33236267 (OP)
I won't read a rambling, wtf is OP on about blog entry on an advice board.

>>33236272
how else would you ask for advice other than describing your situation

>>33236271
Hmm not really the pleasure is there but the drive and desire are not

>>33236267 (OP)
unironically get a job

>>33236267 (OP)
South americans are scary. Is that racist? Most south americans in media are psychopathic killers and white people are the good guys trying to catch them

honestly you need to either be extremely talented/successful (giving you confidence) or somewhat delusional to have passion about anything. most people just rely on habit and hope that a eureka moment comes along

>>33238522
>Most south americans in media are psychopathic killers and white people are the good guys
Media made by white guys that portrays white guys as heroes is your basis for disliking a group of people? KEK

>>33238485
I’m at my job right now though

>>33238838
oh ok then you're doomed lol

>>33238867
I have weeks in a row where I feel fine and productive but then dip into nothingness for weeks / a month
Very odd

Maybe it's mostly forming habits and not jerking off endlessly, stating goals and doing them, AKA having willpower and an actual consciousness and not autopiloting

>>33236267 (OP)
Stop jerking off

>>33236267 (OP)
Burning desire isn't a real thing. You're not going to get struck by a burning desire, motivation is never going to just hit you, ever. Never ever in a million years. You have to put the logs on and THEN you get a roaring fire, the opposite never happens. You get energy from doing something and then you invest it back into what you're doing. You need to throw yourself into the crucible first, then comes the passion.

>>33240398
I get what you mean and have felt this, it's not like I randomly became a lazy POS, but it just seems like the "fire" dies out for long stretches of uncontrollable time, it comes back, but my life is just in cycles of happiness and bleakness

>>33236267 (OP)
Adhd probably, you only get into things you're interested in but lost too much momentum now you've convinced yourself you're not into anything.

You need to short circuit your brain by remembering what really spun your gears about XYZ hobby/intrest. Alternatively you grew out of your existing hobbies and now you must explore new things

>>33240492
Life's resting state is a decay, shit, tears, rot, and entropy. If you are not actively growing, you're withering. Fortunately, you have access to the levers to reverse the process pf entropy and continue to grow, burn bright, and move forward. There really isn't any magical string of words I can say or special trick that will galvanize you to action, as the shoes tell us, you just have to do it. The alternative is the decay, shit, and tears.

anyone ever not wanna do anything because they know they have work the next day, it feels pointless because you know you gotta sleep and repeat it soon

Maybe actually writing what I wanna do would help because it legit feels like my mind has zero thoughts in it usually
Nothing to focus on so I just autopilot into doing bullshit

>>33240606
You are decaying and stuff no matter what you do. The meaningful activities you engage in help you manage that terror and, sometimes, help current and future generations.

>>33241631
Seems a bit bleak to think this way

>>33236267 (OP)
>low effort high dopamine activities have fried the desire center of my brain or something
You have identified the source of the problem and still made this post. You got really close but seem to not have reached the ultimate conclusion:
This bunch of crap literally robs us the motivation and desire to do things.
I too fell victim of a modern comfort routine filled with nice things and easy dopamine hits, only to feel exactly like that. Seemed like I stopped feeling altogether, kinda like anhedonia.
The solution was simple - making a lean routine, balanced with hardship and work plus a very specific allocated leisure time, which I very much enjoy now.
You physically can NOT live fully in pleasure unless all this pleasure comes from novelty. Hardly anyone ever lives a completely new day every day, so get ready to cut a lot of bullshit off of your life and do some hard or uncomfortable things as well.

>Do things
>Enjoy them
>Don't do them for one day
>Lose all interest and desire, feels impossible to do it again
Man, why does this happen

I’ve just accepted I don’t wanna do anything and will wait for it to hopefully pass can’t force anything

>>33236267 (OP)
You're probably depressed desu. Similar thing happend to me, I just lost interest in everything, things I used to enjoy are just kinda unfulfilling now, I don't hate them but I'm just fed up.

>>33236267 (OP)
No shit go get yourself checked for bipolar II.

>>33254255
Maybe? It slightly checks out but I think that may be exaggerating how I feel but who knows

>>33254408
if they give you a drug and it works, it was bipolar. there's really no other way to know for sure. if you feel like you get a jolt of energy out of nowhere for no reason, particularly if you get insomnia, hyperactivity, 'good' feelings that feel a little too good for what you're going through, that's how i found out. remember that you can have mild bipolar but it can worsen as you get older.

>>33254622
Oh no I don’t feel that way at all

I think I’m basically a very habitual person which leads to incredibly high peaks and deep valleys so to speak
Get stuck in my ways for better and for worse