Thread 33594376

Is it natural to just have no inclination to do anything once you reach a certain age
Recently, the past year or so, I just have not felt desire to do anything. I have periods where I enjoy doing stuff, I have ambition, and to be fair have only had more goals planned and hobbies to do - but I also haves months of time where I don’t wanna do anything - not only this but when I do complete something I rarely feel accomplishment, no sense of satisfaction

It’s annoying having free time and just wasting it. There are things I wanna do but can’t focus. There are things I know I enjoy but don’t have any sense of drive towards doing them
Wtf is this, when I was younger I acted without thinking, enjoyed life and was it was fun

>>33594376 (OP)
same
but anyway I have to do something with that
at first I wanna find any job
during this I want to learn something for another job and then get a some skill

>>33594414
Well good luck

>>33594539
thanks

bump

>>33594376 (OP)
Thats depression, seek treatment

>>33596787
Is it? Sometimes I feel like I've "beaten" these sensations and act in a complete 180

>>33594376 (OP)
me too anon but i genuinely think its depression. idk i dont really care about anything i just wanna play vidya and chill. and i dont really have crushes on any girls anymore like i used too.

>>33596800
comes and goes

>>33596787
It just feels more like retardation where I gotta remind myself I enjoy things by just doing this
I’m not in a saddened state but just neutral and bland

>>33597004
If calling it retardation makes more sense to you thats fine, but my point was its not normal to be like that for too long. If it doesnt sort itself after a while you should actively seek treatment.

>>33597630
Perhaps, basically always had trouble doing things, only made worse from being fully employed
Which is why I think it is just me stressing myself out about using time wisely

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>>33598545
Im also like that, but some periods are particularly bad (like now).
If you know what might be causing it thats great, id try to think about relatively easy things to do to make your life a bit easier or happier.

Just wasted a 3 day weekend basically doing nothing, just doom scrolling and edging ahh

>>33598545
I also feel like working full time nerfed my desire to practice hobbies just because I’m too tired to use my brain anymore.

>>33601287
Try downloading books to your phone, start with something very engaging so you naturally want to read rather than it being an effort. Maybe not as good as having productive hobbies, but better for your brain than social media.

>>33594376 (OP)
you should try not taking "meds". crank/smack may have "meds" laced.

I do want to state once more
This isn’t about being too depressed or unfocused to do anything
It’s more I don’t have anything on my mind
Like the option isn’t there
Then I’ll have periods where I wanna do a lot and can do it
As if I gotta remind myself of my goals and hobbies
It’s retarded

>>33604034
sobriety is underrated

>>33604223
Eh?

>>33594376 (OP)
Yeah same here, you're depressed, go outside and reconnect with nature

>>33604972
Im not!

>>33594376 (OP)
The age thing is incidental. It's not really the problem.
If I say there is money under one of these rocks, and you keep turning over rocks looking for it, eventually you will realize there are only 5 rocks left to try and the chance is good that I am a liar.
That will decrease motivation significantly. But only if the only thing you care about is money.

"Motivation" is not a real thing. The natural state of the body is to do absolutely nothing.
I used to think that Humans natural state was to strive for better, towards the good of a bright heroic future!
But then I realized this was actually an illusion my brain was playing for me, so that I would keep doing nothing.

When you let you're feelings decide what you are motivated towards, they will say ice cream, porn, or nothing.
The options are: operate "outside" of motivation (Apathy), or use "mind" to direct motivation (Focus).

Either way the sudden loss of motivation is most likely caused by a dopamine baseline drop.
Dopamine is not just the "feels good" chemical, it's the main fuel for complex movement.
If you Doom scroll all day you want feel motivated to do anything. Try 2 days of no screens, only eat bland oatmeal. Suddenly you will feel like running all day.

>>33605687
Thank you ChatGPT or weird chud

>How to feel desire / fervor to do thinfs
Deprivation; it's easy to stagnate when you have what you need but when you don't you either do things or die.

>>33604034
>>33604426
>>33605479
>>33606448
What kind of answer are you looking for?

>>33606981
Nothing in particular but you can tell from the way certain ones are written that they are just incoherent text walls no one actually typed

>>33606448
Ever talked with chatGPT? That sounds nothing like that. Especially the weird analogy with the stones.

>>33608220
That’s even worse then

>>33594376 (OP)

I feel the answer to your inquiry is... That's the neat thing, you don't !

It might just be my path in life. But I have progressively lost any interest in eating, sleeping or pleasure for the sake of it. I am a cosmic nihilist and anti natalist, so I think life has no meaning and wasn't chosen, so it can't have a purpose.

And YET my days are filled, my plates are emptied, and I even have human relations.

Desires are superfluous, you have needs.
Fevor is superfluous, all you need is duty, resignation and enough energy to do what must be done.

>>33601287
>he can still feel prolonged sexual desire
poser

>>33612684
I don’t feel sexual desire