Thread 24783367

>used to play a lot of video games
>got bored and stopped
>used to watch a lot of movies
>got bored and stopped
>used to listen to a lot of music
>got bored and stopped
>used to read a lot of booms
>got bored and stopped
What now?

>>24783367 (OP)
books not booms ofc

>>24783368
Fuck I wanted to mock your typo.
>What now?
Use imagination to handcraft personalized kinos.

You fried your brain. Probably with 4chan or some other social media you use. It’s reversible, but you have to log off.

>>24783370
Read different books. Or go to therapy. You might be clinically depressed.
>>24783381
Also this

>>24783384
I'm not depressed, I always loved daydreaming. I have vivid imagination so it's like lucid dreaming but I don't have to struggle with the fact my brain can't generate a working staircase.

>>24783367 (OP)
This is basically me. I think my brain is fried but I'm also extremely depressed and want to die
Ice decided to get into a hobby where I create things

>>24783367 (OP)
make some friends. Try that

>>24783367 (OP)
Now, you're
>No Longer Human

>>24783408
I hate everyone thoughbeit.

>>24783409
Kino

>>24783408
It is literally not possible to make new friends as an adult

>>24783367 (OP)
Probably happens to most people getting older. I assume you are about 20 something years old. Interests just change. I dropped many hobbies I did pretty intense earlier. No use in forcing something that you don't enjoy at all.

But reading is somehow special. Has been a method of enjoyment for a pretty long time in human history. You can read poetry, philosophy, slop, short stories etc. I just switch in between genres if one gets too boring. After a while you may find an author that picks your interest again.

Create something

>>24783367 (OP)
meditate nigga

I wish I knew. Everything is boring, nothing seems worth doing. It’s a terrible way to live but I can’t shake it.

>>24783513
That quote is from Chamfort, not Schopenhauer

you chased the dopamine high for way too long. Get off the internet and be bored for a while.

>>24783399
Stop consooming and start producing

>>24783562
yeah i'm in the same boat. what's the point?

>>24783367 (OP)
AI generated videos of Kant and hegel french kissing

>>24783367 (OP)
You should do something

>>24783665
i'm doing something right now

sucks to be you I guess

>>24783399
Read text books instead of novels

>>24783367 (OP)
get a job, lazy nigger

I was a NEET from the start of covid to 2025
After the first year of covid I started studying languages and then about 1 year in I managed to read my first novel in my TL
From that point onward I was hooked to language learning and spend hours each day reading in my TL, then I picked up a new TL and repeated the same with that
At that point I had stopped playing video games because nothing else was as rewarding as language learning
I am employed now and I still try to spend 2 hours a day reading in my TLs
With my income I built a new PC to replace my 12 year old PC but after 2 months I just got completely bored of games and went back to language learning, something that seemingly never gets old

>>24783728
having a job makes you even less interested in doing anything. drains your energy.

>>24783747
wrong

>>24783728
Nobody is hiring

>>24783767
It depends on the job. Some jobs give a feeling of momentum to your life, which enhances your emotional energy. Other jobs are as bad psychologically as being a NEET.

>>24783767
nah i am living proof that what i said is true. my off days are the only time i have any motivation at all.

>>24783367 (OP)
I'm exactly this too. All the put downs and fake advice people give to insult you:
>you have adhd
Nope. Zero trouble focusing
>you use social media/the internet too much
Nope. I've gone for a long time without internet
>you masturbate too much
Nope. I don't do it at all
>you need to go outside
Genuinely makes me feel worse. Physically and emotionally
>you need to exercise
I do. It just has never done the uplifting thing that gurus say. I just do it as a chore. I don't feel happier or accomplished. I don't feel energized.

time to die

>>24783745
I've been a neet since the start of covid too. I'm still a neet. I tried to find many kinds of hobbies or to learn a skill. Nothing felt rewarding whatsoever.

>>24783789
you should unironically take antidepressants

>>24783805
I just can't. Thats a line ill never cross.

>>24783812
why

>>24783816
I'm just never going to do it and thats final. I'd rather be dead

>>24783820
seems like a very rational thought process, good luck.

>>24783802
Ironically it was actually achieving something with one of my hobbies which caused me to start to feel a lot of existential dread about being a NEET and it impelled me to start looking for work
Before then I was always happy keeping myself busy with hobbies but I just never got anywhere with any of them
You should try to find work, even if it's only part time
I work a min wage job personally

>>24783828
I'm not a voluntary neet. I have been constantly applying for work this entire time. I wish I could do things or could have used the time better. Like to learn an instrument or learn a language But I don't actually care enough and dont enjoy the process at all.

>>24783367 (OP)
Stop jacking off

>>24783745
I no longer enjoy language learning, either.

>>24783728
I've had a full time job for over ten years.

>>24783789
Same.

>>24783789
You have depression

>>24783812
>>24783820
Take Vitamin D

>>24783367 (OP)
>What now?
Our hearts our restless until they rest in Thee.

>>24784158
What if God doesn't exist
What then

>>24784115
Already get plenty. My diet, activity. And body are all healthy. I don't drink or do any drugs either. I only pray to God every night to be dead the next day. Thats the only thing I can look forward to anymore. I've just never enjoyed any bit of this

>>24784293
>Already get plenty
how? you don't go outside.

>>24784354
I already said I do everyday.

>>24783745
what the fuck is TL for us idiots?

>>24784357
you never said that

You are probably depressed, find a new hobby and exercise

>>24784293
Have you tried Ashwagandha

>>24784293
Ur just traumatized u fuckin faggot — go get EMDR and shit

>>24783367 (OP)
I believe in Nietzsche’s dictum that the only way to enjoy life is by risking it. Have you tried speeding?

>>24784453
Target Language

>>24783367 (OP)
Agreed with vidya. Was never into movies or music to begin with.
I liked anime for a bit, but that is completely exhausted too now.

Actually stoked to return to books and serious reading.

>>24784293
>I don't drink or do any drugs either
found your problem

I love movies
I think cinema is the best artform

>>24784293
>i do literally nothing but chores how come i have no joy in my life?

>>24783367 (OP)
I'm 33 and I still play a lot of video games, mainly just one or two games with a ton of replay value that I'll exclusively play. I'll never get sick of Dota 2.
I never listen to music anymore, not sure why, but I'd rather listen to a news podcast or some talk radio instead.
I can barely sit through a movie or show for some reason, but I can sit and read a book for a couple hours. I think it's just because most movies and shows are so dogshit.

>>24785856
>I'm 33 and I still play a lot of video games

>>24785859
I don't care, video games are fun

>>24785859
you post on 4chan so i wouldn't criticize how other people spend their time

You start making your own

>>24783367 (OP)
He just missed the letter

>>24783367 (OP)
I do this too. Hyperfocus on one interest for 1-3 months then burn out and try something new.

>>24785866
so? I also bang your mom over the weekend

>>24785943
ew

>>24783367 (OP)
treat your adhd by exercising daily.

Have you tried hobbies centered on creation rather than consumption? Writing, drawing, gardening etc

>>24783367 (OP)
Happened to me with everything except music. Still love me my metal.

>>24783367 (OP)
Try a hobby that is actually fulfilling. It feels like you've accomplished something when you read through a literary classic or when you can claim expertise in a field of mathematics.

>>24783367 (OP)
It sounds like you need a long-term challenge. If you don't want to commit to that because it sounds like your mother telling you that they're all just jealous then start with a video game that takes a long time to finish or a book series. See if you lose patience. If you do then it's not the options, it's that your attention span doesn't match what it takes for you to be satisfied. You're selling your mind short.

>>24786884
I have yet to find a creative hobby I enjoy.

>>24783747
Arbeit Macht Frei
unironically

>>24783367 (OP)
Try something active, not passive. Try creating something for/of yourself.

>>24787990
Try other stuff like fishing, lifting, bushwalking etc. You have to try stuff.
If you always do what you've always done, you always get what you've always gotten. Life can be an adventure. Explore. Find something you like.

>>24783805
>take “antidepressants”
>get fat
>still want to die and now strangers are mean to me
Thanks!

unironically have sex

>>24783367 (OP)
Try fasting
Makes you feel alive

>>24788393
Sex without love or at least deep passion is utterly worthless. I am a "Chad" and had a lot of sex recently, I just stopped again. It's not good.

>>24788901
>I am a "Chad"
no you are not, stop embarrassing yourself

>>24783368
five big ones coming your way

>>24783367 (OP)
I've been a NEET for 15 years now (my whole adult life) and never felt this anhedonia you're describing. Maybe NEET life is just not for you and you'd be better off slaving away 24/7 to keep ypur mind off things?

>>24783367 (OP)
now you get a job

>>24783367 (OP)
>>a lot of booms

>>24790376
>tfw couldn't hack it as a listless bum

Shits hard out there you guys

>>24788377
I try lots of things. Some things I have tried include painting, drawing, hiking, lifting, boxing, crochet, knitting, programming, beer brewing, language learning.

Nothing feels worth doing. There is no adventure.

>>24783367 (OP)
I think once you reach a certain age you’re supposed to mostly stop consuming and start creating.
If you don’t you get depressed.

>>24783367 (OP)
only play/watch/listen/read the good ones?

>>24788989
I dont need your agreement, I am.
There is nothing embarassing about that

>>24784293
unironically just be happy, you have the freedom to do whatever you want and you choose to cry?

>>24783789
you (or anyone) should unironically never take antidepressants

>>24791656
Why?

>>24783367 (OP)
Webnovels

>>24783453
tfw i do the impossible every time i ask someone at work for a tramadol.

>>24791673
The idea of depression and thus antidepressants are a construction to reduce the abstract nature of reality to something more manageable, similar to religion. SSRIs merely prevent the proper functioning of your brain by flooding your brain with neurotransmitters. While are proven to 'help' they do so by preventing your from feeling anything. To take antidepressants is to reject the very activity that is living.

>>24783789
>>24783367 (OP)
This is anhedonia, read Flow or if you can handle something complex read Jung's works

Maybe do Psilocybin or LSD as a last resort in a clinical environment, it can help you break out of habitual thought patterns.

>>24783367 (OP)
Dopamine detox.
And learn to MAKE something with your hands AFK.

>>24783668
Anon means besides being a faggot.

>>24783793
like tears in the rain n shiiiet.

>>24787940
What a faggot

>>24783367 (OP)
For me rn it's wargaming/miniatures. Only issue is the lack of people nearby to play with, or at least issues finding anyone. It's only warhammer and aos which I am becoming more and more tired of just because of how they play desu.

>>24783367 (OP)
Time for Semen Retention.

>>24783367 (OP)
Enter a religion

>>24791682
this and also try fitness

>>24783367 (OP)
you lack a purpose

>>24783367 (OP)
Table top gaming
Building models (trains, ship in a bottle, autisticly precise stuff using toothpicks)
Learn an instrument other than guitar
Civil war Renactment
Pottery
Wood working
Painting/drawing
Train rats or crows to steal stuff for you
Raise ducks or chickens
Hydroponics
Get good at cooking
LIFT
Darts
Pool
Carrom
Bowling
Make an arcade cabinet and play more retro games

>>24787940
based metalhead

>>24783368
sir, boom boom, love you long time, oral anal, everythin