Do something you believe in. Or that you can make yourself believe in. If you are bored, that means you have spare time and energy. Go out, do something with people, preferably with nice ones
I know. Man, tell me about it. Some days you just can’t get up, and then you keep sitting on the couch, doomscrolling or something like that, and hating yourself for it.
The thing is, it’s not going to be better unless you do something about it.
I remember that one time I felt like absolute shit. Burned out, tired, dreading human contact. I forced myself to go to some political meetup, as an experiment. I argued with some wannabe college communists, didn’t change a single thing in the grand scheme of things, and went home much happier.
Another day, I forced myself to go to some emergency response exercise. Half the people are pensioners twice my age. The other half are the kind of people I could never honestly argue politics with, because one of us would be dead. And they own way more guns. You know the type. I biked back, cursing them personally for all that is wrong with this country. But you know what? That evening, I felt better.
You get the idea. Then of course there are days that I am just tired, and, to quote, take my comfort from this hole I’m sinking in.
Bottom line: force yourself. At least sometimes. Even if the people there are morons. Even if the voice in your head says you should stay, and that you don’t need to.
anhedonia, first learned about this from a ds9 episode, where dukat claims weyoun is anhedonic due to his over concern for dominion day to day operations.
Do something you believe in. Or that you can make yourself believe in. If you are bored, that means you have spare time and energy. Go out, do something with people, preferably with nice ones
Spare time… maybe
Spare energy? Zero.
I know. Man, tell me about it. Some days you just can’t get up, and then you keep sitting on the couch, doomscrolling or something like that, and hating yourself for it.
The thing is, it’s not going to be better unless you do something about it.
I remember that one time I felt like absolute shit. Burned out, tired, dreading human contact. I forced myself to go to some political meetup, as an experiment. I argued with some wannabe college communists, didn’t change a single thing in the grand scheme of things, and went home much happier.
Another day, I forced myself to go to some emergency response exercise. Half the people are pensioners twice my age. The other half are the kind of people I could never honestly argue politics with, because one of us would be dead. And they own way more guns. You know the type. I biked back, cursing them personally for all that is wrong with this country. But you know what? That evening, I felt better.
You get the idea. Then of course there are days that I am just tired, and, to quote, take my comfort from this hole I’m sinking in.
Bottom line: force yourself. At least sometimes. Even if the people there are morons. Even if the voice in your head says you should stay, and that you don’t need to.
Turns out there’s a clinical condition that can make you not care about anything, and there is a treatment.
anhedonia, first learned about this from a ds9 episode, where dukat claims weyoun is anhedonic due to his over concern for dominion day to day operations.
Is there a treatment for having no energy, though. I mean really having no energy. ME, MS, Post Covid, CFS…
I mean… You need a doctor, buddy, that’s beyond internet folk medicine.