Venting Nothing is fun anymore

[Codename_Joryu]

I literally wasted my entire day because nothing brings me happiness anymore and I have no desire to even try. There are so many games I wanted to play, but they are just collecting dust in my steam library now, I can't focus on any movie/show I'm watching, I used to love cooking but now I can't even bring myself to make even the most simple meal, I was planning to do some exercise today but I can't even get out of my bed, I wanted to work on a cosplay I'm making but I stopped after like 5 minutes. I feel so fucking terrible because of it, all I do is work all the time and on my days off I can't even relax and get my mind off things, because every single thing I used to love is now boring and feels like a chore.

 

[Andrew10]

Welcome to the club, I understand perfectly this feeling just like many here, before I used to perceive life in a different way, I used to be full of energy and motivated to do anything, I used to feel excited about things and be anxious for the next day, things that I used to love now make me feel nothing. First I feel that my life is not like before but honestly another part of me simply believes that all this time I was living a lie, I was not aware of how this world really was. A lot of shit can take away your motivation and desire to do anything, even simple things like taking a shower or getting out of bed can be extremely challenging. Whatever events happened in your life that caused you to end up on this site I want to give you a mini detail, from afar I want to wish you the best and send you all the support whatever the path you chose, we are in the same situation now and I know it is not much but at least give you a little detail to accompany you on your day. A big hug from afar and stay strong my friend .

 

[Atsushi.Ame]

I feel the exact same way and I am so sorry. I truly think capitalism and work culture has sucked the joy out of everything. My only reason for living right now is my job- everything I used to love feels boring and I feel like I am bad at it. I come home wanting to die everyday after the workday.

If you're open to advice, the best advice I can offer you is to try and be proud of the things you do even the small ones. I worked on art for around 10 minutes today and the rest I was stuck in bed. I still got those 10 minutes done. You still got those 5 minutes done of cosplay. Additonally, rest is so important- even if its bedrotting. Sometimes when I take the shame out of "not doing anything" and just allow myself to be in bed for a few hours- I feel more motivated to do other things and then I end up enjoying playing video games, watching something, etc.

Remember that productivity is not our purpose- it's okay to rest and recharge. Wishing you peace <3

 

[ShatteredSerenity]

Yeah, anhedonia feels horrible. Nothing brings me pleasure or satisfaction anymore, so I just lay in bed and sleep half the time. There's nothing in life worth living for when it feels like that. I wish I knew how to make it go away because it's killing me.

 

[Codename_Joryu]

I feel the exact same way and I am so sorry. I truly think capitalism and work culture has sucked the joy out of everything. My only reason for living right now is my job- everything I used to love feels boring and I feel like I am bad at it. I come home wanting to die everyday after the workday.

If you're open to advice, the best advice I can offer you is to try and be proud of the things you do even the small ones. I worked on art for around 10 minutes today and the rest I was stuck in bed. I still got those 10 minutes done. You still got those 5 minutes done of cosplay. Additonally, rest is so important- even if its bedrotting. Sometimes when I take the shame out of "not doing anything" and just allow myself to be in bed for a few hours- I feel more motivated to do other things and then I end up enjoying playing video games, watching something, etc.

Remember that productivity is not our purpose- it's okay to rest and recharge. Wishing you peace <3

I wish I could be proud of myself. No matter how hard I try, even to the point where I feel like I'm going to pass out from exhaustion, I never feel like I'm good enough, like I could do a lot better. I think it's because my parents used to talk shit about me and compare me to everyone else my entire life and because of that I can never be satisfied with what I do, even though I can clearly see that I have made a lot of progress.

 

[MatrixPrisoner]

I believe there is a correlation between anhedonia and dystopia. And anyone that cannot see that dystopia has half its foot in the door already is probably blind in both eyes.