I was wondering if you had any insight on this issue… i. I have to admit that this is not only a common problem, but one of the toughest. Dreams seemed utterly hopeless and useless. Motivation was a hard currency to come by. What follows is a series of things that worked for me, in no particular order … I should note that some of these may sound trite, but they actually do work, for me and for countless others:. Make small, positive changes. This is a bit of a paradox.
Yes, a little … but not a lot. Just get going. When I started doing this in my life, I was so excited I had to start Zen Habits to share it with the world. Banish negative thinking. Negative thoughts are the bane of an exciting existence. It really is a choice. And it takes awareness — be aware of your thoughts and when you catch yourself thinking negative, squash the thought like a bug, and replace it with a positive thought.
Seriously, it works. Usually, this means no emailing and no business related phone calls. Finally, high performers schedule periodic vacations that allow them to switch off completely from their daily hassles.
My wife and I do this by scheduling short getaways every three months. Not only do I come back feeling well rested and revitalized, but I also become creative. I often encounter breakthrough ideas that will help me take my business to new levels. Action step: Take a moment to schedule and plan the kind of vacation that will help return back home feeling rejuvenated and inspired.
For some this is because their work seems meaningless, while others became so good at what they do that their day is filled with automated routines that no longer stimulate them.
Outside of work people get bored because they lack feelings of enthusiasm and excitement due to a monotone lifestyle — everything seems to repeat itself without any element of surprise and adventure.
And what happens when we feel bored? We seek distractions by browsing the internet, checking out friends on Facebook and eating junk food. These habits become addictive and rob our time and energy to engage in more fulfilling activities.
We become less productive at work, and less satisfied in our private life. To counter feelings of boredom, we must plan for new experiences on a regular basis. We do this by taking on new challenges and learning new skills to advance our careers, while seeking novel thrills during our time off, for example by traveling to new locations, exploring new hobbies or visiting new restaurants.
Action Step: Pick a new challenge for the coming month that both excites you and will help you experience a breakthrough in your professional career, and schedule some daily time to advance this new goal. Everyone knows the feeling of being so overwhelmed by our commitments that we barely find time to take care of their own priorities. This state becomes extremely frustrating over time because we are extremely busy, without ever really advancing our business or career.
The good news is that for most people, a few simple adjustments can make all the difference— all they really need to do is reconquer their own agenda. Anhedonia, however, takes this loss to its limits; it becomes impossible to draw enjoyment from things that once elicited excitement, such as music, sex, food, and conversation. Over recent years, anhedonia has received increased attention. Part of the reason for this is that it predicts how well someone with depression will respond to treatment.
Common antidepressants tend to work less well for people who have depression with anhedonia than for those who have depression without anhedonia. Because treating depression is so challenging, any additional insight is welcome. There is evidence to suggest that the presence of anhedonia increases the risk of committing suicide, so if the link is proven, recognizing and dealing with anhedonia could save lives.
To gain a better understanding of what anhedonia feels like, the following is an excerpt from a firsthand account. I have no desires to truly speak of, as nothing I do is rewarding or satisfying.
This is the core of my anhedonia, a symptom of major depression. Everything I look at, everything I do, looks and feels the same. As with the investigation of any emotional response, the story is not a simple one.
Anhedonia is not simply a reduced appreciation of the taste of chocolate; the underlying reward mechanisms are impaired.
This might involve alterations in levels of interest, motivation, anticipation, expectation, and effort prediction, all of which are complex in their own right , and all of which are processed by different but overlapping neural circuits. For people with anhedonia, the reward process has come unhinged. Finding which part of this process has become unshackled is a difficult job.
In order to understand the interplay between the different aspects of pleasure, I will relay an example. If we experience something and enjoy it — eating a new type of candy, for instance — we might want to do it again.
Or, similarly, if it is known to cause cancer , we will probably give it a miss. If the candy is free and safe, however, we will tuck in. If we are required to walk to the next room to get a piece, we will probably make the effort. One thing I think you should look at is your diet. You mentioned that you're vegan who, with today's processed foods, have a hard time getting proper nutrition. These mood swings could be aggravated by swings in your blood sugar level.
Hope this helps. Thanks for the reply. I'm vegetarian I still eat eggs and cheese, and luckily where I live it is easy to find not processed food but I never took in consideration the idea of my blood sugar level having problems, I might ask my family doctor for some analysis. Being often alone certainly helped me in getting more time to analyse myself lol, but at the same time it made me extremely shy and self conscious around strangers I can get quite talkative with people that I know though.
You don't sound quite hopeless to me. I think if you just find something you are passionate about again you would also have more interest in spending your time with people that share it. Whether you are detached or bipolar being with people is good for you. I found it's what pulled me out of my detachment. Maybe you should explore yourself spiritually or find something that does mean something to you, it just seems like you think everything has become meaningless but a lot of stuff like video games and manga kinda is.
Not to say that it doesn't have it's merits, I'm just saying maybe you wanna focus on bigger things. Do you have no ambition to change the world? Provide something that maybe no one else could? Not everyone does, I'm just wondering.
I've not always been like this. When I was a child I was really ambitious, I wanted to do something that would make other people remember me even after I was dead.
Kind of like the ancient Greek heroes, who believed that was the only way to gain a sort of immortality. Now I lost all of my motivation to reach any goal, since everything sounds pointless to me. Add to that my low self esteem and that everybody including myself annoys me, and you get that I'm quite hopeless. I really don't know what to do to change this situation.
Are You Normal? Everything is boring, nothing seems to excite me anymore.
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