Restless and apathetic; feeling it?

[speedlolita]

who is this?

Some random from 4chan. I think it might be a boy.

[ETC]

Some random from 4chan. I think it might be a boy.

Ah good old 4 chan eh

[Brad]

Solution is to have many interests! Don't wanna do 5 or your things? Do number six!

[Lyris]

There's your solution! 4chan!

Or, Memebase!

[charlesr]

Are you drinking enough water?

Feeling like this is often due to lack of goal. Maybe you had a goal and you've achieved it but haven't set the longer term goal yet. If you had a goal, you'd be using this time to do something that brings you closer to the goal. For example I like fitness, so I'm working towards a 5 mile race at the moment. I put it in the diary the day after I did the marathon to ensure I continued training and didn't sit around feeling like you do even though tbh that's what I wanted to.

[dataDave]

Advice for breaking out of this state?

There will come a day when you will give anything to return to this state.

[speedlolita]

There's your solution! 4chan!

Or, Memebase!

Never Memebase. Maybe reddit, I don't like that though.

[Guts]

Sounds like you don't have enough activities in your life other than the internet/TV/video games. Are you in a relationship? Do you exercise much? Do you work? Are you feeling depressed? You are displaying some classic traits of depression; lack of motivation/apathy/lack of focus etc

I agree with everything here. What you describe here could be symptoms of early depression.

I know very well what you speak of here and have felt sort of same at times recently, not enough activities in my life, so I get nothing done really. I'd advice you to get out of your house, see friends or family or people in general. Staying home alone with nothing to do is definitely not good for you, it will just make you passive if it continues.

[booth83]

Been like this for quite a while also, i get home from work and just have no motivation to do anything really, can't count the amount of times i've seen the same episodes of mock the week/qi/have i got news etc, or the amount of hours i've played civilization on the xbox just to pass a few hours till bedtime, which is usually 1am ish. At work things are fine, i spend all day interacting with people, i'm out with friends every other weekend which is great. i know it's basically depression, but then i think "meh, it could be worse" or that it isn't because on the flipside when i'm not at home i find myself in really good moods for no apparant reason, always joking around, larking about etc

[cutmymilk]

If you live alone that might have something to do with it. I hate being on my own too much. Sometimes it is nice, other times fairly depressing as you have said.

[averybluemonkey]

I went through a phase where I was playing too many videogames and realised that at the age 26 I'd achieved none of the creative goals that I had planned for myself whilst at school, despite having so much free time since starting work. So I wrote them all down and started a rough timetable for the next 5 years. I find I still have to take the occasional day to mostly switch off as otherwise it all gets a bit stressful but at least you won't feel like you're wasting your time .

I'd say the social thing versus goal thing is very much dependent on the person too, for some increased social exposure is definitely not the answer. I've never been a pub guy, my mates and I always hang out while competing at some kind of activity, never just chatting but I felt like maybe I'd been missing out as other people seem to rave about parties and the pub. But then when forced into it at social engagements for a new job I just said there mind numbingly bored by what was going on around me, feeling distinctly empty and interestingly the most isolated I'd ever felt despite being surrounded by friendly company. So if the social things don't work out for you then definitely go with the goal approach.

[noobish hat]

who is this?

I believe she's called Nadia Wilson.

[JSR]

There will come a day when you will give anything to return to this state.

I take offence to this. You don't know me. You don't know what mental states I have or haven't been through. While you evidently see yourself as a person with superior life experience; that gives you no right to presume what other people have experienced. The only obtainable information on this forum to give credence to such a stance, is the fact that you are about six years older than me. But to conclude something on that fact alone, is not only naive, but very likely wrong. And it was not like I was complaining about my current state, I'm actually very thankful for my life and every day situation - more so than most people seem to be, I was simply commenting on a change in my behaviour.

Slightly worried about how my tone will come across in this text, as I'm not as agitated as I might appear, so I will end with this:

[averybluemonkey]

I agree with what you are saying. Not talking about anyone on this forum but I always get so annoyed at middle aged men who think that just because they are middle aged they are the authority on everything. Same with people that have kids telling you how it will be when you have kids, assuming that everyone is like them.

[ItsThere]

What age is a middle aged man these days? I feel like one at nearly 29...