Nothing interests me anymore...

It seems as though I keep finding more and more in my life that bores me. I have no real goals and few things to look forward to anymore. A couple of months ago, I would have been happy just to see the sun outside. I now don't look forward to anything. My only remaining interest seems to be in minimising myself and aspects in my life for example measuring the amount of salt I intake seems to make me happy. The monotony of my life is something I seem to strive for, but I fear I'll have nothing left if this keeps going. Even if I do find myself in supposed 'exciting' company, I just do not get excited at all. Help, I guess - although I don't know how possible help is.

Hi Jane
if you feel so disinterested in life like that it sound like depression.
Have you ever been depressed before?

I was going to say the same thing. Losing interest in things is a very common symptom of depression.

I've had a doctor diagnose me as such, but I really don't wish to treat it with meds which is all he was willing to do. What I'm feeling is not sadness as such just disinterest.

Hi, I know this sounds like a contradiction but you dont actually have to be sad to be depressed, if you dont like the idea of meds (who can blame you) then there is a herb called St Johns Wort that works well.
Maybe also you have just 'outgrown' the things that interest you and its may be time to explore new areas in your life.
Just some suggestions

Sorry , I meant the things that used to interest you.

Outgrown is certainly the way I would describe it. Like we outgrow toys, nothing seems that great anymore and I've been in what some would consider pretty interesting company of late which is what makes me curious. So what do you suggest? What do I explore.

I'm always telling myself to try new things and I've already proven I can change my mindset, it's just frustrating when I don't know where to go next.

Hi JWH i know exactly how your feel.

over the years , as i have become more isolated and lonely, my interests in everyday life and everyone around me has decreased over time.

is it a form of depression ? i dunno. possibly. i lost interest in my hobbies, i lost interest in other people...like I dont care about them now. Its selfish but keeps me protected.

i lost any ambitions and goals, and just wanna do NOTHING.

I can relate to that I don't have any interest in anything or anyone anymore to be honest and it kind of scares me. Apart from my bf and close family. I'm too gutless to do anything about it but most days I wake up wishing I would just die.

I have no time for "friends" either first scent of someone messing me about and thats it I won't bother with them again, I just don't have the energy if that makes sense.

Lonesome. It's not the case of losing interest in people for me. The stupid thing is I appear to be totally interested in people when sometimes I'm just filling in time, waiting for a friend to come to me perhaps. I switch myself from personality to personality depending on who I'm around, but at the core there's always a hint of dissatisfaction and disinterest like nothing is ever good enough. I think I'm selfish almost. Like you say, it's protection.

ColdAsIce, that doesn't sound too healthy - that's more depression I would think. And for those who can relate, what do you do most days? What brings a bit of happiness to your daily life?

For me it's achieving things. Each weekend I have tried to do something and complete it - so a few weekends ago, I planted some seeds, sometimes I buy things, sometimes I hire videos and sometimes it just makes me happy to have cleaned. On a daily basis, I find that exercising will take away some of my guilt over being such a boring person and work also gives me something to achieve.

Thats cool JWH, you have given me some ideas. I often go through the local paper and see if theres anything interesting going on, or if you have a local area business telephone directory they are good to. The last time I went through the paper I ended up on a champagne day cruise, which was lovely and only cost AU$10.00. It was a great day!

A chamagne day cruise? How did you go about that? I would feel utterly lost if I did something like that.

I've booked myself in for yum cha next week, which I admit I'm looking forward to.

Hey Jane....

I try to have interests but the passion for it never lasts long, like I tend to exercise alot but even though I do it I don't get any kind of buzz from it, well not anymore, everything is like a novelty to me. I'm constantly looking for new things to interest me....

I was looking through the paper yesterday and came across Blood Donation, I was thinking maybe I should do this, maybe the act of helping others might change my perception on the things which I can't seem to appreciate....an ex "close" friend once said to me that I need to experience a near death situation inorder for me to appreciate my life, what I have and who I am, I think she maybe right....if only!!... :lol:

True, true. Couldn't have said it better. I'm finding now, that it's kind of interesting to push myself and pass the barrier where before I would have told myself "no, I can't". Feeling occupied can be almost like an addiction, but I just don't have the energy to complete things which makes it all so frustrating.

Yes, I often feel the same. That rush of energy/pain/joy whenever something major happens is a feeling I love - pity the rest of the time I have to be miserable. I think we have to train ourselves to look at life differently and enjoy the small things more. I do that a bit too much though, so perhaps it's not a good thing. Argh!

I feel like I want to go camping or something next. I don't know if I could handle another needle though!