Complete loss of interest.

[omnighost]

I am having a hard time finding interest in anything, I can't stand to be around even family members anymore and everything I used to like just seems boring and dull.
I have tried just forcing myself to do it but still I feel completely unable to motivate myself to do anything.
Has anyone else been through this and found a way to gain at least a little interest in things?

 

[Jegan]

I am having a hard time finding interest in anything, I can't stand to be around even family members anymore and everything I used to like just seems boring and dull.
I have tried just forcing myself to do it but still I feel completely unable to motivate myself to do anything.
Has anyone else been through this and found a way to gain at least a little interest in things?

Hi..OMNIGHOST.. I can relate to what you say..and you are not the only one..just about an year ago i was doing a lot of new things which i wasnt able to do becuz of the the SA.. n' I thought wow..Im really having fun..and now recently i began to loss interest in those things.. I dont find those things fun anymore.. I dont find anything interesting..i feel like whats the point in those things that i Do.. I feel like im traped.. and theres nothing to do for me in this world..everything thins seems like a dead end..im sorry i wasnt very helpfull..

 

[Tempus35]

Been there to often. I have many moments when I think everything is so dull and boring. I was thinking that yesterday. In the end it passes but I havent found a way to appease it sorry.

 

[omnighost]

It' all right it's at least nice to know others know what it's like.
Very nice description though, It does indeed feel like a dead end.

Yes, I have talked to a doctor and have continued to. They keep telling me the same useless bull **** as usual and quite frankly it feels better to hear ideas from people who know what it's like and not what they think it might be like.
Plus I am somewhat afraid to tell the doctor because they have sent me to a facility for about a week to be observed in the past and I sure as **** don't want to go back there.

 

[da_illest101]

lol i was going to make a thread about that today but i lost the interest to make it. yea i'm that lame.

 

[Jegan]

If it is Depression.. then I guess I've been depressed all my life.. I was probably born Depressed.. LIke my life is cursed.. Still im happy to know Im not alone.. hoping for beter days.god blesss you..

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[omnighost]

Thanks for the support everyone who posted. I guess it's easy to lose sight of things when everything feels gray. Trying to focus on the fact that this will pass and when it does everything will be okay or at least as okay as it ever is.

 

[lurknomore]

If it is Depression.. then I guess I've been depressed all my life.. I was probably born Depressed.. LIke my life is cursed.. Still im happy to know Im not alone.. hoping for beter days.god blesss you..

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I would say it's depression, and like you, I've been depressed for all (or at least a vast majority) of my life. I even feel that it kept me from developing any (or many) interests to know what I would want to do were I not depressed. It makes me feel so dull and boring.

 

[omnighost]

I would say it's depression, and like you, I've been depressed for all (or at least a vast majority) of my life. I even feel that it kept me from developing any (or many) interests to know what I would want to do were I not depressed. It makes me feel so dull and boring.

I agree. This is the first time I posted about it but it has been going on for a long time. I often wonder what I would be like if I never felt like this. Would I be a social butterfly or some hardworking guy who made lots of money. It's hard to say but at least we can celebrate our uniqueness even though it feels more like a burden rather than something to celebrate.

 

[Hellhound]

I am having a hard time finding interest in anything, I can't stand to be around even family members anymore and everything I used to like just seems boring and dull.
I have tried just forcing myself to do it but still I feel completely unable to motivate myself to do anything.
Has anyone else been through this and found a way to gain at least a little interest in things?

I've been feeling like that for a long while, a couple of years i think... I honestly don't know what to suggest you. I'm probably going to end up seeing a psychiatrist because of this (my therapist suggested). I hate medications, i'm afraid of them, but I can't live like this either... I'm not sure about what to do, really. I'm trying to force myself to do things too, but there's very little I can do, because my interests aren't too many. Being on the computer and dawing seems to work fine though... it's thanks to the computer and talking to friends that I don't stay in bed all day.

 

[omnighost]

I've been feeling like that for a long while, a couple of years i think... I honestly don't know what to suggest you. I'm probably going to end up seeing a psychiatrist because of this (my therapist suggested). I hate medications, i'm afraid of them, but I can't live like this either... I'm not sure about what to do, really. I'm trying to force myself to do things too, but there's very little I can do, because my interests aren't too many. Being on the computer and dawing seems to work fine though... it's thanks to the computer and talking to friends that I don't stay in bed all day.

I hate medications as well. They seem to work for only a little while then they have too many side effects or they just don't help anymore. I have had my therapist tell me to ease myself into situations but with no positive results it's hard to continue to do so.

 

[xxaimsxx]

Tell me about it. I'm moping around today and im really bored!

 

[Hellhound]

I hate medications as well. They seem to work for only a little while then they have too many side effects or they just don't help anymore. I have had my therapist tell me to ease myself into situations but with no positive results it's hard to continue to do so.

Have you told her that to your therapist? Maybe he/she doesn't know the extent of your problem yet...

 

[Ritta]

I have the same problem, but I think mine is caused by lack of sleep. I tend to toss and turn alot and wake up serveral times during the night. When I finally get up, I feel so tired, I have no energy. That's why I have no desire to do anything at all. I've tried joining many active groups (exercise is suppose to help with depression) but everytime I run out of energy and I end up quitting. My Dr. gave me a new prescription. I hope these pills work.

 

[omnighost]

Yeah I have told my therapist but they just keep suggesting medications. I have put forth full effort into DBT and other therapies but still the emotionless, bored state still remains. Even the things I have excelled in are diminishing into lost thoughts of what was and can never be again. I get so bored that I just want to sleep and it never happens I sleep maybe 2-4 hours a night then suddenly wake up and have to move around. I usually end up pacing around most of the day. Today it got so unbearable I took some Valium and just went to sleep.

 

[pljunkie]

I have lost interest in everything and have been this way for a year or so. The last few days my boyfriend has been sick so I haven't seen him and he is pretty much the only person I hang out with. I used to play computer games a lot and read and I just can't seem to do these things anymore. So now that I have been alone for a few days I'm going insane with boredom and there doesn't seem to be anything I can do in order to not feel bored. Most of the time I just sit in my room with a laptop and put a DVD on in the background so my parents think I'm doing something.

I have told my psychologist but at the moment I am really not interested in going on medication again because I only just came off an anti depressant that I hated. And every other drug before that hasn;t worked.

I just don't know what to do to get interested anymore.

 

[Richey]

this is happening to me too at the moment ...
i'm just completely indecisive as to how to spend my time so i stay idle ..

it all comes down to lack of belief in myself...then i might have a day where i feel motivated but it only lasts for half a day and something will bring down again ..

i think exercise and reading a self help book could help you here.

its winter where i live and so i've stopped going for walks and i stopped basketball and so i feel sluggish and tired all the time. i think it comes down to physical or mental stimulation, so if i was to be playing basketball and then afterwards i read a book or try a word puzzle i'm not just sitting around thinking "i wish i was doing something productive right now" ...

for the last two days on my days off i've done nothing but watch tv and its too wet to go outside, other then that i could go to the shops but i don't have anything i want to buy at the moment, apart from that there is the cinema but i've seen alot of films lately ...

this why a friend or a bunch of friends is so important ...something i don't have

if i lived in the city i'd probably go out alot more because there are places to go and its a different atmosphere ...but i'm too far away from the city so you really have to create your own fun. i live in an empty ghost town where there isn't much in the way of places to go. its mostly suburbia and houses with one shopping center.

 

[omnighost]

this is happening to me too at the moment ...
i'm just completely indecisive as to how to spend my time so i stay idle ..

it all comes down to lack of belief in myself...then i might have a day where i feel motivated but it only lasts for half a day and something will bring down again ..

i think exercise and reading a self help book could help you here.

its winter where i live and so i've stopped going for walks and i stopped basketball and so i feel sluggish and tired all the time. i think it comes down to physical or mental stimulation, so if i was to be playing basketball and then afterwards i read a book or try a word puzzle i'm not just sitting around thinking "i wish i was doing something productive right now" ...

for the last two days on my days off i've done nothing but watch tv and its too wet to go outside, other then that i could go to the shops but i don't have anything i want to buy at the moment, apart from that there is the cinema but i've seen alot of films lately ...

this why a friend or a bunch of friends is so important ...something i don't have

if i lived in the city i'd probably go out alot more because there are places to go and its a different atmosphere ...but i'm too far away from the city so you really have to create your own fun. i live in an empty ghost town where there isn't much in the way of places to go. its mostly suburbia and houses with one shopping center.

I also live in a small town there is only a gas station and a grocery store here not much for entertainment. I was always able to entertain myself when I was younger but nothing I try seems to work. I managed to paint one room in my place today and it felt like a god awful task that I just wanted to quit but I couldn't until it was done because I am a perfectionist like that.

 

[Scars]

I've felt this way on and off whenever distracting myself from my problems stops working every month or two for two weeks at a time. The only thing I can seem to think about is how miserable I am and reaching out for a ray of hope. And finding true love...

 

[BlackPuma]

I'm sorry you're in such a bad place right now. But at least you're somewhat interested in sharing it with us, right? :3 That's a start at least! : D

If it helps, I've been through something that sounds rather similar. All little, and big pleasures didn't seem to matter at all, everything was dull, boring and gray. Heck, I've been on the edge of suicide at least 3 times in my 19 year existence.

But it does get better. It might take a long time, or it might last just a day or two, but more often then not, it does get better. In my case I had to relearn to take appreciation in the little things again. And the only way you can do that, is taking it slow and let it build up gradually. And if it doesn't get better, you can always try talking to a professional who has dealt with depressions before.

However you feel now, you're not alone, and it's not permanent. Just take it day by day, and don't worry about the big picture more then is necessary. ~WO