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Yes, I wish people would stop consulting various buzzwords and tech ideals and, instead, suggest OP see a therapist. This sounds like depression to me.
by CardenB 11y ago
Yes, I wish people would stop consulting various buzzwords and tech ideals and, instead, suggest OP see a therapist. This sounds like depression to me.
- anhedonisticguy 11y agoI would caution against calling it depression, which is a set of symptoms classified as a disease and really can only be evaluated by a professional. However, I recently went through a period of anhedonia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhedonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhedonia), which may be what OP is experiencing. Things that I found that worked: exercise for pleasure (riding my bike!). Connecting with people (one-on-one -- i'd always been part of a big group before). Learning new things, new challenges. Yoga. A book that helped me a lot was Frankl's "A man's search for meaning". I realized that I had a bit of fight club nihilism in me because I never chose my purpose in life, and so was just sitting on the metaphorical treadmill of existentialistic wallowing.
- reinhardt 11y agoAre you me? Though mine lasts for several (many) years and other than exercise (gym 4-5 days/week) I haven't found a something that works or anything resembling a life purpose.
- CardenB 11y agoI wasn't advising anyone to self diagnose. In fact the opposite. It sounds like depression. See a therapist!