Anyone else feel sometimes it helps lessen suffering from avolition/anedhonia.
Not caring or having no interest kind of just makes it easier to do nothing.
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I don’t suffer from apathy. So I do beat myself up about not doing enough though.
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Yeah being detached makes you less involved in others ■■■■■■■■. It’s a double edge sword imo, isolation and disinterests are its own perks but inactivity is a major negative symptom drawback.
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Apathy is a sign my mental health is declining, at least for me.
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I dissociate a lot. Like if something bad happens i usually disconnect automatically.
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Been sitting on this. Though apathy makes it seem like a good thing not beating myself up or challenging myself. I’m losing interest in everything and withdrawing from society.
I don’t have much to post anymore as I have nothing to say except reply on some topics.
But I am not angry or mad or depressed. But never feel anything positive either.
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I thought if I didn’t care I wouldn’t get mad. I don’t think this works though.
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I try not care about the negative things and try and push them to the back of my mind, ‘out of sight, out of mind’ is a quote I try to live by, its ok to acknowledge a fault or a negative thing but I try ‘file it under bin’ as soon as I can in my brain.
But back to the original Question, I agree that its better to be interested and motivated to do things but a long time ago I had no drive, no motivation and that wasn’t on purpose bc the med and the illness was causing me to be tired and just not able to do anything,
When the meds were too strong I had no emotions or anything and so I didn’t feel pleasure in hobbies or interests so I rarely did anything ‘what’s the point of doing something if you get no pleasure out of it?’ it was another reason i wanted to change my med.
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I went ten years doing nothing but listening to national public radio and studying Spanish. I liked to walk and got out about 4 times a week. I cooked some. But most of the time I was doing nothing. It seemed like I never had anything to do. I couldn’t write, read, draw, play guitar, anything.
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Welcome to the life of boredom. I work full time but it’s more trouble some to keep me engaged during and off work. But just like you I don’t beat myself up about it and if I start to, I remind myself I’m different.
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