I have something that has been bothering me for a long time. I wonder if Schizophrenia keeps a person from enjoying doing things. I have a hobby of playing board games and they seem more like a chore to do rather than pure enjoyment. I just wonder has anyone experienced this where things you are doing just felt like work?
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Yeah. I used to like to work outside. Now it’s hard for me. I hate it
Yes. The family loves to play games and it just seems like work to me. I have no fun whatsoever. I feel guilty, like there’s something wrong with me that I can’t just enjoy myself like everyone else does.
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pretty much everything outside of bumming it on the couch and watching TV feels like work. I’m starting to hate my volunteer work, it feels like a job. It’s supposed to be fulfilling, but It’s not like that anymore
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What do you volunteer to do?
Yes my days feel very mechanical, like i’m just going through the motions in just about everything i do. I don’t get much real enjoyment out of things i used to. I am schizoaffective and this is usually a sign for me that depression is upon me.
I feel like everything requires so much effort. I wish it didn’t feel this way all the time but I didn’t exactly choose to get schizophrenia. I also feel like I am going through the motions, it would be nice to remember what enjoying things was like. I think I remember how it felt, it’s been a while.
I enjoy doing nothing. Still missing work. Would like to have the selfdicipline for a routine. I just can’t get a grip.
I agree with all of you. When I have my day off, I just do nothing. When I supposed to play a game in my hobby, I procrastinate and do not get it done. This answers a lot of questions for me.
Uh, same, but I’m splitting the blame between my ticker and my arthritis.
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I enjoy stuff. It took years. They say the first 10 years are the hardest. So far I’m on year 7…
Currently enjoying leftover turkey in a homemade bun that I’m dipping into homemade gravy.
Life can be pretty sweet when you want it to be.
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Were you pixel b4?
No. I just have not posted for a while.
It does meds dont help none in this catagory. Ive been skateboarding lately and getting my old tricks back and the strength in my legs is returning but i just dont get that good feeling of doing it like i use to. Mines pretty much faded when i got on medication. But it was probably going to happen anyway since my voices kept trying to mess me up when id go for tricks. I enjoyed it but it was a little difficult to land when id be in the air and all of sudden id hear “fall now!” Hopefully this feeling subsides eventually…
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I hope so too. 1515
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Right like everything is pretty boring usually 
like my guy when is life going to be fun again
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I have been having a hard time with this lately. I don’t want to watch TV, play video games, read (I’ve been on the same book for weeks- a rarity for me), etc. I just don’t want to do anything because I don’t find it enjoyable. I want to, but I don’t. My husband laughs and laughs at things, and I force myself to sometimes, but I don’t find things funny most of the time. I feel so…flat. Everything is dull.
Being sza I also know when I lose interest in things a depression is coming on. Movies can take days to watch and any noise annoys me.
Ruh roh. Maybe that’s my issue. I’m sza-bipolar, and went really, really OCD, and manic. Now I can’t find pleasure in anything. I’m really sluggish and down. Crying and discouraged. I feel hopeless. I guess it’s not a good sign. I didn’t recognize it until you mentioned it about yourself, @ThePickinSkunk.
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