Hi guys,
I would love to play more video games and watch movies and series but i cant. I dont know if its a lack of concentration or if i have lost interest. I still want to so perhaps its just motivation.
Has anyone had this symptom and what was the cause and solution?
Peace.
I don’t know the solution? Pre-sz I could play for hours. Now I have to force myself. The same goes for watching movies and reading. It’s really hard, it’s like I can’t get absorbed by things. My ability to focus sucks.
These days I just lie on the couch and mindlessly browse things online. Then I rest.
Do you drink coffee? It could help.
Evian’s I’ve lost interest in movies long ago so I watch you Tube instead and I really don’t like playing video games anymore.
Maybe some physically exercise would improve some of those abilities.
I watch tv, I read books etc.
No problem
I have got back into gaming recently
Stopped for about 8 years as I had this problem
Now it’s ok
Thats the keyword, absorbed. I also dont get pulled into things like i used to.
Coffee tends to work but the side effects in anxiety and upset stomach make it unbearable.
I will try to e exercise more. The combination of exercising a few times in the week and drinking coffee seems to make the symptoms much better, but the side effects of the caffeine for me are a deterrent
Evian I couldn’t agree more. I started to walk 2 us miles one week ago and I already feel much better.
I can’t read or watch movies/TV as much as I used to because of anxiety and some low-level depression (which causes more disinterest). Books are deliberately full of conflict and tension to keep readers hooked. Movies do the same thing to the viewers. Also, I think at some point I got tired of watching other people live their lives, and now I want to have more of a life. I’m trying to figure out how to do this.
I have the same types of problems. I’m sorry. I don’t have the solutions. I don’t know why we get this way but it happens unfortunately.
Its called negative symptoms mate. This topic crops up a lot over the years on here.
One of the criteria for Sz, can be “lack of enjoyment”. Or as they call it, flat response.
Benzo’s help - as does a drink or two.
The amount of cash i have spent chasing it, is shocking - you tend to do a bit too much retail therapy, thinking it will make you feel better.
Some times, you just gotta lump it, im afraid.
I actually want to do these things, I just can’t or rather I want to but I don’t like or enjoy during the process… I might just have to live with it.
I don’t play.
I feel trapped in a video game or tv show
try some reality testing, to get out
Funnily enough i know what you mean mate. Seems like a “bit of a chore” to enjoy yourself, doesnt it?
There’s no way out.
The more you try,
the deeper you get
I had this when SZ first hit me. I decided that I was going to do things I enjoyed again like watching TV and playing games and reading books. I set small goals like reading a few paragraphs. And then a few pages. And then a chapter. With games I’d play for give minutes. And then ten. And so on.
I got it back by pushing myself, but it wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t pushed. Recovery is something you have to chase, not something that comes to you.
Im gonna get all psychological here. But let it flow over your head. Accept the things you cannot change. And sometimes, like in relationships, the moment you “stop trying too hard” , The magic usually happens.
Have Faith in yourself.
“Don’t quit five minutes before the miracle.”
I have difficulty doing my old hobbies. Some I have just accepted it’s not the proper time to pursue, like painting. Others I have been struggling with and I think I am making some headway. I still don’t like to watch a movie, unless it is a non-comedy that is playing on tv with commercials. That I can do sometimes or I’ll have it on in the background and watch scenes from in the kitchen. I am getting better at watching documentaries. I don’t play much video games in general but I get the feeling of a hobby being a chore. I am trying to find new hobbies currently.