Occasionally I have these days where I don’t feel like doing work or chores. So I’m thinking, why not just enjoy myself, do something that interests me?

But then I don’t find any motivation to do anything really. Not even the things I normally enjoy very much.

Typically I would then waste time browsing or watching videos, but that seems to make it worse. How to snap out of this?

  • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Light depression can be caused by a lot of things, and doesn’t mean you have clinical depression. Things that work for me:

    1. Be more active. No, I dont mean you have to go kill yourself working out. Just go for a short walk.
    2. Disconnect from media and technology. If you use social media, get away from it for 24 hours. People don’t talk about it enough but it’s literally engineered to give you constant dopamine so you get addicted to it. Overall if you’re in front of a computer all day, just get away from it and go make a trip. Even just to get groceries.
    3. Sleep. The one everyone loves making memes about. Truthfully though if your sleep schedule is super fucked, it can be a big problem causer. Not sure that’s a word. You get me though.

    Good luck friend. I’ve been there several times. Nothing sucks more than not knowing what to do to make yourself happy.