Published on 12, July, 2020
I feel like I can relate to how you are feeling NAS90675. If I make plans, it is a miracle if I manage to achieve the things I have planned to do, even if they are things I want to do. However, I am a person who tends to take life one day at a time. If I fail to achieve the things I have planned, I try not to beat myself up about it. Tomorrow is another day, as they say.
For example, I have hobbies/interests that bring me pleasure, but I need to be in the right frame of mind to immerse myself in them. If the desire isn't there and I'm not experiencing the therapeutic benefits, then I see little point in engaging with those interests.
I have no advice to offer you. We are all different, so what works for one person may not work for another.
Sporadic Sparkly said:For example, I have hobbies/interests that bring me pleasure, but I need to be in the right frame of mind to immerse myself in them. If the desire isn't there and I'm not experiencing the therapeutic benefits, then I see little point in engaging with those interests
This is my problem as well. Although the things I used to really enjoy I feel unable to do now anyway, almost like I lost that zest, the passion I had. I work now, something I thought I would never be able to do but all my interests and hobbies are pushed aside.
I'm never in the right frame of mind for them and lack the interest I used to have which is a bit scary really.
I often say, "My get-up-and-go has got up and gone". With age, I have learned that there is no point worrying about it, as it will return if and when it is ready. For example, one of my hobbies has been "paused" for more than 18 months. I am confident I will get back into it at some point, but if I don't, then I don't.
That's a good approach, and a good way of looking at the situation. I wish I had that way of thinking but I am overly negative, not sure why exactly. It's probably the anxiety, that seems to be a big part of my life. I worry I'll never get back to things and my life is on a downward spiral. I'm hoping working will set me back on track.