Feeling blah

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Feeling blah
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Wed, 07-26-2006 - 10:59am

I don't know why, but I have absolutely no motivation to do anything these days.

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Wed, 07-26-2006 - 12:46pm

I think we all have phases of no motivation. My friend calls it "cocooning" -- saying sometimes we just need time to not do anything and recharge our batteries.

Good luck when you start school again. I hope the new batch of kids are nice to you and fun. :)

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Wed, 07-26-2006 - 3:01pm

That's exactly how i felt when I had depression. Like you, I thought it wasn't depression because I wasn't feeling sad, just blah and uninterested/unmotivated about anything. Luckily my therapist was smart enough to inform me otherwise and convince me to get on anti-depressants ASAP. I was highly doubtful they would work since I really didn't believe I was depressed, but after 8 weeks, they really worked and that "blah" feeling disappeared and my excitement for life/activities returned. I think one of the biggest misconceptions out there is it can only be depression if you're feeling really sad--that's not all depression is!!!

Please trust me--its not just lack of motivation its depression. Especially since you've said you're isolated in the summer when you aren't teaching--my started that way too (from isolation), and I've since learned being isolated can trigger depression--its like the more time you spend alone the more time you WANT to be alone and have no desire to see other people. All I wanted to do was stay and home and sleep. If I was out, I was just looking forward to going back home--even when I was out with my best friends. If I was you, I'd force myself to get out and about people more--if that doesn't return your motivation after about 2 weeks, I seriously consider seeing a doctor for depression...I personally let mine go on way too long and now am so angry about all that time I wasted just thinking I had "lost my motivation" when I could have been using that time to get better and back to living! Even now that I am off the anti-depressants, I know if I go to long without forcing myself to engage in social activities I start to get that blah feeling all over again and have to force myself to engage more. Please see a doctor!

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Thu, 07-27-2006 - 12:14pm
I sure know how you feel.
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Thu, 07-27-2006 - 1:15pm

I think going back to school and being around people will help a lot.

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Thu, 07-27-2006 - 1:53pm

Yeah, I hear ya about the expense of medicine!

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Thu, 07-27-2006 - 3:12pm

I didn't know your dad had cancer.