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YoukaiSlayer posted...

Set some sort of goal to work towards like getting in shape or making something that interests you (art, music, games, etc). Sometimes just mixing things up can help to. Play an online game that requires teamwork like an MMO.

I really struggle to get up every day cause of my illness. All I can really manage to do is watch youtube videos and feel miserable. I just try to find small things to look forward to or occupy my mind with like a particular scheduled youtube video or learning about cooking (even though I can only eat plain brown rice). Theres actually so many entirely different ways to live your life that most people would just never consider. I remember watching a video of a guy that was a software engineer and got bored so he sold his house, bought a boat and set it up to be as self sufficient as possible, and has lived 10 years on the ocean in his boat only stopping at ports every several months to restock.

Theres people out there living the farm life. There's other cultures. There's so many passions to really submerge yourself into. Odds are something out there would be pleasant for you and give you a reason to wake up in the morning and hopefully have you impatient to wake back up when you are tired and need to go to bed.

I have been thinking about starting FFXIV. I do think this slump is partly due to the lack of socialization I've had since COVID began. That's probably a big part of why I've returned to this message board as well.

I appreciate the effort. I've actually worked on farms before (through volunteering with a local urban organization as well as with WWOOF), as well as lived in other cultures (most recently I lived in Sierra Leone for nearly a year). I think another part of the depression is I was supposed to move to Japan last month, but that's been postponed due to COVID. It's hard finding a passion to keep me occupied in the mean time. I've spent the last few months catching up on all the PS4 games I've missed, but I need a deeper passion aside from video games. I like to write and create a lot of stories and poems, but inspiration has been hard to find lately.

GunslingerGunsl posted...

Place your alarm/phone on the other side of the room so you have to get out of bed to turn it off. Then, once you're up, go for a walk around the block.

Only problem with that plan is that right now I don't need or use an alarm. :/

SunWuKung420 posted...

I treasure my existence.

You can value existence while still being in a depressive slump.