I literally do NOTHING all day.

Hellhound

Super Moderator
Same here, almost no activity... Being on the computer, talking to friends and drawing is what saves me from staying in bed all day. Art school is another thing that saves me from total inactivity. I just have no energy to do things, even if I wanted to. Is that depression? I've been told that I have it...
 

philly2bits

Well-known member
Same here, almost no activity... Being on the computer, talking to friends and drawing is what saves me from staying in bed all day. Art school is another thing that saves me from total inactivity. I just have no energy to do things, even if I wanted to. Is that depression? I've been told that I have it...

That's how depression hits me. Although I would describe it for me as a lack of motivation rather then lack of energy. I am able to get out of bed and do things but I have no drive to do them. For the most part I am just going through the motions.
 

FountainandFairfax

in a VAN down by the RIVER
I'm sorry, but the title of this thread made me laugh.

Not because I judge or because I think it's ridiculous, but because I'm in the same boat. I had someone ask me the other day "What do you do all day long?" And I just went blank, I didn't know what in the world to say. "Keep myself distracted." was the answer I finally spit out, and they must have thought it sounded pretty depressing because they quickly changed the subject.

Ha Ha
 

boosh

Well-known member
i'm stuck at home the majority of the time, it's horrible. sometimes i sneak outside at night by myself to relax myself. it feels really peaceful walking around at night, but i generally wish i could actually have somewhere to go and see people. i hate being a recluse...:rolleyes:
 

FountainandFairfax

in a VAN down by the RIVER
That's exactly what I do too.
Here I am on the 4th of July (US Independence Day) and I'm just sitting here, alone, listening to people outside doing fireworks and having fun.
Holidays like this (Especially New Years) make me feel so depressed!

I just have nowhere to go. . .and nothing to do.

Although, recently, I've been going on more often. . its still annoying to be stuck at home the majority of the time.

I was asked to go out tonight, but here I sit. I'm getting better at covering my shyness, but I'm not ready for a full-on assault like that yet.

The engine starts to shudder when I push it into "over-socialize" mode.
 

chris11

Well-known member
Yeah. I've been in your situation, and it's not very satisfying--enless your engaged in a hobby that you love. Generally, I am an isolated person (not saying that this is a bad thing), and I'm not happy enless I'm pursuing something that I'm curious about. So, perhaps, your a similar personality. Find something that you're curious about and learn as much as you can about it. You would be suprissed at how quickly you'll be able to come up with creative ideas in your interest/hobby.
 

ripewithdecay

Well-known member
Do you have your license/a car? I find that it's much harder to get out and do anything without your own vehicle.

Transit is ok once in a while, but if i had my own ride id be going all over the place, probably leaving town once in a while too. That way it's also way easier to meet up with friends. its not impossible with out one, but when you have a car its just so much easier making plans and stuff.
 

IAMN

Well-known member
I agree there are plenty of things to do despite SA or depression, but without a job/school it can get pretty dull. I try to make my time on the laptop "productive"... ie writing on this forum is starting to become productive... writing a story... reading the news/science journals etc. Being creative can really lift your mood. I'm not sure of your area, but around here there are lots of secluded wooded/rural areas... scout it using goggle earth, then bike it/jog it/hike it and plot your progress. I find this activity one of the most rewarding, and the best part is it gets me further away from civilization. Good luck.
 

Wishmaster

Well-known member
You aren't alone. I haven't even been swimming this summer. I don't have a job, I haven't been practicing driving in weeks even though I've been due to go get my license for a while now. I pretty much just read, watch TV, play video games (mostly RuneScape lol), and talk a little bit to my online friends.

In a way I'm looking forward to school starting back, but I'm sure that will go away as soon as it starts.
 

SociallyAwkwardAndShy

Well-known member
I'm the same way. I'm online most of the day, It's so embarrassing, especially when i'm asked what i've done over the weekend or even that day.
I think if i had a car and license then i would go out and do more things i enjoy and join more clubs. I guess that's something i will try to work on instead of sitting online all day.:)
 

Fighter86

Well-known member
Same here, almost no activity... Being on the computer, talking to friends and drawing is what saves me from staying in bed all day. Art school is another thing that saves me from total inactivity.

Work is pretty much the thing that saves me from inactivity although I HATE my current job now. Don't really talk much to people online or in real life, with the exception of colleagues because I have to, haven't been talking much to family either, really, everything that can go wrong seems to be going wrong in my life, not sure what to say.


I just have no energy to do things, even if I wanted to.

Same here, I pretty much can't summon up the strength to do daily essentials like taking care of the general cleanliness of my room, haven't maintain my expenditure log book for a month, and oh, need to look up and sort out the job adverts since I hate my job so much, but no strength for that either. Basically a walking zombie doing the basic minimal I have to do, no strength left for anything else :eek:
 
what helped me was to focus on just one thing to accomplish.

at first, it was anything - but as long as I could accomplish that, I could feel good about myself.

Then I could move on to bigger things. The trick was to START SMALL!
 

Waybuloo

Well-known member
I am staying with the inlaws atm, and it is driving me up the wall! I seek refuge in the bedroom and feel ever so inadequate when I go downstairs. I am even starting to feel resentful that my OH has better social skills than me. Problems seem so much worse when there are people around than not.

So yeah, I am just bumming around upstairs, in Wales, with the cows outside my window, with rain and the cold outside thinking about home where it is hot and sunny.
 

SplosionDude

Active member
Yeah, this is the aspect of the summer holidays I hate. My days are made up of:

-Video games
-Bass
-Mindlessly (and I really do mean mindlessly) searching the internet. I'm not even looking for anything half the time. I'm just hoping to find something to distract me for a while I guess
-TV
-Listening to music


I haven't left the house since Friday. It's depressing.
 
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