One of my symptoms of depression is wanting to quit everything I enjoy. The way I think of it is that I know how it used to feel and nothing feels good to me when I'm depressed so I feel like I don't enjoy what I'm doing anymore and I'm faking it, etc. I literally have spent hours depressed staring longingly at starbucks baristsas wishing that was my job instead of my current one.
It's hard to say - there's an element of truth that some things are too hard when depressed. But there's also the way anxiety makes things bigger than they are. Can you take a break, think about it a different way, etc?
At the same time, I see that you also feel like you're moving on from it. For me, for sure, bipolar shifted my hobbies and interests a little bit but also it can just be time moves on and you tire of things. Maybe add another hobby before you quit this one?
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dx: Bipolar I (Spring 2014).
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