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Apr 03, 2016, 05:40 PM
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Can anyone relate to the feeling of bored but equally overwhelmed by everything?
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Apr 03, 2016, 06:00 PM
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I think I have been in that state many times.
I think that's when I just want to run off and lose myself somewhere occupy my mind with with something fun and not think about everything for a while.
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Apr 03, 2016, 06:30 PM
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Last year when I felt that way was when adult coloring books became really valuable to me. I like to sew and was also able to make some Christmas gifts that were very repetitious while feeling something like that.
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Apr 03, 2016, 06:42 PM
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Yeah, I get that way too.
It makes a lot of sense if you think about it. You're so overwhelmed by *everything* that you find it hard to do *anything*. Then when you don't do anything, you feel bored. |
| fishin fool, jacky8807, Wanderlust90
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#5
Apr 03, 2016, 06:47 PM
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Yes for sure.
Particularly after I'd lost my job at one stage and wasn't working for 18 months. |
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Apr 03, 2016, 06:52 PM
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Im glad it makes sense to others. I think it may be related to anhedonia. I WANT desperately to be able to feel content & enjoy something but I'm overwhelmed by negative thoughts when I try & so become so conflicted I don't know what I'm feeling.
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Apr 03, 2016, 07:53 PM
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I can definitely relate to feeling overwhelmed and bored.
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Apr 03, 2016, 08:55 PM
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Boy, me too.
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Apr 03, 2016, 09:00 PM
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Yep I get that way too.
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Apr 03, 2016, 09:52 PM
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I'm going through the exact same thing right now. And from what I've picked up from your other posts, you and I have a similar history. Right now my failure to find pleasure in anything is my biggest downfall. Just last night I listened to my "favorite" music for the first time in over a year...and I couldn't even get into it. I'm going to tackle it with a stabilizer change first and if worse comes to worse... An AD 
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Apr 03, 2016, 10:53 PM
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Apr 04, 2016, 06:21 AM
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 Take your time to try and adjust to other meds and dosages. First your body should adjust and then you can adjust the dosage(s). It's like doing science: change only one variable at a time and control (for) the rest. Keep notes of objective markers, keep a strict routine. A Chinese proverb I thought up quite recently: "Carrying a bucket of water, filled to the rim, without spilling takes only two hands and dexterity." In other words, you will never succeed if meds/hands keep pulling that bucket/mind in different directions without fine adjustment.
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Apr 04, 2016, 06:27 AM
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Works both ways. Cyclical mild, mental "torture".
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Apr 04, 2016, 06:31 AM
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I blame it on borderline suppression (in my experience). Maybe for you as well (can't be sure, of course).
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Mania kills cells. Brain cells die. Memories become more reduced conceptually, making more efficient use of limited means. Memories shape our reality. Our memories are more or less split in two by abstractions, conceptual reductions. Mood states with memories, concepts, attached. Memories of pain and those of joy. It causes instability, changeability. Fearing that will leave an emptiness between pain and joy and a greater divide. See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me. |
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Apr 04, 2016, 08:56 AM
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I feel the same when I'm depressed (right now). It's hard to get the ball rolling again.
And, of course, without action, boredom comes. |
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