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I seem to be loosing interests in hobbies i was passionate about to the point where i think they are ridiculous, only to find myself passionate about something else for weeks or months, and then find that interest-hobby ridiculous. I get to the point where i don't even know why i was interested in what i was doing, and have regret about it. Anybody relate to this?
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Have you tried talking to your therapist about this? I find I get like this when I fall off the stability train and move into depression or hypomania.
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I agree with Shazerac. I've done the same thing when I've been in a depression.
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My wife says my actual hobby is collecting hobbies.
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Yeah, I relate.......been thinking of selling off all my supplies for years but I get spurts where I can enjoy them a little bit. My husband begs me not to sell them off.....he knows what they mean to me but if I can't enjoy them I don't know. I started my first business from my hobby over 20 years ago. Didn't make a ton but enough to support the hobby which isn't cheap. The hobby has changed forms a few times in a slight way but has been consistent. Part of the love of my hobby is engaging with customers who enjoy my art. I lost my ability to engage with these people, I lost my drive, my passion, creativity. My hobby requires VERY FINE DETAILS and I shake and can't do the same quality of work as I did previous. It's heartbreaking and makes me so sad I cry when I try. I've shed so many tears over my hobbies. My depression and anxiety are holding me back and it's been so long. I hold onto a sliver of hope that my desire to live and create will come back to me. That my health will improve and nerves settle. I need glasses....I need a magnifying light.....maybe there is hope...,.. We shall see.
I got some yarn for a crochet project but can't seem to care enough to start it. I started it but felt sick and the interest faded. I used to care and love to create so much, now it's gone. Oh well, not everyone has hobbies or enjoys life. That seems to be the theme.....as long as I'm stable I just need to get over it I guess. I will bring this up in therapy. It's pointless though.....I'm not stupid.....if there were a solution to this I'd have figured it out in all these years. People try to encourage me, they mean well. I'd give anything for my passion to return. Almost anything.....can't stop my meds as I will lose my family if I go crazy again. Meds might play a role.....some say they do play a role in creativity and others say that's silly. Regardless of the cause, I'm in the same boat. Maybe I just need to learn something new. My whole life has been filled with me seeking out and learning new things. I'm proficient in many things but only good at a few. I just don't know. |
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It's not just hobbies everything is in flux from the type of music I like to the work I want to do---nothing is safe.
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Yes, my interests and hobbies and music choices are constantly changing especially with mood shifts. A lot of them come back around as mood shifts occur again. Some things never come back around. I think a little of it is normal, but those of us with BP probably experience it to a much greater degree.
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Sound like me. I'm usually like this when hypo or mixed. I've always called them obsessions even before I was diagnosed. When the interest is happening I don't realize that I'm obsessing until the episode is gone.
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I guess I've done the classic spend money on things I later don't care about. I don't think I have the concentration for hobbies much anymore. My old hobbies abandoned.
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Yes yes yes. It’s almost like a personality change for me. I have periods where I’m so into something then a week later I don’t touch it again. Games on my phone, the adult coloring book phase, now Ive been knitting scarfs. We’ll see how long that lasts! My bf said “you’re so funny, you get into something then change it a week later!” I don’t find it too funny though. I asked my T and she said it just means I’m “growing out of things”. I don’t know about that either. It does concern me.
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Certain things I know not to get rid of. I am an awful musician but I know I will keep fooling with it every now and then. I won't get rid of my little MIDI keyboard or my walnut penny whistle. I don't play the whistle well, but once I became a wooden whistle/flute maker; I was terrible at it and sold most of them on eBay as toys or props. But I made a few that were okay and one that was perfect. I have that one.
I thought woodcarving was going to be a forever hobby but I need to sell off those dusty tools. Arthritis is a contributing factor. I may take up clay sculpting instead. Drinking was one of my hobbies but I gave that up. __________________ | |Up and down |And in the end it's only round and round |Pink Floyd - Us and Them | |bipolar II, substance use disorder, ADD |lamictal, straterra | |
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Thanks for all the replies. I seem to be hyper focused on something for weeks or months. Then i find myself with lack of interest in anything, and during that time of lack of interest i find myself in constant worry about anything and everything with gloom. Eventually I'll find something else that will keep my interest and give me that spark again, but it wont last too long, and i know whats coming next.
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