[festidump]

Stumbled across this and it resonated. Any comments?

Aboulomania (from Greek a–, meaning "without", and boulē, meaning "will")[1] is a mental disorder in which the patient displays pathological indecisiveness. (Wiki quote so not sure if accurate: )

Personal analysis (Analysis paralysis) Casual analysis paralysis can occur during the process of trying to make personal decisions if the decision-maker overanalyzes the circumstance with which they are faced. When this happens, the sheer volume of analysis overwhelms the decision-maker, weighing him or her down so much that they feel overwhelmed with the task, unable to make a rational conclusion.


I get this when asked if I want a cup of tea.

I went out with my husband for a coffee earlier in the week, when we got into the village where we live he asked me where I wanted to go. There are only 3 places I could choose. He had to coax a decision out of me and I hastily gave up and answered "This one!" and pointed to the closest place out of a sheer bloody inability to process all the ins and out of each place and decide on the least disastrous option. Not the best option, just not the worst one.


Am I alone in feeling this?

[vital]

Originally Posted by festidump

Stumbled across this and it resonated. Any comments?

Aboulomania (from Greek a–, meaning "without", and boulē, meaning "will")[1] is a mental disorder in which the patient displays pathological indecisiveness. (Wiki quote so not sure if accurate: )

Personal analysis (Analysis paralysis) Casual analysis paralysis can occur during the process of trying to make personal decisions if the decision-maker overanalyzes the circumstance with which they are faced. When this happens, the sheer volume of analysis overwhelms the decision-maker, weighing him or her down so much that they feel overwhelmed with the task, unable to make a rational conclusion.


I get this when asked if I want a cup of tea.

I went out with my husband for a coffee earlier in the week, when we got into the village where we live he asked me where I wanted to go. There are only 3 places I could choose. He had to coax a decision out of me and I hastily gave up and answered "This one!" and pointed to the closest place out of a sheer bloody inability to process all the ins and out of each place and decide on the least disastrous option. Not the best option, just not the worst one.


Am I alone in feeling this?

Hi festi,

You're not alone. Actually, I think that your observation is very significant. It makes me think that you might like these notes:

http://egg.bu.edu/~youssef/SNAP_CLUB...0164151576.pdf

- vital

[Fizzyo]

Hi festi, you are not alone, I have this problem when I'm really low. I have been known to burst into tears when asked to make a similar simple choice, or, recently to go distant and muddled. It will improve when you get better and you have more space in your head to process information. Hang on in there. We are willing you to get better.

[festidump]

Thanks for the replies, they helped. Loved the pdf Vital.