How to find a hobby

I know I can't get healthier if I don't keep myself involved in things I enjoy or make me happy. Try as I might, I can't seem to figure out what that is. How do you find a hobby or interest? I mean, lots of people try to tell me things they enjoy, I try them, but ultimately lack of motivation makes it feel like I'm forcing myself to be active, I'm not enjoying it. Then, I come to the point where I realize I have no purpose in life, I enjoy nothing. How can I find a healthy interest?

I have the same problem. It seems like anymore I can't find anything that I'm interested in doing. I know when I was younger I was interested in a laundry list of things and now it's like "blah. this again"
My cousin however tells me that if I pick something fun that I used to enjoy and stick with doing it over and over even though at the time it feels forced I will learn to enjoy it again when the depression starts to lift. To me that seems like a load of pooh but I've tried it and I've found that some arts and crafts really are interesting again.
This is just a suggestion to stick with it even when it's rough. Hope it helps, or at the very least lets you know that you aren't alone.
Kelly

same.

anyone interest i once had (very little anyway) has now gone.

their has to be something you enjoy doing?

even if it's something small.. that's a start

I think lack of intrest goes hand in hand with depression. I find myself doing things just to pass the time and not for actual enjoyment. Occasionally I will read a book or something that will inspire something inside. Ultimately I struggle not to fall back into that usual place in my head where I feel soulless. Gotta take it one day at a time.

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I just don't want to go on like this. Always feeling empty, bored. I try to enjoy things, find stuff to enjoy, it just all feels fake. I'm starting to feel like others around me are lying about what makes them happy. Here I'll try to explain:

Family: I'm an only child of divorced parents. My father is the most selfish individual I've ever met, I wouldn't ask him to spit on me if I was on fire. My mother is severely bipolar and OCD. My father refused to let her seek help or have medication, so I now realize, enduring 15 yrs of abuse from her wasn't entirely her fault. I still have no interest in trying a connection with her now. The rest of my family disowned me long ago when I came out of the closet.

Friends: Every one I ever thought was a friend has never been a friend. I currently accept my friendless position in life.

Church/God: (with the disclaimer that I mean no offense to those who are religious it's just my personal beliefs) Organized form of government with the scariest form of control

Kids: I have none, want none. Hate kids.

Outside: Too hot/cold. Bugs eating the h*** outta me. Exhaustion

I could go on and on. Including sports, tv, parties, cleaning, gardening, reading...Everything just takes more out of me and never gives anything back.

Happiness is apparently something I'm meant to live without. The med makes me feel better in general but it still doesn't get me of this couch, staring at nothing or living online...neither of which make me happy, but it's somehow the only thing I can muster up enough energy to accomplish.

Try-butterfly it's definitely something that goes with depression. And I find mood stabilizers I'm taking make me more unresponsive to enjoying things. Do you like to read? That's a huge thing for me can escape life for awhile. Hiking in some woods brings me out of a funk alot. Maybe it's the fresh air or just the beauty if everything. I'm trying to find enjoyment in little things. Even if dumb to someone else. I tried spinning classes. Had to be dragged in and now I'm a spin instructor. Made it a hobby that involves other people. Makes me stick to it. Community service is so rewarding. I volunteer alot to let me know I'm doing doing something good in life. That's a rewarding feeling and makes me feel like a million bucks. Just some suggestions. But I DO understand and get bored very very easily

Lol just crossed over a post with you. I'm sorry. You might want to tell me to "stick it" with my ideas. I'm
Sorry. But big hugs!!!

No don't stick it. I welcome any and all advice. I just can't seem to get started doing something. It becomes a waste of time for me, I dunno. But I do appreciate the advice Passion Maybe I should just pick some sort of hobby and make myself do it til I like it. My T, don't have one now, tried to lead me to finding 'small happiness' in life...and sad to admit but I ended up lying to her and saying that I liked coloring. She started buying me coloring books and new crayons and I felt too guilty to take it back. Seven years later I still don't have an answer and it kinda haunts me. I dunno.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to read my self pity....depression's a b**** and then it has puppies...

I will follow this thread with interest as I could've written the OP myself.

I suppose the boring and plodding way of setting goals helps me concentrate on any hobbies I am to develop. I guess I just need to be persistent in my attempts to maintain concentration and accumulate achievable goals. And I try not to make things too boring to me so the time passes quickly.(I hope I never fall asleep again in the middle of the day to a self hypnosis cd!)