[Tnttiger124]

So, for a while now, i'd say for about the past 7 years at least, i've been slowly losing interest in basically everything i used to enjoy. I don't enjoy books i used to love, i've lost interest in a lot of music i used to enjoy, and i can't stay interested in a game for more than maybe half way through it anymore. I'm trying to figure out if there's something wrong with me as i haven't been able to get to a psychiatrist and i'd rather not make my family worry about me from it. Any help with figuring this out would be greatly appreciated.

[Kaprizzz]

It may or it may not be something wrong with you. Interests change as we change. Is there something new you are interested in? Maybe it is just time for you to stop playing games or choose completely new types of books? You need to ask yourself what you really want. You may find the answer. If there is no answer that you might have a problem. They say it is one of the signs on depression but it is not always so. I was always a very social person but at some point of my life I started liking being alone. I would decline party invitations, stopped calling my friends as often as I used to, and preferred working out at home other than at a gym as I used to. I was really worried about such changes. I went to a professional and was diagnosed with depression, put on drugs, and I started a therapy. I didn't feel any changes so I stopped. Now, several years later, I understand that I just changed. I wasn't depressed. I just became different. I didn't like my old interests anymore. I became less social but apparently it was time for me to spend more time with myself other than with other people. I stopped reading but I started writing. Changes are not always bad. However, if you feel like you don't want anything at all, you need a professional help.

[avlady]

I agree with Kaprizz. i hope you can get a professional opinion.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by Tnttiger124

So, for a while now, i'd say for about the past 7 years at least, i've been slowly losing interest in basically everything i used to enjoy. I don't enjoy books i used to love, i've lost interest in a lot of music i used to enjoy, and i can't stay interested in a game for more than maybe half way through it anymore. I'm trying to figure out if there's something wrong with me as i haven't been able to get to a psychiatrist and i'd rather not make my family worry about me from it. Any help with figuring this out would be greatly appreciated.

with in my own body this is called normal and many other mental and physical health problems.

my suggestion /advice would be to not take the self diagnosing way because you can cause yourself more harm then good. Contact a treatment provider. if you are in the USA all you need to do is contact your insurance company, they will give you the information on what treatment providers are listed on your insurance plan. some insurance companies assign you a medical, mental and dental treatment provider at the time you sign up\register with them, so you may already have a psychiatrist and not know it, check your paperwork that the insurance company gave you or call them.

heads up starting with in the next few months those with out health insurance will be getting fined (its a law now that every american citizen must have basic health insurance) if you dont have insurance yet contact your social services department. they will be able to tell you if you fit the low income state insurance plans. and if not tell you how to go about getting registered for health insurance. the government website that is like going shopping for insurance plans open periodically through out the year, you can also keep an eye on that and register for a state or private insurance plan that fits your needs there too its https://www.healthcare.gov/

[sadp8r]

Originally Posted by Tnttiger124

So, for a while now, i'd say for about the past 7 years at least, i've been slowly losing interest in basically everything i used to enjoy. I don't enjoy books i used to love, i've lost interest in a lot of music i used to enjoy, and i can't stay interested in a game for more than maybe half way through it anymore. I'm trying to figure out if there's something wrong with me as i haven't been able to get to a psychiatrist and i'd rather not make my family worry about me from it. Any help with figuring this out would be greatly appreciated.

Hi I just wanted to write and say what has worked has worked...I know there have been times in my life before i was diagnosed with BiPolar That i felt the same way...just lost interest in everything....tho before i got into recovery I drank,,,,and had to work to pay bills...since being in recovery tho i had a relapse a couple years ago (when I joined PC)...i found Pc to be a huge support.....also sometimes i had To force myself to get back into things slowly...Like my art work for one and recently started journaling again...kust try Your best to do a little each day and also if Youre not able and skip a day or two try not to get down and just try again.....i hope this helped a little my friend hang in there and Dont give up OK

[Tnttiger124]

As much as i appreciate everyone's responses, i feel i need to elaborate a bit more on what's going on. Basically, when i was little, i was super energetic like most kids, but a bit more than normal, i used to be really outgoing, loved just about everything i did, and didn't have much of a care in the world. Now, as the years have passed i've become little more than a distant shadow of that personality and am more distant in general from others. I find i really just hate a lot of people, including myself, i don't ask for anything at all from my parents, i worry about bills even though i don't need to pay any and never have, i can't get into a game even if i absolutely loved it just the week before, and over time i've lost interest in things more and more quickly. It's like no matter what i do i just can't get into anything, i get pissed off at things super easy, and i just feel like sleeping all day even if i'm not tired, just because i feel i have nothing else to do. It's made me feel like i want to cry so often and i've already noticed my stress levels are at least high, though i'm not sure due to not having gone to a professional as i have no way to get to one on my own, and i don't want to make my family worry if something's wrong with me, i prefer to just leave my family out of my issues. I just really don't know what to do anymore and i really don't have anyone to talk to or anything, i don't have any friends irl, i don't want my family at all involved in anything to do with me, and i have no shoulder to cry on when i really need it. My personal quote is "People cry, not because they are weak. It's because they've been strong, for too long.", honestly i'm not even sure where i even heard it but it just stuck with me. Sorry for the rant, i feel as if it sorta got a bit derailed there...point is i don't know what to do and i'm losing interest in things faster and faster every day, at the rate it's going it just feels like soon, i'll go to sleep loving something, just to wake up an hour later and find i just really don't want to do it because it's just not fun to me.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by Tnttiger124

As much as i appreciate everyone's responses, i feel i need to elaborate a bit more on what's going on. Basically, when i was little, i was super energetic like most kids, but a bit more than normal, i used to be really outgoing, loved just about everything i did, and didn't have much of a care in the world. Now, as the years have passed i've become little more than a distant shadow of that personality and am more distant in general from others. I find i really just hate a lot of people, including myself, i don't ask for anything at all from my parents, i worry about bills even though i don't need to pay any and never have, i can't get into a game even if i absolutely loved it just the week before, and over time i've lost interest in things more and more quickly. It's like no matter what i do i just can't get into anything, i get pissed off at things super easy, and i just feel like sleeping all day even if i'm not tired, just because i feel i have nothing else to do. It's made me feel like i want to cry so often and i've already noticed my stress levels are at least high, though i'm not sure due to not having gone to a professional as i have no way to get to one on my own, and i don't want to make my family worry if something's wrong with me, i prefer to just leave my family out of my issues. I just really don't know what to do anymore and i really don't have anyone to talk to or anything, i don't have any friends irl, i don't want my family at all involved in anything to do with me, and i have no shoulder to cry on when i really need it. My personal quote is "People cry, not because they are weak. It's because they've been strong, for too long.", honestly i'm not even sure where i even heard it but it just stuck with me. Sorry for the rant, i feel as if it sorta got a bit derailed there...point is i don't know what to do and i'm losing interest in things faster and faster every day, at the rate it's going it just feels like soon, i'll go to sleep loving something, just to wake up an hour later and find i just really don't want to do it because it's just not fun to me.

I am sorry you are going through this, unfortunately we are not able to diagnose \ tell you what this is with in you. here all we can do is tell you whether we have gone through it and what our own treatment providers call it in....our selves.

to find out what is going on with in you , you will need to contact a treatment provider (medical doctor, therapist or psychiatrist) in your own off the computer location.

for example you said you worry about bills. in me this is called normal stress related to being an adult partly responsible with my wife for three children a home and pets. I deal with this stress by talking with my wife and with my therapist.

suggestion...maybe you can find a way to talk with someone you trust or locate a therapist that can help you with your worries about your bills.

another example of what we do here....

you posted that sometimes you go to sleep with a plan and then when you wake up you dont want to do that any more... in me this is veeerrry normal. my wife and I make plans for what to do the next day but many times when we wake up those plans are scrapped either because one or the other doesnt want to do that any more or because circumstances cause that change (weather, childrens needs and what have you) my point with in me and my family changing plans is just normal.

suggestion maybe you can contact a treatment provider who can diagnose whether this is normal or not with in you.

see what I mean we cant tell you what your problems add up to, make a diagnosis of your problems all we can do is tell you whether we go through the same thing and how we handled that same problem. and make suggestions that may help but only you and your treatment providers can decide whats what in you and what you should or have to do about your problems.

[Tnttiger124]

I don't mean to offend but...it honestly appears you didn't quite...how to put it...understand? exactly what i said in some bits, like you might've overlooked a couple key words in what i said. I don't want to be rude but i would suggest re-reading what i had said as a couple things you seem to have ignored with the parts you specifically picked out.