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Depression and escapism?

User Profile: tobecontinued
tobecontinued September 18th, 2016

For the past several days, I have mustered up the strength to go to school, go to work, shower, but that's all.

I don't feel like doing anything except sleeping. This has happened before, but before, I was actually feeling sad. This time, I'm generally in a good mood. Just tired and mentally distracted (I can't focus on anything) and lonely - but too concerned about wasting more time by socializing.

Like I don't have a grip on reality. Anyone else experiencing this? Is it depression, ADHD, laziness, or fatigue?

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User Profile: LaaLa
LaaLa September 19th, 2016

That's how I am most of the time too. Honestly I think it's just mental fatigue. It's genuinely tiring to be depressed all day, because all you can focus on is your own depression. Putting forth the effort to do other things while your mind's obsessed with depressed thoughts is just really difficult, so it's not surprising that you feel at ease when you have a day or two to just...let yourself not care.

You're definitely not alone in feeling this way, and I don't think there's anything wrong with feeling the need to escape for a while.