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How the hell do people stay productive? My brain occasionally and randomly just decides to stop giving me any motivation to do anything for days to sometimes weeks at a time. Do other ppl with normal lives not have this happen? What is wrong with my brain?

Idk doesn't happen to me
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Happens to me sometimes
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Happens to me a lot
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Im almost never motivated
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Aella

@Aella_Girl

And by not motivated it's like, my income is dropping a lot cause I'm not keeping up with advertising or shooting content. I'm not responding to messages people are sending me, I'm abandoning projects I set for myself

11:33 PM · Nov 25, 2020

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Are you depressed?

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I don't think so? Whenever I read depression symptom lists they all involve stuff like feelings of worthlessness and sadness and I don't have any of that.

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James”Jamie” Aaron Thomas

@JThomasOfficial

Nov 26, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

Basing this off a couple of comments and personal experience but could be a low grade depression paired with ADHD

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I am diagnosed with ADD

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I’m pretty much never motivated but I think it’s more about being disciplined and having a schedule. I find things like the pomodoro method really good for getting me to actually do work.

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Burnout from quarentine/covid combined with not getting enough social interaction?

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It's all about setting small, daily goals. And, having downtime and rest on the schedule is essential. Our brains will always burn out if there is not a light at the end of the tunnel.

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i'm kinda in this state rn too. I know what I have to do to make quite a substantial amount of money, and it's work that I am personally passionate about in the abstract (it's writing ebooks that help people), but right now I really don't want to do it, i don't wanna do anything

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Think the whole mess out there lot of uncertainty no one knows how long or what will happen tomorow. We need to get back to normal so people are living and not beat down for wanting to stretch

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"If you want it badly enough..." - nope. Desire to do a thing, motivation to do a thing, these have no influence on executive dysfunction. Even if it's not severe enough to merit the search for a diagnosis, burnout is a real thing that can inflict very similar symptoms.