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A lot of hours in my day are spent vaguely trying to do things and feeling guilty about not doing them, but feeling too tired to focus or have motivation, and then just sort of.... waiting for the day to end so I can sleep and hope I have a bit more energy the next day.

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Occam’s Shaving Cream

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Jul 28, 2022

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@Aella_Girl

Long COVID, depression, or just ennui?

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I don't think any of those? This has been more or less the norm for me for the past decade.

2:17 AM · Jul 28, 2022

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Occam’s Shaving Cream

@OccamShaveCream

Jul 28, 2022

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Still the guilt tho? After a decade, that’s gotta be hard,

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I've oriented my life to help with the guilt by carefully removing anybody's expectations on me, mostly.

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Sounds like the typical executive dysfunction. Hours spent thinking “I should do this thing” and waiting for your body to start doing it and it never starts

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yesss, i absolutely have a lot of that

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Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes

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This sounds very similar to my own past experience. I eventually figured out it was mostly diet-related. Once I permanently transitioned to a low-carb, almost no grain, no cow’s milk diet things got a lot better for me. Wasn’t easy, took time & also involved some other measures.

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that's me. I find pockets of passion I can lose myself inside, but stepping out of that is like waking up from a good dream to realize "I'm still just here."

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Check your thyroid levels