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The horrific irony of under-stimulation. (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Under-stimulated -> depressed -> exhausted -> can't move -> under-stimulated

Under-stimulated -> anxious -> isolate yourself -> under-stimulated

I must've been a real badass in a past life to piss off so badly whichever God created me.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, I call this a "dope-crash".

I can tell it's happening, I'm low on brain-reward BECAUSE I'm not working on things that are meaningful or solving interesting problems or whatever.... And like timidly taking on a half-pipe, I don't have enough "juice" to make it to the other side and just settle in the middle... Well, crap, now what?

Too exhausted and sad to work on things that will make me feel less exhausted and sad > doubting self > loathing self > deep funk > hopefully wears off in a day or two...

I hate this cycle...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I had this happen a lot, then I was zapping around the TV aimlessly for hours.

It turned out I was out of energy. Mental battery empty.

One of the biggest changes was - I trained myself to have rest days where I do "nothing" every week (that is "nothing which taxes me. mentally", so also no meeting with friends or so). As long as I have enough energy left, I can compensate for a lot of stuff - so I make sure I have enough energy. (Playing on the console is fine, watching TV is fine, cooking is relaxing me, even doing a limited number of chores)

Those undestimulated days are rare now, compared to 4 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Under-stimulated -> extremely irresponsible impulsive acts with negative consequences. Sometimes severe.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'm in this picture and I hate it here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Stop it...stop reading my thoughts

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

Feels.

Also: Under-stimulated -> anxiety -> Have To Do Something, Anxiety Driving Me Nuts-> DO ALL THE THINGS -> stress!! -> stimulation burst because of stress -> overwork -> over-stimulated -> burnout -> depression -> under-stimulated

The neurospice flows strong in this one

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Having disciplined myself to break such downward spiral cycles helped. That is, if I feel stagnant, I force myself to do something, anything else. Maybe it could help you too?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey .. I'd like to sign up for your newsletter

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I do not have a newsletter nor I know what it has to do with the post.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think they were joking that you give good advice. I probably need to follow it too. Good tip.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep you're correct...it was a (bad) old Simpsons reference when someone had cromulent information

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oooh, cromulent. Nice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Also a lame Simpsons reference.

...

Excuse, can you please use the word in a sentence?

Very well, Cromulent is a hard word to spell

...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

If it's a joke, totally missed the point, so sorry to teamevil if I sounded too coarse. "<.<

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For me it's: under-stimulated -> nap time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

naptime ⟩ missed alarm ⟩ late to work ⟩ fired ⟩ understimulated