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Nonexistent Motivation...
... It's one of those days... You really don't feel like doing anything. Your body doesn't want to move and your mind doesn't want to process any information. Your emotions remain at a standstill. You crash. You break down...
... You find no motivation to do anything. Instead you ride the days away like a plank of wood in the ocean. Your mind drifts in and out of reality to the point where you no longer notice the change. All you have on your body is your pajamas or nothing at all. Why bother getting dressed when you have no drive to go out of your own room or even your own bed...
... Your body still craves food, but the food your get is not food your body needs. junk food or anything near you will do. You don't care what you eat, as long as it will shut off the growling in your belly. But even then you have no motivation to eat and just ride out the pain you feel, aiding your already down state...
... ' What's the point in anything ' is what your mind constantly thinks of. trying to find the answer to that question doesn't exist in your dull state. More questions pile in your mind. The more there are, the more you feel anchored down. Depression starts to kick in. You see no positive sides to life. You see nothing. You hear nothing. You feel nothing. The only thing you can feel is the coldness of the sheets on top of you as your curl in a ball and try to hide from the world around you...
... ' Screw You World ' you whisper to yourself. ' I don't care about anything. Why bother do anything if I don't feel the joys of accomplishment? Why bother caring if no one cares about me, even myself? ' You constantly think of reasons why you should remain under your bedsheets. You don't want to deal with anything the world has to offer. The only motivation you have right now is breathing...
... After the vast void of depression and sloth, you slowly start to feel motivated again to do something. Your mind snaps you out of your depressed state and you find yourself on your feet, dressed and ready to face what lies outside your front door.
There will be Hills and valleys in your life. Whenever you are in a valley, you will come across a hill in due time.
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This is how I felt for the last weeks, I still do......... I work in my uncle's shop and it's not going well at all, I got yelled at all week long and a lot of personal issues were exchanged! Just because my uncle did not pass the credit record check, and he relieved his frustration on me... It hurts a lot. But you're right the Hill will always be there, far but out there. Thank you very much, these words cheer me on.
Really well done on the art, the way you add lighting and shading is impressive, especially when the only colors you used are on the grey-scale.
Regarding the last paragraph in the description, it really reminded me of the lines Gerard Manley Hopkins' from poem "No Worst, There Is None"; "O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall/ Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed." I just found it interesting that people come to the same conclusion when it comes to a metaphor to describe depression.
Really great work, o-kemono, keep it up :D
Regarding the last paragraph in the description, it really reminded me of the lines Gerard Manley Hopkins' from poem "No Worst, There Is None"; "O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall/ Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed." I just found it interesting that people come to the same conclusion when it comes to a metaphor to describe depression.
Really great work, o-kemono, keep it up :D
I've been in that same place so many times. Asking myself "what's the point", "why bother", "who cares" etc.
Often times when I get like that I find myself conversing with...myself. When I ask what's the point sometimes the answer I get back is "I don't know, let's go see if we can find one." Sometimes the motivation is finding the motivation. It's circular in nature but at least it's something. And if nothing else it provides a gateway to finding something else to grab onto.
Often times when I get like that I find myself conversing with...myself. When I ask what's the point sometimes the answer I get back is "I don't know, let's go see if we can find one." Sometimes the motivation is finding the motivation. It's circular in nature but at least it's something. And if nothing else it provides a gateway to finding something else to grab onto.
I've been hear before. Sometimes even when I'm out of the house, though usually when I'm doing something I don't like. Like mowing a really bad lawn for the city (oy, why do people neglect them so much?). And some days I just feel down and don't want to do anything.
Thanks for the reminder that these things come to pass... they don't come to stay. I think a lot of us could use more reminders of this simple fact.
Thanks for the reminder that these things come to pass... they don't come to stay. I think a lot of us could use more reminders of this simple fact.
I can never stop remembering the biological side of everything. Willpower is fuelled by sugar. Wake up with empty tanks and your body instinctively commands you to refuel with the best resource available: ice cream. It's the only trick it knows, and if that doesn't work, you'll just keep eating until you feel motivated, or the supply is gone. Whichever comes first.
http://youarenotsosmart.com/2012/04.....ego-depletion/
http://youarenotsosmart.com/2012/04.....ego-depletion/
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