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I have a serious apathy problem

Discussion in 'Self Improvement' started by AtomicTango, Jan 20, 2018.

  1. AtomicTango

    AtomicTango Fapstronaut

    Well I relapsed today, and realised upon doing so that I was extremely apathetic about it, that I didn't really care that I had failed, or even feel like I had failed at all. I think the reason for this is that I suffer with a serious apathy problem that permeates everything I do. Whether its apathy towards my education and work, apathy towards NoFap, or even apathy towards things I enjoy doing, I cant seem to maintain any consistent degree of motivation, drive, or discipline to get anything accomplished, eve fun things like watching a TV show or spending time with friends. Right now I'm motivated as hell to start another streak and get back on the horse, but there is still the nagging inevitability that my drive will suddenly vanish, and I'll relapse again, only to be motivated once more, only to fail again, and so on and so on.

    If there is anyone here who has any advice on how to beat this, I would really appreciate it, I feel like at the moment I'm just going around and around in circles.
     
  2. BringItUp

    BringItUp Fapstronaut

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    Force yourself to do things you don’t want to do. Or take a weekend trip somewhere you’ve never been before
     
  3. Runtilmylegsdropoff

    Runtilmylegsdropoff Fapstronaut

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    apathy is a huge part of the brain fog caused by fapping.
     
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  4. My guess is that something external is suppressing your internal beliefs. Let it out my man.
     
  5. Do you take care of yourself ?

    Healthy diet, brush your teeth twice/thrice a day, quality over quantity sleep, exercise, meditation, shower daily etc.

    That fixed my apathy and self-hate problem.
     
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  6. Is there something you do care about? Or someone?

    What I'm trying to do is doing the "emotionally hardest thing". That thing you feel too lazy about to actually do it right now... Do that thing!
     
  7. AtomicTango

    AtomicTango Fapstronaut

    Its hard to do this, I'm still at university doing something I hate and dont have the time to do anything else.
     
  8. AtomicTango

    AtomicTango Fapstronaut

    This is true but I think regardless of whether I PMO or not I still have the issue.
     
  9. AtomicTango

    AtomicTango Fapstronaut

    I think so as well, I just have no idea what. I've spent months trying to figure it out and still cant, I have the suspicion the problem isn't all PMO related as I've cut down on that tremendously in the past year and its only helped a little bit.
     
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  10. AtomicTango

    AtomicTango Fapstronaut

    Yep, I do all of those things, I do as much as I can and it only kinda works.
     
  11. AtomicTango

    AtomicTango Fapstronaut

    Its tough finding the time and energy to do things when I'm at university still and am severely limited by the place I'm in and the time I have. I want to say, want to hope that this is the cause of the trouble but I think that it started before and university only accelerated it to the point of being distressing.
     
  12. TheColors

    TheColors New Fapstronaut

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    I have had that problem for at least a decade. The past 5 years or so have been so bad that i might as well have been sleepwalking the whole time.
     
    Last edited: Jan 21, 2018
  13. This fella know's whats up. Believe me that is a warning point your brain is telling you atomic it will get far, far worse the more you watch porn. Your brain and body need a rest.
     
  14. Ongoingsupport

    Ongoingsupport Fapstronaut

    It's not about quantity, (much) it's about timing and consistency. I know it will sound like a nothing point to most people and the problem is probably in convincing people of the importance of this to actually do it even if they get it conceptually, but WHEN you do these things really matters. Obviously you do not brush back to back, if anything it's following meals or before bed and upon waking, same deal with meals, and especially with sleep timing it is critical. (actually meal timing works with sleep timing)

    That said I don't mean to imply the apathy itself is just going to disappear, but I do think it's a significant factor and it ends up being coordinating a good number of things. I've had a lot of apathy myself, and in some ways it feels like I'm just getting started. The key I think is find some things you can care about enough to do consistently and build on that structure gradually, because caring without the consistency doesn't give you any substantial support.

    EDIT: Actually you also need some detailed info because timing is important. But for example they can give twice the chemo at a certain time of day because the body is more tolerant of the toxicity then, that's powerful stuff. The simplistic idea of squeezing as much stuff as you can into the schedule whenever as long as it gets done is biologically ignorant.
     
  15. AtomicTango

    AtomicTango Fapstronaut

    Yeah you're definitely right, the relapse was just a blip, I'm getting right back to the streak. I dont think that simply abstaining will fix the issue 100% though, I need to start giving my life purpose and meaning, which is something I struggle with on an almost daily basis.
     

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