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This is slowly killing me 引きこもり 12/25/18 (Tue) 14:22:57 cf01d1 No.6834

I'm literally losing my mind like i can't enjoy anything ever not one piece of media or anything that other hikkis enjoy and i'm just spending my days trying to find something that i can enjoy instead of enjoying something. I just literally dropped an anime half way after getting sick of it..

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引きこもり 12/25/18 (Tue) 18:17:28 944c74 No.6836

I was like this for a while, sometimes it still happens. What I do is fake the enjoyment, as at least I'm doing something then. I play vidya now that I bought a switch and not everything is always enjoyable but I pretend that I like it, or I just complete something for the sake of completing it. Sure, I'm fake, but it's better than simply always being idle and experiencing nothing. Anon, watch the anime, complete it. Your goal is to finish it, not to enjoy it. Maybe think of it like that and see if that helps.

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引きこもり 12/25/18 (Tue) 21:01:33 9cb4de No.6839

>>6836

I think this is at least a good starting point. After doing so you can evaluate your experience and the results, then go from there.

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引きこもり 12/25/18 (Tue) 22:19:18 93cb27 No.6841

>>6836

Whenever I find no enjoyment in anything trying to complete things for the sake of completing them makes things worse. The way I deal with it is I try to find something I can enjoy, which usually involves the brain storming of things to do or otherwise research/look things up. In a way this process is therapeutic and it wastes time.

The possibilities on a computer with an internet connection alone are endless, so something is bound to stir up excitement inside of you. For me it's usually a video game; as an example a few days ago I fiddled around with some custom modules for Neverwinter Nights and stumbled upon one that immediately clicked with me.

I think it's important not to get burnt out with whatever you're doing. Take breaks and do something else. If you're not enjoying watching anime, don't watch anime and instead find something else to watch or do. Life as a shut in can become pretty damn monotonous and repetitive, which is why I find it's important to switch things up as often as you can. I do still go through periods that OP described but eventually something always catches my attention. Last thing I want to add is: don't over think things. Don't think "I will probably not enjoy doing this". Do it first and then question whether you're enjoying it or not, not beforehand.

My go to thing is always video games, there's so many genres and time periods to explore it's ridiculous. Emulate games for a console you never had a chance to play. Play games from before your time. The 90s and early 2000s have a shit ton of fantastic games.

And to give you something to do (although I don't know what the ads/popups are like on this site since I run 2 adblockers) this is a good place to pirate any GOG games from: http://freegogpcgames.com/

Have a look and see if you can find anything to play.

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引きこもり 12/28/18 (Fri) 20:26:57 593fe6 No.6846

>>6836

I just i don't know what to do to fill the void i just analyze activities and then never do any of it which sickens me. at this point i just keep refreshing the same imageboards..

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引きこもり 01/04/19 (Fri) 14:17:21 c618b1 No.6870

>>6834

The computer gives access to an entire universe (the internet), but it still feels like "just the computer" after some time. Everything feels the same.

Try to do something that doesn't involve the computer, like drawing or learning an instrument.

These activities will develop a connection with your own body.

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引きこもり 01/05/19 (Sat) 15:10:46 c859b0 No.6874

the only things I participate in are things I enjoy, and that's almost never been anime.

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引きこもり 01/23/19 (Wed) 11:27:17 3b5498 No.6943

>>6834

I have the same problem, I can never finish anything,if I even start anything at all.

Something I've been doing recently though is trying to get myself to want to play a game or watch a movie due to someone else having enthusiasm for it.

As an example, I was watching a guy on youtube called Jordan Underneath who made a video about how he loves Abes oddysee, and by the end of the video he had me wanting to play it. so i did.

and every time I'm playing it and my mind starts to dull again i just re-watch the video and i enjoy it again.

its been a month and i still haven't got through the game though, so the tactic is a work in progress. ha

so maybe use that trick with other things, look up retrospective videos on movies and games and see if it helps you enjoy things a little more.>>6834

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引きこもり 02/17/19 (Sun) 19:03:21 3f9726 No.7038

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I think I've watched less than 10 movies in just the last couple years. I torrented "The Wailing" a couple weeks ago (a South Korean horror that looks quite interesting) and am still trying to work up the wherewithal to watch it. I was also in the middle of watching Ergo Proxy about 6-8 months ago, but never managed to finish it. Haven't watched any anime/TV shows since. Pretty much the only thing I can still do consistently is play video games, but only because I really, really force myself to. Otherwise, I'd just sleep, browse the internet and stare off into space.

>>6836

>but I pretend that I like it, or I just complete something for the sake of completing it. Sure, I'm fake, but it's better than simply always being idle and experiencing nothing.

Bingo. Literally me for the last 5 years. Sometimes I get some genuine enjoyment out of something, but very often it's exactly as you describe and I'm just playing/finishing whatever it is I'm preoccupied with just for the sake of doing it and nothing else. I'd love to live life as a statue, but the boredom/restlessness that follows as a result, in addition to being forced to sit with my shitty worthless thoughts buzzing about my head like a swarm of flies, makes it impossible. Gaming at least allows me some distraction and fleeting sense of "productiveness" from it all despite how dissatisfying it ultimately is. I also won't deny that I have some weird maladaptive urge to finish as many games as I can before I die, otherwise I feel like I'm "wasting" my time as a NEET, since there's so many classic games out there I haven't played yet. Treating the hobby like an obsessive checklist certainly doesn't do me any favors, but I can't help it. The fact is that there's just no escape. I either sit and do nothing and feel the restless pain from that, or I force myself to play games and feel the different, yet just as palpable anhedonic, joyless pain from that. What a way to go. Oh well.

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引きこもり 03/11/19 (Mon) 22:35:51 6d644e No.7178

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>>6834

i frequently suffer from the same problem whe there is no videogame/anime/chan that is interesting to me and there is nothing to occupy my mind with. my solution usually is to pick up a hobby and so far i have gone trough pretty much every common hobby you can have, like drawing, collecting boardgames (i dont have anyone to play with) including warhammer and magic the gathering, photography (mostly macro since i dont go outside), reading, fitness and health, cooking and nutrition (this is what im doing right now) i think the best out of all of them was drawing since being introspective and introverted gives you a lot of ideas and i will probably return to drawing when cooking gets boring. the problem with my solution is that i usually need quite a bit of money (more than videogames) but i guess you can do cheaper if you stick to the basics.

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