Is their a cure for apathy

[chaos order]

as the title suggests im a apathetic person. i dont care about things i know i should. for example i am getting out of shape (not really fat but my stamina is total sht) and there's a gym at my university but i never do. i know i should but i dont care. I dont care how i look, i'll just grab a pair of random jeans and shirt no matter how dirty they are, i wont comb my hair and i don't shave. As i said i am in university but I DONT care what i go into, and what i become.

I feel that these are all things i SHOULD care about, and that i SHOULD make an effort to try to do these things, but whenever i tell myself i will, i just don't. so more or less im asking is their a way to make me care? and is their anyone as uncaring as me about themselves

 

[sheic99]

Yes, it's called empathy.

Edit: Bad joke aside, apathy is a hard thing to break because it's easy. It's much easier than laundry and working out. The only thing I can think of is to keep telling yourself positive thoughts, and force your self to work out everyday, for at least an hour.

 

[Marter]

Well, I think that all apathy can be cured by one's self. All I believe you need to do is put yourself into the right mindset. Think to yourself all the good things that can happen if you start caring. Then, little by little, you may work your way out of it. Just don't give up.

Good luck!

 

[Yoshi4507]

Only one thing: just do it. Continue working out little by little untill it becomes a habit. That goes for washing clothes, shaving, bla bla bla.

 

[Kpt._Rob]

Wow... I'm going to go ahead and be the negative nelly and say that, quite unfortunately, none of the answers I've seen so far are really good. I understand where you're coming from, I often feel apathetic about... well... pretty much everything in my life. I don't know what I'm doing, don't know where I'm going, don't even know why I should bother. It may be that one day that will change, and it may be that it won't.

The truth is that the things that motivate us in life are unique to each individual. I know for a fact that whenever I'm in a relationship I become a lot more motivated, it's easier for me to see where I want to go and why I want to go there. Since I'm not now, I've lost a lot of my motivation.

But the things that motivate you are probably not the things that motivate me. I don't know what motivates you, it could be you need someone to care for, or a clear goal to reach for, it could even be that you've got a chemical imbalance in your brain preventing you from feeling motivated (really, it could be). It could be that you just don't understand your importance in relation to the rest of the world. It could be any of a billion different things.

The only one who can really find a cure for your apathy... is you (or possibly a psychologist who can provide you something to cure a chemical imbalance... though I'd pursue that solution only as a last possible sollution). You're going to have to look deep inside yourself, analyze your life, ask yourself some really tough questions, figure out what it is that you need to motivate yourself, and then try to find it. There are no easy answers in life, that's why it's wonderful, and that's why it's horrible.

 

[Marik2]

as the title suggests im a apathetic person. i dont care about things i know i should. for example i am getting out of shape (not really fat but my stamina is total sht) and there's a gym at my university but i never do. i know i should but i dont care. I dont care how i look, i'll just grab a pair of random jeans and shirt no matter how dirty they are, i wont comb my hair and i don't shave. As i said i am in university but I DONT care what i go into, and what i become.

I feel that these are all things i SHOULD care about, and that i SHOULD make an effort to try to do these things, but whenever i tell myself i will, i just don't. so more or less im asking is their a way to make me care? and is their anyone as uncaring as me about themselves

You just need some happy music

In all seriousness apathy has to be overcome by yourself.

People can help you but its really up to you to take action.

 

[Mockingjay]

You could get married to a partner who isn't taking any of your lazy ass shit... But I can't imagine that's a very appealing option xD

 

[TheSkaAssassin]

find something that motivates/excites you, then do that.

 

[Holyeskimo]

have this guy follow you around and use his taser everytime you seem to stop caring about something

 

[Lineoutt]

as the title suggests im a apathetic person. i dont care about things i know i should. for example i am getting out of shape (not really fat but my stamina is total sht) and there's a gym at my university but i never do. i know i should but i dont care. I dont care how i look, i'll just grab a pair of random jeans and shirt no matter how dirty they are, i wont comb my hair and i don't shave. As i said i am in university but I DONT care what i go into, and what i become.

I feel that these are all things i SHOULD care about, and that i SHOULD make an effort to try to do these things, but whenever i tell myself i will, i just don't. so more or less im asking is their a way to make me care? and is their anyone as uncaring as me about themselves

Well what do you like to do? I am kinda the same as you in a much lesser extent. I don't give a rats ass about my future, I just want to end up being happy and not extremely poor. I don't care about school or grades. I don't care about getting a job, or college. What I do to cope is live on a day to day basis. If I don't think about the future I have less time to think about how much I don't care about it.

Does that make sense?

What keeps me from getting a F to D average in school is competing with friends and getting the extra slack of high grades.

So yeah, it depends on the person but for me I have to find some game I can play with it to make it mildly interesting.

Hope I helped :S

 

[The Geek Lord]

I do believe it is absolutely pathetic how I saw the title and immediately started thinking about Persona 3. ImMEDIAtely. Me Dia. God dammit, self!

On topic... God dammit, I need to ***** at you for your grammar. Is there a cure for apathy? (Nobody dare make a joke about "but he doesn't care!" Just. Don't. Start. Please?)

Okay, that's out of my system. Now, on to the topic at hand. Don't worry, you'll probably grow out of it. I used to not give a shit about brushing my teeth. And then the decay reached my jaw. And then a local hospital shoved a three foot long (or so) needle up my ass, so now I care about brushing my teeth. The moral of the story is that something will happen to make you care, be it some incident, meeting a nice person of the opposite gender that does care, or just generally maturing. That's all the advice I can give, for alas, I am not wise in all the ways of the world.

 

[chaos order]

as the title suggests im a apathetic person. i dont care about things i know i should. for example i am getting out of shape (not really fat but my stamina is total sht) and there's a gym at my university but i never do. i know i should but i dont care. I dont care how i look, i'll just grab a pair of random jeans and shirt no matter how dirty they are, i wont comb my hair and i don't shave. As i said i am in university but I DONT care what i go into, and what i become.

I feel that these are all things i SHOULD care about, and that i SHOULD make an effort to try to do these things, but whenever i tell myself i will, i just don't. so more or less im asking is their a way to make me care? and is their anyone as uncaring as me about themselves

Well what do you like to do? I am kinda the same as you in a much lesser extent. I don't give a rats ass about my future, I just want to end up being happy and not extremely poor. I don't care about school or grades. I don't care about getting a job, or college. What I do to cope is live on a day to day basis. If I don't think about the future I have less time to think about how much I don't care about it.

Does that make sense?

What keeps me from getting a F to D average in school is competing with friends and getting the extra slack of high grades.

So yeah, it depends on the person but for me I have to find some game I can play with it to make it mildly interesting.

Hope I helped :S

actually i think we r the same about how we want our future to pan out. i mean as long as i got enough money for a home (could even be an apartment), a game system and a computer, I am all good.

On a side note : i realized that their is wrong in the title, i know how many grammar nazis are on this site so for this i apologize

 

[superstringz]

Don't know, Don't care ...


Ok, I do know. Go through your childhood dreams, and find something that still fascinates you. The only reason I bother to get up and face my friendless, jobless, boring life is because I'm doing the math (There is alot) on building a personal zeppelin (actually a semi-rigid airship, but zeppelin sounds cool.)

 

[DazZ.]

If you don't care enough about your looks you just haven't found a girl that you think is worth an effort to impress.

With the fact that you're at Uni I can see why, lots of people around who don't need effort at all.

I have this problem severely as well, but not just about looks.

 

[Proteus214]

Apathy is broken the moment something unfavorable happens to your livelihood or someone or something that you really do care about. If something like that happens to someone and they still continue with their apathetic attitude, then they really didn't care about it in the first place.