Restless and unmotivated

[holy_secret]

Hello fellow escapist forumites!

I've grown incredibly restless lately. I cannot sit still for even a minute without wanting to do something. Nothing seems to work to cure this. The usual treatment is to call a pal and hang around for a while, but afterwards I'm as restless as I was before (or even more, because I don't want it to end). Everytime I find myself not having something to do, I feel this feeling of anxiety creeping up and a panic attack knocking at my door.

The biggest problem is that I actually don't want to do something. I could go out for a walk, but I can't get out of bed. I could go to the gym, but I don't feel like it. I try to study, but I can't focus long enough to learn anything.
I know I want to do something, and I feel that I need to do something, but I can't do anything.

It's even gone so far that I call someone over just so I can fall asleep. When they come over, I just lay myself to bed and fall asleep. They're starting to think I'm weird and rude for doing this, but they just don't understand. I just need to keep myself busy from my head. Somehow.

I know a lot of this won't make sense, so I'll add a linky to a previous thread I made on this section des Forums. Hopefully it'll give you some backstory to explain most of it.
[link]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/538.266196-The-end-of-the-road[/link]

So tell me, what should I do to get rid of this restlessness?

 

[Anarchemitis]

Think of something incredibly awesome that you might be able to accomplish, and set about doing it. Something like

-Build a hobby rocket

-Go Skydiving for the first time

-Train yourself to go for a 30 mile hike

-Learn how to program an operating system

-Bake a master Soufflé

Anything that you would love to do, engages your interests more than anything else. Who knows, by setting your self on an objective like that, you'll probably learn the tools and techniques required at an amateur level to maybe get yourself a job doing it, or at least going to post-secondary education for it.

It's how my casual interest in 3D modeling has got me into one of the finest schools in Canada and has me aiming for a job at Pixar.

 

[mxfox408]

You can always get laid that help me when i feel that way ;-)

 

[holy_secret]

You can always get laid that help me when i feel that way ;-)

I have someone who I cuddle with every now and then, and we also sleep together. It feels amazing when I'm there and I'm in that moment, but afterwards when I go home and am happy and satisfied, the feelings start creeping up and make me freak out. I'm not ready for something serious (not in a long shot), but I also have a huge problem to distinguish between sex and relationshipy feelings.

 

[holy_secret]

Think of something incredibly awesome that you might be able to accomplish, and set about doing it. Something like

-Build a hobby rocket

-Go Skydiving for the first time

-Train yourself to go for a 30 mile hike

-Learn how to program an operating system

-Bake a master Soufflé

Anything that you would love to do, engages your interests more than anything else. Who knows, by setting your self on an objective like that, you'll probably learn the tools and techniques required at an amateur level to maybe get yourself a job doing it, or at least going to post-secondary education for it.

It's how my casual interest in 3D modeling has got me into one of the finest schools in Canada and has me aiming for a job at Pixar.

Sounds like a fine idea, man. I have a huge passion in life and that's languages. Maybe I should pick up another one. I learned German in one year and I don't feel like there's much more to get from there.

Thanks for the answer

 

[Anarchemitis]

Sounds like a fine idea, man. I have a huge passion in life and that's languages. Maybe I should pick up another one. I learned German in one year and I don't feel like there's much more to get from there.

Thanks for the answer

Try one that goes by entirely different conventions simply for the challenge. A Cyrillic or Oriental.