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These past few months, I have been experiencing strange feelings.
I moved out of my parents house at 18 and spent most of my early twenties traveling (studied in two different countries, travelled to various locations for the summer, worked abroad ...). I gained experience in my two fields of interest (fashion and corporate finance). I turned 25 and something shifted.
Unfortunately, my experience in fashion has been quite negative, so I have decided to drop the idea altogether. I am now pursuing the bar-examination track.
The problem is that I feel bored with life in general. People bore me. Looking for an internship/job bores me to the point where I don't even try. Meeting new people bores me.
I used to thrive for experiences abroad, now I simply don't care. I was quite an ambitious person before and now I'm simply doing nothing all day. I don't even feel compelled to work or thrive for something. This is extremely bizarre. My life has been stagnant for weeks which I absolutely despise. I'm not sure what is happening. I'm sort of "numb" to my surroundings. I'm literally blank.
It might not be a sign that there's any clinical mood issue... it could just be a normal mood variation. Maybe you're feeling somewhat burnt out, or jaded, or perhaps you're experiencing some existential awareness at a new level. Maybe it's ennui, or weltschmerz, or world-weariness.
These past few months, I have been experiencing strange feelings.
I moved out of my parents house at 18 and spent most of my early twenties traveling (studied in two different countries, travelled to various locations for the summer, worked abroad ...). I gained experience in my two fields of interest (fashion and corporate finance). I turned 25 and something shifted.
Unfortunately, my experience in fashion has been quite negative, so I have decided to drop the idea altogether. I am now pursuing the bar-examination track.
The problem is that I feel bored with life in general. People bore me. Looking for an internship/job bores me to the point where I don't even try. Meeting new people bores me.
I used to thrive for experiences abroad, now I simply don't care. I was quite an ambitious person before and now I'm simply doing nothing all day. I don't even feel compelled to work or thrive for something. This is extremely bizarre. My life has been stagnant for weeks which I absolutely despise. I'm not sure what is happening. I'm sort of "numb" to my surroundings. I'm literally blank.
Any idea about why I am feeling this "blank"?
I felt the same way after turning 26 a few years ago. I think a lot of people start feeling this way in their late 20s. For me, I think it was knowing how certain a mundane future was in store for me. Being young is exciting because there is always the sense that the future will have bigger and better things in store. Once you hit late 20s, you realize the future probably is just going to be one long march of sameness. I guess that's why most people try to solve these feelings by getting married and raising kids.
I don't know how to resolve these feelings. I don't think what other people are suggesting (pills and stuff) is a solution, you aren't suicidal so that stuff probably isn't necessary.
I'm still figuring it out myself. It got better for me once I quit my job and moved out of NYC and traveled a bit. After a year of traveling, the same feelings returned. I'm currently planning a move in the next 2 months to LA to pursue a creative interest as a career. Maybe you just need an interest or a new career that lights your fire? I'm financially independent so I can pursue a creative interest from scratch, so I don't recommend you just throwing your job away to do what you want, but maybe you can pick up an interest again (something maybe you loved doing as a child) and do it part time?
You can still take the bar and be a practicing lawyer, while taking another job or activity on nights and weekends.
It might not be a sign that there's any clinical mood issue... it could just be a normal mood variation. Maybe you're feeling somewhat burnt out, or jaded, or perhaps you're experiencing some existential awareness at a new level. Maybe it's ennui, or weltschmerz, or world-weariness.
This was the first though that came to my mind. I experienced this once due to a job.
When I burnt out, I was in zombieland for months with absolutely no emotion, no care, no ability to do much of anything. In my case, that feeling wore off, no different than if I ran a marathon and the body needed weeks to recover.
I don't think these are the symptoms of depression. I experienced a deep depression about two years ago and this episode is nothing like what I experienced then.
I believe I have become jaded, indeed. I mean, I feel as though my life isn't moving forward at all. It's been stuck for about 6 months now. I have yet to find an open door whether it's job-wise or on a personal level. I have no real interest in future prospects anymore because every single one of my fairly realistic plans fell apart. When the plans which caused you to be driven before don't come to fruition, it's hard to keep on keeping on.
You're not an Eagles fan are you?
I am and I need medication to get through most of their lousy games.
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