Currently I am a uni student, working 4 days a week during the summer, moving to about 3 during term time.

Every day I’m not working I feel tired constantly, regardless of amount of sleep. I push through anyways to get the work that needs done finished, then sit down and just collapse basically. I wouldn’t even call it relax, just sit and switch off.

I don’t have any energy or motivation to play games anymore, even though I used to play avidly. I play guitar but it’s been feeling like I’m not getting as much out of it now…

Once I’m out of uni, I’ll be in full-time and, if I get into the industry I want, more mentally taxing work.

In short, is there something I’m missing here, or is work-eat-sleep-repeat all there is until I retire? Cause frankly I’m more sure I can be arsed if not…

EDIT

Thanks for the responses, I kinda posted this in a moment of hopelessness for life and I don’t really know what I wanted as a response.

Asking for the meaning of life? Lemmy’s great and all, but I don’t think I’ll find it here lmao

Regardless, there’s a few things here for me to look into and take further, so thank you again!

If this is to close for comfort for rule 3, feel free to delete mods

  • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Take internet diagnoses with a grain of salt but honestly this is a good list of things to at least investigate. Sleep health, diet, and exercise would put 90% of doctors out of business if people just took care of them (source on that: my doctor).

    I would add depression to the list. Depression is not what most people think it is, and it can manifest with some of the symptoms listed here. Talk to a general doctor about it as a starting point.

    Also it should go without saying that any addictions that may be involved should be addressed as well.