Help how do i find joy in my hobbies again

[simon]

i miss my hobbies. i feel like i have no energy to do them anymore, but they are what distract me from my depression the best. video games are the biggest thing im struggling with getting into again. i miss myself.

 

[scientificmethid]

Same. Following.

 

[monday?]

one thing that kinda helped me was getting back into them without the expectation that it's gonna be fun or forcing myself to enjoy it. at first it sucks because you get a bunch of negative emotions like boredom or even sadness when you don't get the expected dopamine hit but if you manage to tolerate those emotions it gets better over time. you just gotta be easy on yourself. for example if you used to love minecraft but don't feel like continuing your megaproject you can just fire it up and run around for like 30 mins a day. changes in behavior can influence your emotions even if it feels like shit at first. i can't say that i've fully rediscovered the joy in life but i've made some progress. i can at least enjoy a few hours of gaming a day

 

[idk.]

i miss my hobbies. i feel like i have no energy to do them anymore, but they are what distract me from my depression the best. video games are the biggest thing im struggling with getting into again. i miss myself.

Maybe try to watch somebody play that game like on youtube and maybe that might wanna make you play.

 

[Dejected 55]

For me, I'm not sure I ever enjoyed my hobbies because I was always experiencing them alone. They were just things to fill the time and technically mask my misery by helping distract me... but I never truly enjoyed hobbies that I tried to have.

Now I find myself not even wanting to use a hobby for distraction, because I'm too self-aware of what I'm doing... not enjoying them, just filling time... and I'd rather just be honest and not waste the money and just experience the time organically and suffer however I'm going to suffer.

 

[Alpacachino]

I was the same. I used to love gaming more than anything else at a point of time. Now, it's not just that. Pretty much everything has fallen by the wayside.

 

[Penguin96]

I'm in the same boat. I've just been in bed today. Dont want to do anything. I just had a pizza though.

 

[Zyntkalla]

Same for me.I've been thinking of my situation quite a bit, and it doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere.And I have tried, and i'm starting to really lose hope. At this point, hobby is just a filler I do enjoy some of them but it doesn't really seem true enjoyment.

 

[vitbar]

If I return to hobbies after a long break they feel weird and difficult. It makes me want to stop. It's worse than starting a new hobby because you don't expect it / remember not finding it like this. Always takes me some time and actively pushing past the discomfort. Got to get used to doing them again.

 

[simon]

I'm in the same boat. I've just been in bed today. Dont want to do anything. I just had a pizza though.

haha i just ordered pizza

 

[nocatwaslost]

i miss my hobbies. i feel like i have no energy to do them anymore, but they are what distract me from my depression the best. video games are the biggest thing im struggling with getting into again. i miss myself.

I enjoyed gaming as well but found that games I liked in the past no longer give me joy. So I went back to classics I always rejoice in or started with especially Indie games.

 

[frightful-venison]

Try behavioral activation