This resonates strongly with my experience, though when I noticed this pattern I thought of it as part of my ADHD and not my depression. Maybe this is something like the mechanism via which ADHD causes depression.
Also resonates strongly with my own experience, in my case just replace “ADHD” with “ME/CFS”.
I think OP description is good but quite generic i.e. it would probably resonate with most people who have a physical and/or mental health condition which is quite “taxing” in the sense that it significantly lowers the reward/effort ratio of every/most task.
As mentioned by Daniel Samuel comment, in the case of depression the “tax”/handicap would fall specifically on willpower (and/or enjoyment/pleasure/etc...). In the case of ADHD the tax/handicap would mostly fall on attention, in the case of ME/CFS it would mostly fall on energy, etc...
Interesting. I’m glad that this resonates, and like the idea that what I described was a generic experience, which can be caused by various issues in the brain.
Also resonates strongly with my own experience, in my case just replace “ADHD” with “ME/CFS”.
I think OP description is good but quite generic i.e. it would probably resonate with most people who have a physical and/or mental health condition which is quite “taxing” in the sense that it significantly lowers the reward/effort ratio of every/most task.
As mentioned by Daniel Samuel comment, in the case of depression the “tax”/handicap would fall specifically on willpower (and/or enjoyment/pleasure/etc...). In the case of ADHD the tax/handicap would mostly fall on attention, in the case of ME/CFS it would mostly fall on energy, etc...
Interesting. I’m glad that this resonates, and like the idea that what I described was a generic experience, which can be caused by various issues in the brain.