The main part of the issue was actually that I was not aware I had internal conflicts. I just mysteriously felt less emotions and motivation. That’s the main thing all the articles I read of sustainable productivity did not transmit me, how to recognize it as it happens, without ever having my internal monologue saying “I don’t want to work on this” or something.
What do you think antidepressants would be useful for? I don’t expect to be matching any clinical criteria for depression.
The main part of the issue was actually that I was not aware I had internal conflicts. I just mysteriously felt less emotions and motivation.
Yes, I believe that one can learn to entirely stop even considering certain potential actions as actions available to us. I don’t really have a systematic solution for this right now aside from some form of Noticing practice (I believe a more refined version of this practice is called Naturalism but I don’t have much experience with this form of practice).
What do you think antidepressants would be useful for?
In my experience I’ve gone months through a depressive episode while remaining externally functional and convincing myself (and the people around me) that I’m not going through a depressive episode. Another thing I’ve noticed is that with medication (whether anxiolytics, antidepressants or ADHD medication), I regularly underestimate the level at which I was ‘blocked’ by some mental issue that, after taking the medication, would not exist, and I would only realize it previously existed due to the (positive) changes in my behavior and cognition.
Essentially, I’m positing that you may be in a similar situation.
The main part of the issue was actually that I was not aware I had internal conflicts. I just mysteriously felt less emotions and motivation. That’s the main thing all the articles I read of sustainable productivity did not transmit me, how to recognize it as it happens, without ever having my internal monologue saying “I don’t want to work on this” or something.
What do you think antidepressants would be useful for? I don’t expect to be matching any clinical criteria for depression.
Yes, I believe that one can learn to entirely stop even considering certain potential actions as actions available to us. I don’t really have a systematic solution for this right now aside from some form of Noticing practice (I believe a more refined version of this practice is called Naturalism but I don’t have much experience with this form of practice).
In my experience I’ve gone months through a depressive episode while remaining externally functional and convincing myself (and the people around me) that I’m not going through a depressive episode. Another thing I’ve noticed is that with medication (whether anxiolytics, antidepressants or ADHD medication), I regularly underestimate the level at which I was ‘blocked’ by some mental issue that, after taking the medication, would not exist, and I would only realize it previously existed due to the (positive) changes in my behavior and cognition.
Essentially, I’m positing that you may be in a similar situation.