Is it normal to calculatedly use caffeine before being physically active?

I have Anxiety and Major Depression. I only say so because I'm very sensitive to energy supplements, they can make me aggressive, confrontational, irrationally nervous and as described by a psychiatrist, hyper-manic. From the time I was a baby I had been allowed to drink soda and coffee, no big deal a sip of Pepsi here and there, whatever. When school and home life got to be too much (walking 2 miles from home to school, then cleaning every room in our house everyday) I learned in school caffeine can give you boosts of energy so from then on when I had to do all this physically demanding stuff, I'd have a large black coffee, a can of Jolt what ever had the highest dose. Since then I just can't even motivate to do physical things. I stopped using all stimulants for about five years and I am not going to clean my fridge unless I use an energy supplement and turn on music. If anyone I knew had given me stuff like Adderall, I know I would have become addicted. Now years later I'm 24 and I live quietly, never rushing my self or trying to take on more than is wise. I drink caffeine on purpose to do things like cleaning for spring inspections and doing laundry but I try live as tranquilly as possible for my mental health.
Still, even though a small cup of coffee can keep me awake for two days, I feel like I'm supposed to do what other people are doing, having 2 and 3 jobs, going to the gym, socializing, visiting their parents, doing laundry all in one day. Is this weird, do other people do this?

No, it's not, stay away from my coffee pot 2
Yes, how else are things supposed to get done 3
Not sure, I get possessed by the spirit of GSD too 1
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  • golden_showers

    my gf used to smoke meth before her workouts.

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  • Toball

    Another caffeine addict...how sad; but that is the world we live in today I suppose.

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    • Derbabble

      I suppose so, but I wouldn't go as far as to say 'addict'. I have no dependency. It's because of the affects on my mind I use caffeine just a few times yearly. I was just wondering if anyone else does too.

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  • Darkoil

    First hour of work I have 3 double coffees, only then do I start to function properly.

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    • Derbabble

      I used to work in a place where it was common for people at work to drink 2 Rockstar minimum before doing anything. I had to quit that job to stop having to do so many things that required more than a relaxed amount of energy to finish.

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