Is it normal nothing exites me anymore.....

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It has dawned on me today that nothing exites me anymore. I am just going through the motions, passing each day looking forward to getting home to do nothing. I remember a few years back certain things had a feeling to them, whether it was traveling the country skating or going abroad with my freinds drinking, life had a certain feel to it, a positive feeling, full of optimism and exitement.

As the years roll on this feeling has just vanished, things are just not what they used to be. I'm finding growing older sucks the fun out of everything. Dreams fade, priorities change and the great realization of what life is all about kicks in.

This isn't depression, i believe it is realism.

But is it normal folks? (im 27)

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  • VioletTrees
    11 years ago

    When you're depressed, depression feels like realism. Please see a doctor.

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    • nowhereboy
      11 years ago

      Your probably right.

      The mental health system is awfull in the UK, if i go see a doc my options are a year long waiting list for CBT or mind altering drugs.....

      I'd rarther battle this myself.

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  • purpleflower
    11 years ago

    I had this a few years back, I realized it around my birthday because I didn't feel excited or happy like I normal feel. I just thought "What's the point?" and dreaded for the day to come. Turns out most of my friends (that I have had for many years) didn't even remember, which really didn't help getting me out of this melancholy state.
    I don't really even remember when it started to reverse, but I'm pretty much out of it now.
    Your depressed. And I know this doesn't sound easy, but try getting some new friend, you don't have to completely drop your old ones (I didn't)
    I found that along with these new friends come new experiences, and different things to do and look forward to.
    This is just another passable stage of life.

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    • Shackleford96
      11 years ago

      I like this answer.

      To me it sounds like the OP is maybe going through a sort of mid-life crisis or something.

      Ever think about buying a sport-car or a motorcycle OP? :)

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  • KnightNigelWellingtonXXI
    11 years ago

    Try going to Britian, mate. A change in scenery is all you need.

    Signed,
    Knight Nigel Wellington XXI

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    • [Old Memory]
      11 years ago

      Where is the olden vocabulary?
      Not trying to rain on your parade, but the best part about having a persona you are trying to have by the name and signing everything you type is how the used their words, not just the name and signing their name.

      If this is the person that has made countless accounts like this, you were doing it better when you were typing using words and expresions people in the past would.

      If this isn't that person, you're not doing too great a job copying them.

      Not insults, just some pointers from things I observed.

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      • KnightNigelWellingtonXXI
        11 years ago

        Well I am not from the "past" so I wouldn't know how to speak like the people in the past. Read my profile to learn more...mate.

        Signed,
        Knight Nigel Wellington XXI

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    • RapidlyRotatingPanda
      11 years ago

      We're trying to make him see the bright side of life...not drive him towards a gloomy suicide, jumping off a bridge into the Thames, on a drizzly evening..

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  • GoraIntoDesiGals
    11 years ago

    I'd love to fly a chopper or a jet but it's way too expensive.

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  • ghostfreakkk
    11 years ago

    I feel the same =( using any advice posted here

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  • tehfoxyfire
    11 years ago

    Agree. Maybe try skydiving. Maybe you just need the motivation.

    Or maybe this is just a passing depressive phase hopefully

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    "Children waiting for the day they feel good".

    Anyway. You haven't done everything in the world, so try doing things like skydiving.

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    • tehfoxyfire
      11 years ago

      The thought of skydiving alone is enough to get me out of any dull mood

      Have you tried it before??

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      • [Old Memory]
        11 years ago

        Unfortunatly I haven't, but I plan on doing it one day. I am also bored most of the time.

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      • nowhereboy
        11 years ago

        Yup, it was pretty sick (thats good).

        Ive traveled the country skating for a big company, been in magazine's on dvd's, played gig's in a decent sized band up and down the country, took loads of wonderfull drugs and had an amazing time growing up. Their is no denying that.

        Problem is the anti climax of being grown up.

        It's probably depression like people have already mentioned. Pluss i always hoped i'd make money from skating or music and that hasn't happend. Ah whey, such is life.

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        • tehfoxyfire
          11 years ago

          Oh well I would suppose that by now ud have dat "I wanna settle down now" mentality. I guess not. Maybe you need some sort of spiritual enlightenment? You know, the kind off experience people have when they discover their meaning off lifer. Stuff like that. It gets deep. Gets serious.

          Or you could just be depressed

          By the wayyy your username it's from an 80s song or does it speaks volumes about your gloomy self? Juuuust curiou5s over here :-)

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          • nowhereboy
            11 years ago

            It's the name of a film about John lennon.

            I could relate to a lot of the stuff in the movie and i just liked the sound of it.

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