Is it normal that everything feels gray and bland?

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I've never been a very cheerful person, but I usually know how to be happy even when everything's gone to shit. However, lately everything's just been feeling gray and boring. I wish I could be genuinely happy again, or I wish it would happen more often, at least, because I do sometimes have brief moments of joy, which never last very long.

It really worries me, because I think a young guy like me should have more feelings. Everyone keeps telling me that adolescence( and the beginning of adulthood) is the part of your life where you feel a lot and dramatize everything, but I don't really feel anything at all. I've never fallen in love with any girls, even though I find some of them very sexy. I wouldn't really give a crap if my friends stopped talking to me. The only thing I really care about is my studies, because I know they will be important in the future, so if I can't be happy right now, I might as well make my future life a little bit better.

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  • deepdankstickygoo
    8 years ago

    These are mere side effects from a transition. You are beginning to transform into Richard Gere. The first side effects of this transformation are mainly depression and apathy. Only after you have fully transformed into Richard Gere will you begin to know peace.

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  • Ellenna
    8 years ago

    I think you're focussing too much on your studies and living in your head as a result: get out occasionally and play or watch sport, go to some live music or a movie.

    You'll study far more effectively if you have a few breaks.

    Ignore the preceding two posts: stupid and then wrong

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  • mysistersshadow
    8 years ago

    I know this won't help but its true so I'm going to tell you. Your education makes almost no difference at all unless your going to be a doctor or work for NASA or something. I would try to find something you really enjoy and throw your self into that.

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    • Ellenna
      8 years ago

      Oh yeah? How does "throwing yourself into" anything convince prospective employers that you're worth employing? Some people, a very few, are fortunate enough to find work they love without any formal qualifications, but it's not true for the vast majority of us.

      Most of us who can get work end up in boring useless jobs and find our happiness outside of work hours

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      • mysistersshadow
        8 years ago

        Did you get a description of that bug so the doctor will know which one to pull out of your ass?

        Doing a activity you enjoy will help you to not feel like everything is gray and bland go ahead and look at the topic you'll see what I'm getting at. And prospective employers are as I said not that influenced by your education so I guess that would probly go for your hobbys to unless... they had something to do with the job.

        But whatever I am seriously finished with your petty sniping I can easily ignore everything you post. You decide by either stepping off or keeping on following me around being a bitch its your choice.

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        • Ellenna
          8 years ago

          Not following you around and not being a bitch, just disagreeing with part of your post. Settle down there.

          If you seriously believe employers aren't influenced by a job applicant's education you're living in a dream world

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          • mysistersshadow
            8 years ago

            Maybe if you went to Harvard or some other big name place yea. Or comparing 2 applications and 1has a degree and the other doesn't. But we were talking about GPA we don't know anything else about the OP. Nothing.

            I've never been asked what my GPA was in college at any of my dream world jobs.

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