I’ve always found it odd when I hear people say this. I’m never quite sure how I’m supposed to take it. I live alone. I have like zero responsibilities outside of work. So in that regard, every single day I do “something nice” for myself. I get to eat whatever I want, watch whatever I want on TV, etc.

One “argument” I’ve heard that this is instead supposed to mean to like exercise or something, but I exercise is very unpleasant to me. I committed to consistent running for over a year and never enjoyed it lol. I feel similarly about all forms of exercise.

I dunno. What am I missing here? Is telling people to do something nice for themselves reserved for people with heavy responsibilities like children and such? Because I don’t understand why people would tell me to do that to myself or how I am supposed to apply that. Existing with high freedom and low responsibilities seems pretty nice to myself so I don’t get it.

Am I just dumb lol?

  • dingus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I don’t lack emotions…the opposite really! I have incredibly intense, overpowering emotions which 90% of the time turn negative. It’s very distressing and often I wish I didn’t feel them. I have the capacity to be happy and sometimes am very happy.

    I just lack passion, not emotions! You’d think that doesn’t really correlate, but it’s hard to explain. My powerful emotions don’t motivate me to do anything in particular. I am easily bored of activities in general.

    Sometimes my emotions motivate me to listen to songs which actually just incredibly intensify the powerful emotions that I feel. Feeling songs can be such an intense experience to me. But that is not always helpful when the emotion is negative!

    In regards to the depression thing, I tried an SSRI with the guidance of a provider recently actually. Was on it for 5-6 months and still having extreme emotions so I’m switching to another class of med to see if it helps lol.