I'm 24, i don't find anything as enjoyable or exciting as I once did. Anyone else feel this way?

[ZoomerAmerican]

I loved video games when I was a kid and teenager, but now I cant play them and find them incredibly boring. I used to love anime when I was 13-16, but now i find anime boring.

When I was 10-13, I used to love watching every single regular season game of my favorite NBA and MLB team. now i find regular season boring and only intrigued by postseason play. I also thought WWE was the coolest thing ever as a kid, now i find it boring.

As a kid and teenager, i found tv shows and movies with lots of drugs, sex, and adult themes intriguing and entertaining as hell, now im just desensitized to it and i cant remember the last movie i watched that I'd put in my top 50 movies. I don't even find drinking alcohol as enjoyable as i did when i was 17-18 doing it for the first time.

I don't know if I'm going through a quarter life crisis or if this is normal, but literally nothing in life is as enjoyable or exciting as it was 10-15 years ago when i was 10-15 years old. and I'm not saying me at 10-15 was peak life either, At times I was super lonely those years, was bullied, had helicopter parents, etc. There were plenty of things I didn't enjoy about my age 10-15 years. But at least the hobbies or interests I had deeply entertained me such as video games, anime, WWE, watching sports, etc.

But now none of those things deeply entertains me. i don't know if this is normal or if I'm just going thru a quarter life crisis. usually people over 40 feel burnt out by life, but I'm 24 and in my prime and nothing excites me or fulfills me anymore

 

[myfaceremainsdull]

Take 50 mg xanax and rope

 

[TheLightOfMyLife]

age related brain degradation

 

[SoundnVision]

Normal

 

[Snicket]

I loved video games when I was a kid and teenager, but now I cant play them and find them incredibly boring. I used to love anime when I was 13-16, but now i find anime boring.

When I was 10-13, I used to love watching every single regular season game of my favorite NBA and MLB team. now i find regular season boring and only intrigued by postseason play. I also thought WWE was the coolest thing ever as a kid, now i find it boring.

As a kid and teenager, i found tv shows and movies with lots of drugs, sex, and adult themes intriguing and entertaining as hell, now im just desensitized to it and i cant remember the last movie i watched that I'd put in my top 50 movies. I don't even find drinking alcohol as enjoyable as i did when i was 17-18 doing it for the first time.

I don't know if I'm going through a quarter life crisis or if this is normal, but literally nothing in life is as enjoyable or exciting as it was 10-15 years ago when i was 10-15 years old. and I'm not saying me at 10-15 was peak life either, At times I was super lonely those years, was bullied, had helicopter parents, etc. There were plenty of things I didn't enjoy about my age 10-15 years. But at least the hobbies or interests I had deeply entertained me such as video games, anime, WWE, watching sports, etc.

But now none of those things deeply entertains me. i don't know if this is normal or if I'm just going thru a quarter life crisis. usually people over 40 feel burnt out by life, but I'm 24 and in my prime and nothing excites me or fulfills me anymore

One word: depression.

 

[Drugsmaxxer]

Depression got u g

 

[bimaxmaxxer]

you sound like your mind is trying to tell you that you've had enough copium for a lifetime. But you still refuse to find more active hobbies.

 

[apocalypse]

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Everything is boring.

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[ZoomerAmerican]

you sound like your mind is trying to tell you that you've had enough copium for a lifetime. But you still refuse to find more active hobbies.

What are good active hobbies that would give me a good dopamine rush like the first time I watched anime or played video games?

I suck at sports, so I don't wanna join basketball or baseball leagues or cope like that.

I was thinking of joining a volleyball or kickball league just to meet people and reset my social life, but I doubt anyone cool my age would go to those.

I'm just unsure what hobbies or interests to pick up at this point.

The last hobby I really picked up and still enjoy is UFC in 2023. I'm a huge UFC fan. But that's about it.

If anyone has any hobbies they have their in personal life that gives them intense joy please let me know. I want to do anything to not feel bored or empty inside anymore

 

[Richard Cheese]

it'll get worse.

 

[bimaxmaxxer]

What are good active hobbies that would give me a good dopamine rush like the first time I watched anime or played video games?

I suck at sports, so I don't wanna join basketball or baseball leagues or cope like that.

I was thinking of joining a volleyball or kickball league just to meet people and reset my social life, but I doubt anyone cool my age would go to those.

I'm just unsure what hobbies or interests to pick up at this point.

The last hobby I really picked up and still enjoy is UFC in 2023. I'm a huge UFC fan. But that's about it.

If anyone has any hobbies they have their in personal life that gives them intense joy please let me know. I want to do anything to not feel bored or empty inside anymore

It's not about intense joy and dopamine rushes from some trashy video games or shows. It's about doing / creating something cool for yourself that fills the emptiness with proud. It will feel more like doing homework or chores each day, but it has to be something worth doing like joining a mma gym, if you really enjoyed ufc for example.

 

[ZoomerAmerican]

bump

 

[Part-Time Chad]

One word: depression.

The worst part is that there is no reasonable cure for depression (at least not for me) as every fucking medication has side effects that are even worse than depression. So, it's a negative sum game.

 

[Klasik616]

I don't even find joy at talking to women

 

[alexander57]

I was in a similar situation around the age of 23. No job, no social life, anime and video games every day. I was literally rotting and eventually lost interest in my "hobbies", the copium wasn't enough. Going back to wageslaving was the solution for me

 

[kretho]

if you got a degree go for the 9-5, at leats youll live

 

[NEET_Emperor]

25 and same, as you say it’s just being desensitised to everything
Sex, alcohol, anime, seen it all…

Perhaps this is why many people travel a lot at this age

 

[ZoomerAmerican]

25 and same, as you say it’s just being desensitised to everything
Sex, alcohol, anime, seen it all…

Perhaps this is why many people travel a lot at this age

Yes facts, traveling is probably the only thing that I'm probably not desensitized too and would enjoy and get dopamine rush out of.

I wanna travel to Japan, Dubai, Amsterdam, Switzerland, Barcelona, Paris, Italy, Cancun, Punta Cana, Cabo, Columbia, Brazil, Havana, etc

Traveling would be the only thing that would make me feel close to what anime and video games made me feel the first time I tried it. Unfortunately I used most of my shekels on surgeries in Turkey. I won't be able to realistically travel the world until I'm 30

 

[160cmcurry]

probably because you subconsciously know that the reason you pursue or do any of those things is because you don’t really have anyone that genuinely enjoy being around you. you do all this shit as a distraction, a way to cope with your shit looks and lack of social life. shit looks = resorting into weird interests like these. deep down, you know it’s meaningless. hard to enjoy hobbies or interests when you have no real friends to begin with, let alone ones that actually share your interests. it’s just you, trying to fill the void with whatever keeps you from thinking about how alone you really are. your brain finally realizes this

 

[ZoomerAmerican]

probably because you subconsciously know that the reason you pursue or do any of those things is because you don’t really have anyone that genuinely enjoy being around you. you do all this shit as a distraction, a way to cope with your shit looks and lack of social life. shit looks = resorting into weird interests like these. deep down, you know it’s meaningless. hard to enjoy hobbies or interests when you have no real friends to begin with, let alone ones that actually share your interests. it’s just you, trying to fill the void with whatever keeps you from thinking about how alone you really are. your brain finally realizes this

I had a few friends in HS and College but we drifted apart. There's people in my life from HS and College that would've said they enjoyed being around me, unfortunately they either moved away or live far away from me. I went to school out of state

I would have no issue making friends if I was in an environment where people wanna expand their social circle. It's just that by 24 people have closed off their social circle and are content.

 

[jeremyy]

I loved video games when I was a kid and teenager, but now I cant play them and find them incredibly boring. I used to love anime when I was 13-16, but now i find anime boring.

When I was 10-13, I used to love watching every single regular season game of my favorite NBA and MLB team. now i find regular season boring and only intrigued by postseason play. I also thought WWE was the coolest thing ever as a kid, now i find it boring.

As a kid and teenager, i found tv shows and movies with lots of drugs, sex, and adult themes intriguing and entertaining as hell, now im just desensitized to it and i cant remember the last movie i watched that I'd put in my top 50 movies. I don't even find drinking alcohol as enjoyable as i did when i was 17-18 doing it for the first time.

I don't know if I'm going through a quarter life crisis or if this is normal, but literally nothing in life is as enjoyable or exciting as it was 10-15 years ago when i was 10-15 years old. and I'm not saying me at 10-15 was peak life either, At times I was super lonely those years, was bullied, had helicopter parents, etc. There were plenty of things I didn't enjoy about my age 10-15 years. But at least the hobbies or interests I had deeply entertained me such as video games, anime, WWE, watching sports, etc.

But now none of those things deeply entertains me. i don't know if this is normal or if I'm just going thru a quarter life crisis. usually people over 40 feel burnt out by life, but I'm 24 and in my prime and nothing excites me or fulfills me anymore

24, damn

 

[grungymallard97]

I loved video games when I was a kid and teenager, but now I cant play them and find them incredibly boring. I used to love anime when I was 13-16, but now i find anime boring.

When I was 10-13, I used to love watching every single regular season game of my favorite NBA and MLB team. now i find regular season boring and only intrigued by postseason play. I also thought WWE was the coolest thing ever as a kid, now i find it boring.

As a kid and teenager, i found tv shows and movies with lots of drugs, sex, and adult themes intriguing and entertaining as hell, now im just desensitized to it and i cant remember the last movie i watched that I'd put in my top 50 movies. I don't even find drinking alcohol as enjoyable as i did when i was 17-18 doing it for the first time.

I don't know if I'm going through a quarter life crisis or if this is normal, but literally nothing in life is as enjoyable or exciting as it was 10-15 years ago when i was 10-15 years old. and I'm not saying me at 10-15 was peak life either, At times I was super lonely those years, was bullied, had helicopter parents, etc. There were plenty of things I didn't enjoy about my age 10-15 years. But at least the hobbies or interests I had deeply entertained me such as video games, anime, WWE, watching sports, etc.

But now none of those things deeply entertains me. i don't know if this is normal or if I'm just going thru a quarter life crisis. usually people over 40 feel burnt out by life, but I'm 24 and in my prime and nothing excites me or fulfills me anymore

Ur depressed

 

[160cmcurry]

I had a few friends in HS and College but we drifted apart. There's people in my life from HS and College that would've said they enjoyed being around me, unfortunately they either moved away or live far away from me. I went to school out of state

I would have no issue making friends if I was in an environment where people wanna expand their social circle. It's just that by 24 people have closed off their social circle and are content.

yeah, that's the thing. after college, it's basically impossible to make friends. your best chance is probably at some bar but even then it depends on whether they like you or not since they most likely already have their own closed niche friend group that they don’t want to invite anyone else into

 

[ZoomerAmerican]

bump

 

[borntokill]

Abused dog syndrome

 

[CorinthianLOX]

I loved video games when I was a kid and teenager, but now I cant play them and find them incredibly boring. I used to love anime when I was 13-16, but now i find anime boring.

When I was 10-13, I used to love watching every single regular season game of my favorite NBA and MLB team. now i find regular season boring and only intrigued by postseason play. I also thought WWE was the coolest thing ever as a kid, now i find it boring.

As a kid and teenager, i found tv shows and movies with lots of drugs, sex, and adult themes intriguing and entertaining as hell, now im just desensitized to it and i cant remember the last movie i watched that I'd put in my top 50 movies. I don't even find drinking alcohol as enjoyable as i did when i was 17-18 doing it for the first time.

I don't know if I'm going through a quarter life crisis or if this is normal, but literally nothing in life is as enjoyable or exciting as it was 10-15 years ago when i was 10-15 years old. and I'm not saying me at 10-15 was peak life either, At times I was super lonely those years, was bullied, had helicopter parents, etc. There were plenty of things I didn't enjoy about my age 10-15 years. But at least the hobbies or interests I had deeply entertained me such as video games, anime, WWE, watching sports, etc.

But now none of those things deeply entertains me. i don't know if this is normal or if I'm just going thru a quarter life crisis. usually people over 40 feel burnt out by life, but I'm 24 and in my prime and nothing excites me or fulfills me anymore

Can relate

 

[CorinthianLOX]

How to find life enjoyable?

 

[superpsycho]

you are depressed

 

[superpsycho]

Take 50 mg xanax and rope

No

 

[Kanye West's Cousin]

It's just aging, now that you're older it's just physically hard to enjoy things. Your body won't produce the necessary chemicals to bring you that joy.

 

[appealisLAW]

i relate to you a lot man, hard to understand why it's happening tho

 

[superpsycho]

yes but im 18

 

[superpsycho]

i relate to you a lot man, hard to understand why it's happening tho

it is over

 

[TitusA]

I loved video games when I was a kid and teenager, but now I cant play them and find them incredibly boring. I used to love anime when I was 13-16, but now i find anime boring.

When I was 10-13, I used to love watching every single regular season game of my favorite NBA and MLB team. now i find regular season boring and only intrigued by postseason play. I also thought WWE was the coolest thing ever as a kid, now i find it boring.

As a kid and teenager, i found tv shows and movies with lots of drugs, sex, and adult themes intriguing and entertaining as hell, now im just desensitized to it and i cant remember the last movie i watched that I'd put in my top 50 movies. I don't even find drinking alcohol as enjoyable as i did when i was 17-18 doing it for the first time.

I don't know if I'm going through a quarter life crisis or if this is normal, but literally nothing in life is as enjoyable or exciting as it was 10-15 years ago when i was 10-15 years old. and I'm not saying me at 10-15 was peak life either, At times I was super lonely those years, was bullied, had helicopter parents, etc. There were plenty of things I didn't enjoy about my age 10-15 years. But at least the hobbies or interests I had deeply entertained me such as video games, anime, WWE, watching sports, etc.

But now none of those things deeply entertains me. i don't know if this is normal or if I'm just going thru a quarter life crisis. usually people over 40 feel burnt out by life, but I'm 24 and in my prime and nothing excites me or fulfills me anymore

probs ur brains fried fromur bad habits whatever they are. Could be drugs, porn, junk food, binging netflix. scrolling social media too much.

I experienced the same for prob 5 years of my life but after i went to rehab for drug addiction (for only a 2 year problem so it wasnt cause of my lack of interest all that time) i felt better. They take your phone off you and you have nothing to do but talk to people, exercise, watch tv and play board games and crap. Within 6 days life became way more interesting.

Try and detox from all ur bad habits + try and look at what direction you want to go in. Its normal for people to go through phases of uncertainty in life at certain ages where they lack direction and that can also cause bad feelings/boredom/low mood.

 

[svarddre]

you’re maturing, your brain doesn’t crave cheap easy dopamine from movies and video games - it wants real satisfaction. Learn new skills and broaden your horizons, your brain is shifting into father mode. Once you have you a kid you’ll experience unimaginable joy just by looking at the little fucker. You’re just getting older bhai

 

[ZoomerAmerican]

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