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Why you feel like a zombie all the time (and how to fix it)
No motivation. No energy. You sleep 8 hours but still feel tired. Everything feels dull, pointless, and heavy.
It’s not that you’re lazy. Your brain and body are just fried. Most people today are running on overstimulation, junk food, fake dopamine, and zero sunlight. We’re not meant to live like this.
Here’s what’s actually happening, and how I fixed it.
1. Your dopamine is fried
Porn, TikTok, junk food, YouTube, gaming — all of it constantly spikes dopamine. Eventually your brain stops caring about anything that isn’t instant pleasure. That’s why normal tasks like showering, cleaning, or even lifting feel impossible.
What I did: I cut out all of it for 30 days. No porn, no shortform content, no junk food. I replaced it with stuff that actually improves my life like lifting, walking outside, cooking my own food, and reading. First week sucked, but after that my brain started waking up again. I could finally focus. I wanted to improve again.
2. Your sleep-wake rhythm is wrecked
Most people wake up in darkness, stare at their phone, stay indoors all day, then blast their eyes with bright screens at night. That completely screws your hormones. You feel foggy all day and wired at night.
What I did: I made sure to get outside and look at real sunlight within 30 minutes of waking up. Even on cloudy days, it works. At night, I shut off bright lights and screens an hour before sleep. No magic trick, just consistent light exposure at the right times. My sleep quality improved fast and my mornings actually started to feel clear again.
3. Your diet is trash, even if you think it’s “okay”
Most food people eat today is full of seed oils, sugar, and processed junk. That stuff ruins your skin, brain, energy, and hormones.
What I did: I stopped eating anything with seed oils or added sugar. I started eating real food only. My main foods are eggs, beef, chicken, salmon, white rice, fruit, potatoes, raw honey, greek yogurt, and butter. For supplements, I use vitamin D, magnesium glycinate, zinc, omega-3, and creatine. I also started eating only two big meals a day, around 2pm and 8pm. My energy got stable and digestion felt clean.
4. You barely move and your body is shutting down
Humans are meant to move every single day. Sitting inside for hours literally kills your testosterone and ruins your blood flow. It’s not about burning calories. It’s about reactivating your system.
What I did: I started lifting heavy 3 to 5 times a week. Nothing fancy — just squats, deadlifts, bench, rows, pullups, overhead press. I also added 30 to 60 minutes of fast walking almost every day, outside. Sometimes I bike or do incline treadmill. After 2 weeks of consistent movement, my brain fog started to clear. I stopped feeling sluggish. I actually felt sharp again.
5. Your nervous system is stuck in fight-or-flight
Even when you’re sitting still, your brain feels on edge. That’s because your nervous system is stuck in stress mode from too much screen time, poor sleep, and constant stimulation.
What I did: I started doing five minutes of deep nasal breathing every day. Just breathing in for a few seconds and slowly breathing out. It helps more than I expected. I also stopped trying to fill every second with noise. I started going on walks without music. I let myself get bored. I also journal in the morning, not in a therapy way, just to clear my head and figure out what I’m doing that day. It gives your brain room to reset.
Summary
If you feel numb, tired, unmotivated, and lost, this is probably why:
You’re overstimulated
You’re under-slept
You’re under-sunned
You’re under-moved
You’re underfed in real nutrients
You’re addicted to fake comfort
The way out isn’t motivational quotes or “discipline hacks.” It’s about resetting your system.
Cut the fake dopamine.
Get sunlight in the morning.
Eat real food.
Train like a machine.
Walk every day.
Sleep in the dark.
Breathe deeply.
Let yourself be bored.
Within a couple weeks of doing this, I started to feel like myself again. Focus came back. Energy returned. I stopped feeling numb. Most people won’t ever try it, but it works.
No motivation. No energy. You sleep 8 hours but still feel tired. Everything feels dull, pointless, and heavy.
It’s not that you’re lazy. Your brain and body are just fried. Most people today are running on overstimulation, junk food, fake dopamine, and zero sunlight. We’re not meant to live like this.
Here’s what’s actually happening, and how I fixed it.
1. Your dopamine is fried
Porn, TikTok, junk food, YouTube, gaming — all of it constantly spikes dopamine. Eventually your brain stops caring about anything that isn’t instant pleasure. That’s why normal tasks like showering, cleaning, or even lifting feel impossible.
What I did: I cut out all of it for 30 days. No porn, no shortform content, no junk food. I replaced it with stuff that actually improves my life like lifting, walking outside, cooking my own food, and reading. First week sucked, but after that my brain started waking up again. I could finally focus. I wanted to improve again.
2. Your sleep-wake rhythm is wrecked
Most people wake up in darkness, stare at their phone, stay indoors all day, then blast their eyes with bright screens at night. That completely screws your hormones. You feel foggy all day and wired at night.
What I did: I made sure to get outside and look at real sunlight within 30 minutes of waking up. Even on cloudy days, it works. At night, I shut off bright lights and screens an hour before sleep. No magic trick, just consistent light exposure at the right times. My sleep quality improved fast and my mornings actually started to feel clear again.
3. Your diet is trash, even if you think it’s “okay”
Most food people eat today is full of seed oils, sugar, and processed junk. That stuff ruins your skin, brain, energy, and hormones.
What I did: I stopped eating anything with seed oils or added sugar. I started eating real food only. My main foods are eggs, beef, chicken, salmon, white rice, fruit, potatoes, raw honey, greek yogurt, and butter. For supplements, I use vitamin D, magnesium glycinate, zinc, omega-3, and creatine. I also started eating only two big meals a day, around 2pm and 8pm. My energy got stable and digestion felt clean.
4. You barely move and your body is shutting down
Humans are meant to move every single day. Sitting inside for hours literally kills your testosterone and ruins your blood flow. It’s not about burning calories. It’s about reactivating your system.
What I did: I started lifting heavy 3 to 5 times a week. Nothing fancy — just squats, deadlifts, bench, rows, pullups, overhead press. I also added 30 to 60 minutes of fast walking almost every day, outside. Sometimes I bike or do incline treadmill. After 2 weeks of consistent movement, my brain fog started to clear. I stopped feeling sluggish. I actually felt sharp again.
5. Your nervous system is stuck in fight-or-flight
Even when you’re sitting still, your brain feels on edge. That’s because your nervous system is stuck in stress mode from too much screen time, poor sleep, and constant stimulation.
What I did: I started doing five minutes of deep nasal breathing every day. Just breathing in for a few seconds and slowly breathing out. It helps more than I expected. I also stopped trying to fill every second with noise. I started going on walks without music. I let myself get bored. I also journal in the morning, not in a therapy way, just to clear my head and figure out what I’m doing that day. It gives your brain room to reset.
Summary
If you feel numb, tired, unmotivated, and lost, this is probably why:
You’re overstimulated
You’re under-slept
You’re under-sunned
You’re under-moved
You’re underfed in real nutrients
You’re addicted to fake comfort
The way out isn’t motivational quotes or “discipline hacks.” It’s about resetting your system.
Cut the fake dopamine.
Get sunlight in the morning.
Eat real food.
Train like a machine.
Walk every day.
Sleep in the dark.
Breathe deeply.
Let yourself be bored.
Within a couple weeks of doing this, I started to feel like myself again. Focus came back. Energy returned. I stopped feeling numb. Most people won’t ever try it, but it works.
