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What about little or no will to do things?
Ferrante | Mar 27 2006
Hi everybody, I was wondering if someone has ever experienced this kind of "chronic fatigue" or simply put, lack of will or energy to do simple things. My current status: I work as a CIO for two countries in a big company. I have a strong technical background (more than 15 years) and now I have to deal with many different problems (specially company politics), aside of pure technical situations. My main problem, as I mentioned before, is the chronic lack of energy to do things apart from my job. I always wanted to learn french and german or to read more books (I used to read 4 or 5 books a month), but when I get home, I don?t want to do anything but rest. I?ve tried everything: meditation, medication, exercise (I do some workout regularly), 8-hour sleep cycles, balanced food, etc., but nothing seems to work, or at least, to have lasting effects. Lately, I?ve been experiencing concentration and lack of focus problems, which is bad for my job. It seems that the problem is starting to affect my work as well. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 30 Comments
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 Don't forget to check out...Submitted by pooks on April 2, 2006 - 8:25pm.
Don't forget to check out physical issues. Depression can certainly bring us into a state of "little or no will to do things." I was having trouble being motivated to do much of anything beyond what I absolutely had to (I could "rise to the occasion" but otherwise was sleeping way too much and just unable to concentrate) and then discovered I was anemic. Once my iron levels got back to normal, so did my activities. ADD can also cause this kind of problem. I know sometimes trying to maintain a routine feels like fingernails grating on the board, and I end up throwing myself into some other project and working instead of the usual things. It's just a matter of "I don't wanna, damn it," because yes, routine sometimes feels like shackles. » POSTED IN:
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