Does anybody else with depression WANT to do things but physically can’t?

Even when taking my medication consistently I struggle with this a little. Some days I just can’t bring myself to do things I enjoy at all. In my head I’ll be screaming “paint! Draw! Play a video game! Finish that show! Bake something! Play an instrument!” In reality I’ll be curled up in bed, stuck in my own mind. If I do get up it feels like my bed is drawing me back in like a magnet.

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CountScrofula · 41-45, M

This is what my wife struggles with so much. Huge desire to do useful things, but no energy or motivation.

wonkavite04 · 22-25, F

@CountScrofula Does she also find it difficult to balance that energy between work and pleasure? If I get up to fold laundry I’m exhausted.

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@wonkavite04 Yeah absolutely. Some people talk about 'spoon theory' where you can only do so many things in a day. Folding laundry is a spoon and now you don't have a spoon for talking to your parents.