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Is it normal to feel antsy/impatient as you near the end of a book?

I'm not a frequent book reader, but I do try to read a couple books every year. I'm about 80% done with The Martian and I'm starting to get impatient. Not with the story, but more like I just want to be done with it now. It's a great book and I'm really enjoying it so I don't know why I want to hurry up and finish it. Maybe cuz my ADHD makes me lose interest in things? I dunno, but thinking about it, I get this way with every single book I read. Is it normal to start feeling antsy or impatient near the end of books? I feel restless and antsy and I don't know why I feel this way or what to do about it. I don't know how to decide to be better. Does springtime make you antsy?
Spring is here and I find with the nice weather I get especially restless and hyperactive, but it often translates into anxiety with me asking myself stuff like "what am I doing with my life?" I think it is because with the arrival of the warmth and sunlight, it activates me, but at the same time, the weather is still not hot enough to do as many activities outside, and school is still in, so it just makes me feel really trapped. I go on a walk and go yoga every day, but it's not enough (or I don't have to possibility to do the necessary physical activity required to keep me calm) so on the really bad days I sometimes take some extra ritalin just to make me less antsy and capable of entertaining myself in other ways. Once the summer comes around, I am usually fine since I am moving around a lot, but I find the spring can be rough. Today was rainy and I felt much calmer. That's part of the reason why I love the fall so much. Does anyone else have this issue? I read that people with bipolar disorder can get springtime mania and while there is some overlap, I don't think my symptoms really meet the criteria for that. What do you do on days you feel restless, bored, and/or anxious? I’m an adult with ADD and I’ve been on Adderall for many years – overall I’m pretty happy with it. However, lately even when I take my meds I often get an “antsy” feeling that makes it feel very hard to sit still, especially in meetings. The feeling seems to be both mental (inability to pay attention) but the more intense feeling is a weird sensation in my lower back that feels kinda like a ticklish feeling in my muscles that makes me just want to get up and move. Anyone experience anything like this? How can I get it to chill out? What to do when you're "antsy?"
I put that in quotes because I can't think of a better word right now. My heart is beating faster now, and I'm kinda twitchy at the moment. I don't know why. I'm stressed out about a lot of things like the fact I have to email a potential housemate back to essentially reject him in favor of another one. Confrontation and just talking to people in general are not my strong suits.
I'm just feeling so down and anxious and twitchy right now, and I can't stop it. Honestly, moments like this make me think more about suicide, and I don't know how to deal with this. Struggling to entertain myself when on my own; this has never been a problem for me but seems to be increasingly the case as time passes. I was quite organized and goal-directed for some time and then became ill and had to prioritize things out according to my symptoms. Significant post-exertional malaise seems to make it difficult to accomplish anything much and I never really learned to be effective. What do normal people do to fill their time? I'm bored as hell, i need some dumb hobbies or a partner or something.
Idk but I used to start after skimming thru the end.

 
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