Hello! This is my first ever question with questions.com. I'm 23 years old. In the past few years I have noticed that whenever I hang out and do things with my friends, I can no longer feel that spark of excitement that I felt when I was younger. For example, I recently went to an outdoor Rock concert to see my most favorite band with a close friend. The music was great and everybody seemed to be having the time of their lives! I'll admit that I very much enjoyed it, however my level of excitement never really peaked much past what you might normally feel if you went to grandma's birthday party... It's like excitement took a vacation, and . Aaaand, it not just those types of big things, but the smaller stuff too. Like going to the mall, or getting a new jacket, carving pumpkins, museums, road trips, and pretty much all video games... And it's not like I don't want to do these things, as a matter of fact, I enjoy them, it just that I don't get excited as much as I should. It's like eating different flavors of ice cream, but only ever being able to taste vanilla. You see? What prompted me to ask about it here, was that others have noticed my contrasting lack of excitement in these situations and I've been having to come up with explanations. I don't want others to think I'm not enjoying myself right? I think something is wrong with me....
Why can't I ever feel excited anymore?
- Posted:
- 3+ months ago by FrostyKoala
- Topics:
- life, smile, happy, first, emotion, friendship, feel, depressed, excitement, friends
Responses (1)
Hello koala :) .. Well i see ur missing something right ??? In these past fee years ..did something happened to u which u think it may b a reason for this change ??? If yes then plz share if u can ..With the passing years u grow more mature .. Often we forget few things which made us happy before ..but u remember all such things n ur doing it but still its not coming to ur heart . I think something is there which is pricking u .. anyways waiting for update .. good luck :)
Hmm .. so its just i think ur not able to enjoy whole heartedly .. Well u told that ur responsibilities are grown to manifold .. This is the main thing .. u ae so busy in ur lyf that now ur lyf now misses all those things which u did in ur past . But yeah i would ask u to find happiness .. Happiness comes from eithin .. u hv to stop thinking that ur not enjoying ..take it positively .. Some people dont even get tym to do few things which they did before ..but ur getting .. so b lil optimistic .n if still ur finding the same then .become child ...lol . Behave like a child .. close ur toom n shout like babies .. dance like joker . Lol haha !! Anyways .good luck hope u find something amusing .. :)
Hmm .. so its just i think ur not able to enjoy whole heartedly .. Well u told that ur responsibilities are grown to manifold .. This is the main thing .. u ae so busy in ur lyf that now ur lyf now misses all those things which u did in ur past . But yeah i would ask u to find happiness .. Happiness comes from within .. u hv to stop thinking that ur not enjoying ..take it positively .. Some people dont even get tym to do few things which they did before ..but ur getting .. so b lil optimistic .n if still ur finding the same then .become child ...lol . Behave like a child .. close ur room n shout like babies .. dance like joker . Lol haha !! Anyways .good luck hope u find something amusing .. :)
I think I see what you mean. Perhaps making time for doing silly things will help! Actually, a few ideas are already coming to mind. Thank you for the advice. :)
Hi Abrock, thanks for responding. I definitely feels like I'm missing something. I can't really think of a particular pinpoint-able event or reason for the change. I know not long ago I was a college student, but I've had luck with a decent full-time job for about 3 years now. Although, my responsibilities have indeed grown, and my free time has shrunk considerably... I can't really afford to be spontaneous and care-free as I once was. I've got pets, and rent, and a loving but high-maintenance girlfriend... but nothing that i would consider show-stopping. And even though I'm getting out and doing things, It feels that my heart never gets to that point of hype or immersion. My self-awareness of the issue seems to make it all the more difficult. :/