Right, who stole my mojo?

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Own up! I've been searching for it for a solid two years and I can't find it anywhere.

I can't be arsed doing anything. I rarely tidy or clean, the laundry is only up to date because DH does most of it, I can't be bothered putting effort into mealplanning or cooking. I'm doing the minimum to keep my job ticking over, I have no hobbies, I rarely read, I don't have friends. I mostly just surf the net. Even my Netflix history is a list of half-watched stuff; I rarely finish anything.

I need to fix the house up to put it on the market. I need to stop leaving all the day to day stuff to DH. I need to sort out my eating and lose about 7 stone. I need to engage with life again instead of just waiting for bedtime. But everything is too much effort, physically and mentally.

I was much more functional till about two years ago, when my Lexapro seemed to stop working. I didn't realise for ages, just felt like crap. My GP put me on Prozac instead but I don't feel as good as I did when the Lexapro was working. I'm half wondering if it's a perimenopause thing, as I'm 44, and I'm definitely having other issues like brain fog, forgetfulness, sleeping issues and a permanent headache. So I should probably talk to the GP again.

Is there anything else I can do? I feel like getting out and getting some exercise would make me feel better but I can't bring myself to.

I feel like each day is a chore at this stage. There's no joy left.

No idea, but they've got mine as well! Maybe there's a black market in stolen mojos 😏

That last sentence is so sad OP. I think start small, take one day at a time and I'd go back to the doctor first to discuss your meds. Everything else is screaming depression and stress.

Perry? 😂(peri-meno)

Same place mine went in 2008, I would imagine. I'm better than I used to be and I'm not even sure WHO I am supposed to be.

I am 45, have had similar symptoms of not getting motivated to do ANYTHING

this last month I have taken magnesium and mushroom supplements, I feel like the low magnesium has been the problem and the mushrooms have helped with concentration.

I bet it's a bit of burn out from family life and peri menopausal symptoms.

I don't know OP.
Maybe they've taken all our mojo's and stuffed them in a waterproof box with a geolocation tag and flung them out to sea...
Might as well have, it feels like a massive 'Challenge Anneke' to find the bloody thing, and I won't be dangling out of a helicopter in a tight-fitting boiler suit anytime soon!
Looking at my waistline, I think I must have eaten mine actually 😬😳
Not sure how to get it back so not much help, but totally understand what you're saying! x

It's run off with my marbles and plot...

God I could have written your post word for word! I always tell myself I'd feel better if I done some exercise but I just can't bring myself to do any, I used to love walking, I'm so forgetful lately too,I'm 45 so also wondering if it's peri menopause, I just have no interest in anything anymore

Your mojo, together with mine
they’ve gone where the sun don’ shine

I'm liking the idea of them all chilling together on a tropical island somewhere, with cocktails. I hope they come back refreshed full of beans after their holiday.

Or the sun shines as the case may be 🌞

Your post screams peri/menopause and depression to me. Sending big hugs. Speak to your GP xx

Sorry I borrowed your mojo. I sent it back but the parcel must have been intercepted

If the mojo's have gone somewhere nice, it might be best if we go and find them...
I could definitely be persuaded to walk away from the endless doom loop of diy, chores and generally gloomy wet weather at the mo.
I know what you mean about being fully aware that things need to change but not finding the motivation to even start. I used to have days where I'd get loads done and feel like things were manageable, no matter what came at me, but now I'm watching the clock, just treading water a lot of the time. Definitely peri for me - hrt not suitable so am just trudging through it.
Hoping this is a phase that'll pass, and I'll wake up one day and bounce (not flop) out of bed, feeling like a cloud has lifted! 👉✌💃
Honestly, a bit of laughter and female company wouldn't go amiss!😁

If the mojo upped and gone
What’s there to be done?
Sod the house, family and weather!
We all depart, together.

(work in progress, feel free to add)

Love it! 😂

I'm 35 and would like to know the same. It's been a miserable old winter but even before that my mojo was gone.

Yeah they took mine too. Bastard.

Those little chewy sweets?

What little chewy sweets?

I’m feeling (or rather, not feeling - just apathetic) the same. I’m 45 and assume it’s peri-meno. Ho hum.

Oh, sign me up for a trip to Mojo Island!!

I’m 47, work FT, single parent to kidults who live at home and in dire need of a holiday. Mojo Island would be the perfect destination if I could just be arsed to book it.

Mines gone and left me too

Yep. Have a bad case of can't- be-arseditis here too.

I have them all. Mwaaaah 😈
After decades of floating through life, barely getting by, obese and incredibly unfit. No social life, intermittent sex life.
The big change for me happened last October when I'd reached peak fatness and signed up to a weight loss clinic. They prescribed me WL tablets to help with food noise that also boosted energy. My god, that first week I'd scrubbed the whole house. 4 months later I'm jumping out of bed at 6.30 to head to the gym before work, almost 2stone down. Who even am I?