Feeling weirdly low lately and can’t snap out of it

[ManoharDash]

Not sure what’s wrong with me lately but I just feel really flat. Nothing bad has happened, just this heavy kind of tired feeling all the time. I go to work, come home, and end up just scrolling on my phone or watching shows till late. My house is a bit of a mess and I can’t seem to get on top of anything.
I used to enjoy going out or seeing friends but now it just feels like too much effort. I keep thinking I should pull myself together but I just… don’t.
Anyone else gone through something like this? How do you get yourself out of a rut when everything just feels a bit pointless?

How old are you? Could it be peri menopause symptoms or are you a bit depressed maybe?

Seasonal affective disorder? I always feel like this when the days get shorter. Making sure I get as much daylight as possible helps.

I was going to ask how old you are op. Sounds like me in perimenopause. Do you think it’s worth a trip to the doctors? It was for me!

i made myself a little rule in my head. Every time I thought “I can’t be bothered” I had to do it. I do like a rule though so that might not work for you!

Are you looking after yourself properly in terms of diet and exercise, and getting out of the house?

I've become this. I am very much in perimenopause. I can't seem to snap out of it. Also neurodiverse so I can get 'stuck' IYKWIM.
Any tips welcome!

I had this in my 40s and the answer was:

• vitamin d and variety of dietary supplements
• stop drinking alcohol and cut down massively on carbs and refined sugar (made me sluggish)
• take up a new sport (I started cycling and swimming three times a week at 6am!)
• find an enthusiastic friend and walk for 30mins at lunchtime

You shouldn’t feel you just have to “snap out of it” though. Would you feel you had to snap out of a broken arm? No! Don’t put that pressure on yourself. It’s not a weakness to feel like this. It’s a really common thing to happen to women in peri/menopause. Please be kind to yourself.

I think it's the changing of the seasons. Going from Summer to Autumn/Winter can be difficult for many including myself. I picture the lights going on at 4pm, being cold, wet, dreading the Christmas rush and bullshit, and then January with little to look forward to apart from credit card and hefty heating bills!

However, (and this is going to sound ridiculous maybe), whenever I feel down I write the good things I have on a notebook. Then I say OK I'm going to go out for a walk and have a bar of forbidden choc and hot tea when I get back. Or stuff like that. It doesn't cure it, but it does make me think of what I do have compared to many.

I often allow myself to feel down. We don't have to be on full power all the time either. It's OK to wallow now and then. As long as you get moving eventually it'll be OK.

If it persists and you cannot do much, then GP visit is on the cards.