Anyone else feeling apathetic and 'can't be arsed'?

[FannyFernackerpan]

When all this started, I was exercising at home, going for a long daily walk or bike ride, enthusiastically home cooking lovely lunches and dinners, gardening, doing long neglected jobs that needed doing, and my house had never been so clean with all the bleaching and wiping down and washing I was doing.

Today I have done absolutely sweet Felicity Arkright! Nothing! Just lolloped around, woke at 10 and got a cup of tea and then went back to bed, reading shit on my iPad. I mooched about a bit, eventually got in the shower at 4pm, got dressed and have just set my first foot in the garden at nearly 7pm.

I haven't even made so much as a slice of toast. I had a banana for breakfast and five of those mini quorn cocktail sausages out of the packet for lunch.

This isn't like me but I just feel so lethargic, apathetic, can't be bothered with anything. I can't even watch anything because my attention wanders. Most of the time it's just lolling, daydreaming or reading something online. I do an occasional crossword or codeword but I haven't even done that today.

It's still lovely and I could go for a bike round round the park or even just potter about in the garden for a bit but I honestly can't be arsed.

Anyone else feeling like this and did you snap out of it?

Yes, me, I feel the same way today and have been feeling like it on and off. I have a couple of days where I need to do nothing and then I get back to normal. I think it is the constant worrying about things that exhausts me. After a couple of days doing nothing I am ok for a while.

Yes, me too. I have a 5 year old but If I didn’t I wouldn’t move from bed. What’s the point

Same! Lolling about describes it perfectly, I just seem to mooch from the sofa to bed and back again. Just total time wasting

Nope - I'd go mad doing nothing. I'm constantly busy except in the evenings. I am still working plus running a home business so have lots to do anyway.

Me too. Just wasted a weeks leave doing absolutely sweet fa pretty much. I’ve perked up today as I’ll be back WFH tomorrow. I’m calling it lockdown fatigue along with the lockdown spread around my middle.

Well I watered the plants and hauled my arse out of the door for a bike ride so feeling slightly better than I did, but still no real energy or motivation to do anything.

On another thread someone described it as 'exhausted doing nothing' and that's exactly it. So unlike me, but hopefully will perk up a bit tomorrow. I'm self employed and still have a few bits and bobs of work coming in, plus a home to run. But today I'm afraid has been a write off!

Yes! It’s taken my all week to clean the bedroom and en-suite as I could only face doing one tiny thing per day.

Yeah first few weeks we were really on it and now I drag myself out of bed in the morning because I have a baby to look after and she brightens the day, but when she naps I now struggle to be motivated and just end up sitting on my phone. Then when she goes to bed in the evening, I just sit about again.

If I didn't have my DD, I'm pretty sure I would be in bed all the time with severe depression to be honest.

Yes, me. At home with two DC, and I said to DH I’m glad I was quite fit before all of this, because I am doing less and less, and feel so lethargic. I almost fell asleep in the day today which I barely did even when my DC were babies. I absolutely hate how this is making me feel.

Yep! Some days I can't stop cleaning and I'm hoovering my mattress, the next day I wish I could just lie in it all day!!

Yes. I did FA today and feel so lazy. I am getting worse and worse.

It's rough not having a proper routine to make you do things, seems like we need some form of external discipline or we just drift aimlessly......?
mind you I was more aimless at the start... all dazed and confused😳
I'm just starting to get my act together now☺️

I feel like this too, can’t be bothered what’s the point kind of mood.

Yep! Today has just been such a 'meh' day. Irregular eating, didn't leave the house, didn't shower til 3pm, decided to paint the hall and did about 2 square feet before I gave up, spent most of today watching Netflix in my pyjamas. Some days are better than others.

Yes, I'm the same.

I've got more than enough to do but can't be bothered. I have done some things over the last 8 weeks but no where near enough to look like I've done anything. I'm also sick to death of making Every. Single. Fucking. Meal! I hate cooking anyway but dd(12) is parky, ds1 (20) wouldn't cook anything, ds2 is only 10 and dh is disabled so it's left to me

I’ve felt like that for weeks, didn’t even have an industrious couple of days to start. I’m sure you’ll be fine tomorrow

Yup, awful. Seem to have lost all my attention span as well. Can’t seem to focus on books or tv shows anymore.

Currently furloughed, I’ve gone from a busy, stressful 50 hour a week job into the complete unknown. No idea when/how we’ll reopen so just have absolutely nothing to focus on, work towards. It’s Groundhog Day, the day of the week just doesn’t matter anymore. If it wasn’t for my toddler I dread to think what my days would look like.

It a mix of good days bad days but it’s started to feel like the bad days outnumber the good ones, and the days I’m not struggling my husband seems to be or the toddler is.

I can still remember a phrase from a poem I studied at school.... ‘Fatigued with indolence’ That pretty much sums up my lockdown!!

Yes. Can’t be arsed to do anything and weighed down by lethargy. Have a 3yo otherwise I’d probably just watch tv (unable tomorrow concentrate on it).is there a clinical explanation yet? Is it cabin fever, a reaction to anxiety, boredom ? On the plus side I’m sleeping very well, although can’t wake up.

@FannyFernackerpan

Yes! Previously could not focus, but now feel physically heavy and sleepy. Not overweight by a log shot.
Also sleeping "hard," and can't wake up properly.
Being disciplined, but treading through mud...

@AhGoGo

Cannot focus on reading either.

Yep. I’ve had good days and bad days all through (tbh it’s quite normal for me in regular life anyway) but the last week or two the good days are getting rarer

Yes was thinking about this today.

At the start it was 5k walks daily whereas last two weeks I don’t think I’ve walked once.

Can’t lie in bed all day because of DC but if not for them I would.

I definitely hit a wall with all this last week.

Even DH who normally sees the bright side in everything has had a pretty flat weekend.

Yup exactly the same here. We were doing great with school work, kids were enthusiastic. I was exercising (prob not burning anymore calories than usual though because I'm quite active in my job). Now I have almost turned night into day (Hense still up at 3.30am) and I just can not get the motivation to do anything. I really have to push myself to even put a washing on or walk the dog. I think I'm starting to feel a bit depressed. I've drank once a week just for something do to break thing up and make them a bit more interesting. That's a lot for us, we hardly drink unless we have a night out planned. DC have completely lost interest in school work and it's now a daily battle to get them to open a book or leave the house because they are sick going the same walks. We live in a small place and we need to go places we can let the dogs off lead (Springer spaniels).

I have made a promise to myself that I will drag myself and the kids up at a decent time, even if I'm knackered, and start getting into a better routing. I can not figure out all the online teaching crap either. I emailed teachers about it and it's useless. I'm bloody useless!
I was hoping to have lost about a stone by now too. I've only lost between 3 and 5 pounds (My scales are shit, and depending on the floor they are on give a different bloody reading everytime!)