Is there anyone else out there who is naturally lazy?

[Anonymous]

I hate to admit it, but I am flat out lazy. Not by choice, I absolutely do not want to be this way, but I feel like it is part of my natural physiology. I just have very low energy levels and have since as long as I can remember. In fact, my college roommates used to make jokes about my lying on the couch all the time. I'm able to perform fine at work, but I am absolutely drained at the end of the day. and find it hard to do any errands after work. The house is always messy because I don't have energy to tidy up during the week, and have to really psych myself up to clean on the weekends. I hate cooking because of the effort I have to put forth. Dinner for my kids usually consists of things like microwave rice, canned beans, and bagged salad. Things that seem simple for other people are just very difficult for me. When I get home all I really feel like doing are sedentary things like reading, or browsing the Internet. That being said, I do take good care of myself. I eat well, get enough sleep, exercise about 4 times a week. I have had my thyroid, iron and vitamin B levels tested and they are all normal. I really feel that it is hereditary because my mother is the same way. Are there other people out there who are just naturally extremely lazy and is there really anything that can be done about it?

[Anonymous]

Even with normal vitamin levels, I would add a B-12 supplement. I love Zipfizz.

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[Anonymous]

I just got zipfizz, I hope it helps, I am so sick of feeling is a loser!

OP, you are not alone.

[Anonymous]

Me!

[Anonymous]

Everybody is naturally lazy. Humans are programmed to do no more work than they absolutely have to. We’re not too far removed from circumstances in which starvation was always imminent. In those days, you were rewarded genetically both for being really good at getting food, and for being really good at conserving energy when you weren’t obtaining food. If you were too lazy and too unmotivated to get food, you’d die and fail to pass on your genes. If you were too hyperactive and kept moving around when you weren’t acquiring food or in circumstances where food was scarce, you’d burn through too much energy, be more likely to starve, and fail to pass on your genes.

[Anonymous]

Same. Hate it.

[Anonymous]

Me

[Anonymous]

My middle son is naturally lazy. I am high energy so I have always found him to be puzzling.

[Anonymous]

I'm the exact same, down to thinking it's hereditary because my dad is and always has been LAZY AF. I could easily sleep 12+ hours, and used to when I was younger and single. For me it's either caused by or combined with depression and inattentive ADD (I too have had the blood panels and they're pretty normal), so I take a cocktail of meds to make me productive enough to work successfully-ish and maintain a household with small children.

It sucks though. Even worse, my spouse is the opposite -- very Type A, ambitious, go-getter, doesn't sleep enough, borderline OCD. So not cleaning and not cooking after working and/or wrangling kids all day aren't options for me. Prescription speed it is, then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everybody is naturally lazy. Humans are programmed to do no more work than they absolutely have to. We’re not too far removed from circumstances in which starvation was always imminent. In those days, you were rewarded genetically both for being really good at getting food, and for being really good at conserving energy when you weren’t obtaining food. If you were too lazy and too unmotivated to get food, you’d die and fail to pass on your genes. If you were too hyperactive and kept moving around when you weren’t acquiring food or in circumstances where food was scarce, you’d burn through too much energy, be more likely to starve, and fail to pass on your genes.

Believe me some people really are lazier than others. I just do not have the physical energy to do things that most others don't have problems doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the exact same, down to thinking it's hereditary because my dad is and always has been LAZY AF. I could easily sleep 12+ hours, and used to when I was younger and single. For me it's either caused by or combined with depression and inattentive ADD (I too have had the blood panels and they're pretty normal), so I take a cocktail of meds to make me productive enough to work successfully-ish and maintain a household with small children.

It sucks though. Even worse, my spouse is the opposite -- very Type A, ambitious, go-getter, doesn't sleep enough, borderline OCD. So not cleaning and not cooking after working and/or wrangling kids all day aren't options for me. Prescription speed it is, then.

There are meds that give you energy? What meds are these?

[Anonymous]

I could have written this OP. I have naturally low energy and my mother also has naturally low energy. My entire childhood I remember her lying on the sofa reading while I played. She never played with me, and besides housework and cooking she did not do much. She also went to bed at 7 pm every night.

I have ADD inattentive, and I think that's a big part of my low energy problem. I get very easily overwhelmed and then I shut down. In high school and college I used to sleep like 14 hours a day to compensate for all the stress/multiple AP classes, etc. In college I would take 4 hour naps every day plus sleep at least 10 hours a night. I always felt exhausted. All through my 20s and early 30s I took a nap when I got home from work just to make it through the night. I didn't have the energy to cook from scratch often and would usually get take-out or do a frozen dinner.

Oddly enough, in my mid-30s, all of that changed. I lost that low energy feeling and now all my friends comment on what a high energy level I have. I think a big part of that is that I suddenly needed a lot less sleep. I now sleep 7-8 hours per night (instead of 10-12) and I no longer feel sluggish or tired in the afternoons. I get a lot more done these days and feel high energy all day. Nothing at all changed other than that I started peri-menopause on the early side (around 37). But it seems to be bringing me a lot more energy! I'm now 43 and feel great each day and have enough energy to get everything I need to get done. I cook dinner from scratch every night, meal plan, clean the house, do all the errands, work, and have plenty of energy left over!

[Anonymous]

Caffeine is your friend! But he’ll yeah on a snowy day like today...a book, brunch with teens at home, a movie, chill with the family and dogs and a fire going

[Anonymous]

OP, I so relate. Years ago I posted a thread about how I am a sloth among the cheetahs. I do have thyroid issues, but take meds and I take B12. helps a little.

To manage working crazy hours and to have a life too I was on adderall for 8 years. I don't recommend it. For maybe 4 years I was the energizer bunny managing everything, thin without effort, but then it works less and you need it just to function at all. it is super hard to get off of, but I am so much healthier off of it. I accomplish much less, but have a reasonable part time job and manage parenting, meals, etc. I sleep so much better without it. Also, it made me thin for years and then made me fat. The prescribing physician says he thinks it does mess up the metabolism based on anecdotal evidence, beyond normal aging and slowing of the metabolism and beyond the thyroid issues.

[Anonymous]

I can so relate!