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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exercising, being outdoors, day trips, checking out different restaurants, museums, bookstores, learning skills, helping others. Is there a cause that you care about?[/quote]

I do volunteer and enjoy that, but I have not met people through it. What gets to me is that I used to enjoy all the things you list. Now I am totally indifferent to them: I don't care for restaurants, I have been to all local museums a million times, done all the day trips. When we do do one of those things, I come back thinking staying home would have been just fine...I feel totally stuck. We were away this winter and I did like the things we saw/did.[/quote]
This might be a stretch but maybe what you’re experiencing is ambiguous loss? There’s an On Being podcast interview with Pauline Boss you might be able to relate to. Perhaps you’re mourning the loss of your time as a parent of kids who you did fun stuff with all the time.

Regardless of the reason, it seems you’re in a transitional phase. Be gentle with yourself. Maybe rest and reflect and not try to force yourself to get out of your funk, or be so “up and at ‘em” tackling chore after chore and doing things.

And that’s great you liked your recent trip—maybe seek out more of what it was that you liked about it. [/quote]

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