I'm 24, I don't find anything as enjoyable or exciting as I once did. Anyone else feel this way?

ZoomerAmerican

ZoomerAmerican

I refuse to die until things are better
Feb 2, 2025
113
I loved video games when I was a kid and teenager, but now I cant play them and find them incredibly boring. I used to love anime when I was 13-16, but now i find anime boring.

When I was 10-13, I used to love watching every single regular season game of my favorite NBA and MLB team. now i find regular season boring and only intrigued by postseason play. I also thought WWE was the coolest thing ever as a kid, now i find it boring.

As a kid and teenager, i found tv shows and movies with lots of drugs, sex, and adult themes intriguing and entertaining as hell, now im just desensitized to it and i cant remember the last movie i watched that I'd put in my top 50 movies. I don't even find drinking alcohol as enjoyable as i did when i was 17-18 doing it for the first time.

I don't know if I'm going through a quarter life crisis or if this is normal, but literally nothing in life is as enjoyable or exciting as it was 10-15 years ago when i was 10-15 years old. and I'm not saying me at 10-15 was peak life either, At times I was super lonely those years, was bullied, had helicopter parents, etc. There were plenty of things I didn't enjoy about my age 10-15 years. But at least the hobbies or interests I had deeply entertained me such as video games, anime, WWE, watching sports, etc.

But now none of those things deeply entertains me. i don't know if this is normal or if I'm just going thru a quarter life crisis. usually people over 40 feel burnt out by life, but I'm 24 and in my prime and nothing excites me or fulfills me anymore
 
Crazy Samurai

Crazy Samurai

In solidarity with Manletmachine - Niamh is evil
Dec 13, 2020
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We need 18yo girls who act like excitable cats to save us
 
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Stim

NEET
Apr 21, 2024
64
Have you ever thought about using vaping or nicotine products to cope with boredom?
 
absurdity

absurdity

NEET
May 24, 2024
24
I think a combination of intelligence, self-awareness, and isolation leads to anhedonia once you reach a certain age. You eventually realize that your life will consist of either NEETdom or wageslaving, and being constantly reminded of this ruins your ability to enjoy escapism like you did when you were younger.
 
syusi

syusi

NEET
May 10, 2025
141
I think a combination of intelligence, self-awareness, and isolation leads to anhedonia once you reach a certain age. You eventually realize that your life will consist of either NEETdom or wageslaving, and being constantly reminded of this ruins your ability to enjoy escapism like you did when you were younger.
true. unless ur autistic as shit like me
 
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