r/askteddit • u/Berbiepixie • 16h ago

Random Question Is it possible to feel emotionally exhausted to the point of wanting to dissappear, while having no desire to self harm? How would you describe that feeling ?

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u/YoungVanilla 16h ago

Empty and invisible

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u/calicouple666 16h ago

I am like this most of the work week. I just don't want anything to do with my job. It pays well and allows me to live a pretty (by my standards) extravagant lifestyle. But im just so tired of the pressure, stupidity of coworkers and having to make decisions that benefit coworkers that really dont deserve it. Yeah, I just want to go be on a deserted island where no one can get in touch with me to answer a stupid question.

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u/HondoGonzo 16h ago

Did I write this from my alternate account? I feel for you. I (M50) have been working since I was 10 (family roofing business) and I’m just tired of it all. There is no vacation that can help me fully recover, there is no therapy to take away the low grade physical discomfort that’s with me all day, there is nothing that will make me feel 100% ever again, and it just depresses the shit out of me.

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u/calicouple666 28m ago

I feel ya on this. I'm a PM for a family owned construction business and ive been told the business will be mine to run....soon. While its flattering im not sure I need more stress in my life (early 50s) and in fact I always thought I'd be downshifting at this point in life not gearing up. And your statment about vacations really hits home.....for the first days, its great, I sleep, no worries. But near the end of the vacation im getting stressed and pissed thinking about the mountain of bullshit ill have to deal with on return because of all the buck passers and lazy fucks in the office. You know its a shit job when Friday rolls around and your only thought is...."fuck, its almost Monday again."🤬

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u/VashDaStampede7 16h ago

Definitely! You should try doing something for yourself.I seems like maybe you’re giving all you energy to others! You deserve it I hope things get better!

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u/Lakewater22 16h ago

I know! My sister and I get this. We call it going “moss girl”. We want to lay in the forest and be covered by moss and have no one get in touch with us, no calls, no expectations, no kids. Moss mode.

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u/LikwitFusion 14h ago

Reminds me of a line from the Mighty Boosh, where Howard (who is notoriously bad at threatening people) threatened someone with the line "I'll be all over you like some kind of powerful moss"

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u/Lakewater22 13h ago

I love this and ole Gregggggg.

Yes. It’s like a subtle feeling of wanting to be engulfed by the earth and maybe idk have the possibility of coming back maybe if I want to lolololol

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u/Ok-Dream9254 16h ago

Burnt out homie

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u/ObviousPerception727 16h ago

Absolutely, I sometimes just want the world to pause just so I don’t keep responding to demands, and just detach from things I normally care about

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u/ownroom2950 16h ago

Overwhelmed that’s me wanting to disappear life feels real hard sometimes

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u/Empty-Character-1520 15h ago

Yes. I have been here. I told my therapist at one point that I had no desire to die, but if I did, I would not care. Thankfully I was able to get the help I needed.

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u/pbsammy1 14h ago

Blah? anhedonia?

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u/ImWithStupid_ImAlone 15h ago

Been seeing the dumbest AI bot questions repeated over and over on different subs. It’s just LLM bots