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Apathy to life
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Apathy to life is a painful condition that causes inner emptiness, unwillingness to engage in anything and detachment. Such feelings are knocked out of the habitual rhythm of life, made to feel lonely, indifferent to everything around what is happening and lost. On the symptomatic, apathy to a life is similar to a depressive status. But these concepts must be divided, since depression is a very complex mental disorder, but apathy is one of the symptoms of this disorder.
The reasons for apathy to life
Apathy to life is an indicator of problems and conflicts that create discomfort for the individual. The disorder occurs suddenly, and no one knows the exact reasons for its appearance. Let's consider what can cause apathy to life:
- Physical state
Any disease, heavy physical exertion, stress and chronic ailments - can cause apathetic condition. The intake of medications, vitamin deficiency and premenstrual syndrome in women are also factors that cause apathy.
- Psychological condition
Working with people, high responsibility, oversaturation of others with negative emotions, inner emptiness, fatigue - provoke apathy to life. This category of causes of apathy includes existential problems. That is, a person's reassessment of life's values, extreme events that have occurred, important milestones in life, and age-related crises are the main cause of apathy and depression.
The state of apathy is just a warning signal of the body about profound problems and changes in the emotional state. The symptomatic of apathy towards life is expressed in isolation, passivity, physical weakness and emotional coldness, indifference. Apathy can manifest itself as constant drowsiness and fatigue. Treat apathy is recommended for the first symptoms of the disease, since neglected apathy to life, can take the form of a depressed state and other mental illnesses.
A complete apathy to life
Complete apathy to life is a severe psychological condition that causes a sense of detachment, indifference, lack of emotionality and indifference to oneself and others. The main reasons for complete apathy to life are boredom and routine. They cause complete indifference and spleen. The causes of complete apathy to life can be both external and internal. For accurate diagnosis, you need to seek medical help. But do not forget that such a state as complete apathy to life, can be a symptom of schizophrenia.
- Apathy can appear after the experienced strong stress, a negative event, which caused disappointment. Even the birth of a long-awaited child and winning a lottery can create the same effect as the loss of loved ones or another negative event.
- Prolonged physical or emotional stress, frequent stress, can deplete the body, induce indifference and kill any manifestations of emotion.
- A complete apathy to life also arises because of the so-called emotional burnout. Regular mood swings, jumps of emotions from sharply negative to positive, cause a state of apathy. This condition is typical for people whose work is related to death (firefighters, doctors, military).
- The state of apathy can also arise after a busy holiday or holiday. A sharp emotional decline causes a post-holiday period and spleen, which provoke the appearance of boredom and a sense of routine.
There are several methods that help in the fight against total apathy to life. If the disorder has only just begun to manifest itself, it is recommended to change the situation for a while, go in for sports, go on vacation. In general, do what will lead out of the habitual numbness. If a complete apathy to life lasts more than one year, the treatment of the disorder should be handled by a qualified specialist - a neurologist, a psychiatrist, a psychotherapist.
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