Question for a psychologist:

Good afternoon.

My problem is this. For about 8 years now I have lost interest in life and am in a state of passive depression. It all started with the fact that I failed to enter college the first time, and managed to do so only in the second year. It was a failure of all my dreams; at that moment I placed too much on this admission. My world then collapsed. When I finally entered, I no longer felt any interest in studying, which I literally lived for just a year ago. When I entered, due to lack of interest, studying began to be very difficult for me, problems with discipline began, I was often late, because I simply could not bring myself to get up in the morning, or completely missed entire days of classes. If earlier I could leave home early in the morning and come only late in the evening, being first at school and then at college, now I have become a real homebody. At a minimum, she was regularly late and every time she was looking for a way to quickly leave the institute, to get out early. At the very least, I stopped leaving the house altogether. I didn’t want to go out anywhere, I wasn’t comfortable with the thought of leaving my native, warm, cozy walls. The house began to be perceived by me as my fortress, as my shell, a protective shell. When I thought about going out into the street to go somewhere, for example, to the same institute, I began to feel discomfort and even a little fear. I didn't want to leave my protective shell. Also, in addition to this, as a logical continuation of what has already been described, problems with academic performance began. Even the most basic tasks gave me difficulty. I couldn't concentrate on anything. It was difficult for me to force myself to sit down and start doing something and accomplishing it. The fear of failure because of not getting in was firmly lodged in me. I put too much effort into this then, I worked very hard for this, I was very tired and I was very upset not to do it. Now I didn’t want to stress over anything at all, I didn’t want to invest in any building. I already had a sad experience when I put my soul and a lot of energy into a business and broke down. And all this pain was embedded so deeply in me that I didn’t want a repeat and therefore didn’t want to try at anything. If earlier I lived by studying, I liked to disappear all day at the institute, communicate with friends, but now studying became a real hell for me, I didn’t want to leave the house again, I didn’t want to do anything, communicate with anyone.

And this state, this apathy, this closeness from life has continued to this day for 8 years. I still can’t bring myself to leave the house again. Yes, you have to go to work, but it’s a necessity. But I can’t just pick up, get ready and go somewhere. Or I can, but it costs me no human effort. I can force myself all day, from early morning until late at night, to simply get ready and go to the store! From time to time, I still pull myself together and begin to go somewhere regularly, for example, every week to the theater or to the museum. But it’s still difficult for me to get ready, I’m always late for everything, I always force myself to go out for a long time.

Another problem is that I stopped feeling the taste of life. I have forgotten how to rejoice and enjoy life! I really love, for example, theater or exhibitions, but I don’t experience the same pleasure and uplifting emotions from them. I don’t experience emotions in any area of ​​my life! I am alive like some kind of vegetable, capable only of physical movements, but absolutely empty inside. I have been living in this constant feeling of emptiness, depression and apathy for many years. It happens a little better and I seem to come to life, I have dreams and goals again, but I very quickly burn out and again drag out a miserable, aimless existence. I have no goals, no desires, no reason to get up in the morning. I don't want anything. I used to live, I was on fire, I ran everywhere, I managed to do a lot of things, I was active. Now I can spend the whole day on the couch, staring blankly at the computer monitor. It seems to me that deep down in my soul I still have that pain for not getting in, and now I’m afraid to set goals for myself, I’m afraid to want something, because I’m afraid to lose again and again experience the pain of dashed hopes.

I seem to understand all this, but I don’t know how to get out of this state. I will be very grateful for your help!

Psychologist Viktor Vladimirovich Lyashenko answers the question.

Hello, Darina.

You wrote a rather emotional message. To write such a letter, to analyze and present everything in such detail, it requires a lot of mental strength. This indicates that there is still life in you, and you are capable of prolonged efforts for the sake of what is valuable to you, a necessity - for the sake of what you need.

You seem to really understand a lot. But what you understand does not yet encourage you to re-evaluate your choice, your attitude to what is happening and your pain, due to the fact that you began to experience yourself... perhaps helpless, incapable, weak, stupid, incompetent, unnecessary, etc., etc.

Your pain is so “deeply seated” for two complementary reasons:

1) Your world collapsed from the failure of admission only because for some reason you saw all your meaning in this admission, in this success of admission. So, the word admission to college is the only measure of both your worth and the value of life.

And then there was failure, and all the meanings collapsed... But there were no others, and there are no others. This lack of other meanings, other than some kind of social success (in your case associated with entering college the first time), is one of the main factors in your hanging in “non-existence” - you are not valuable to yourself. You have value to yourself only if you have a number of certain remarkable qualities...

2) You are hesitant to face these painful experiences. Because in this case you will have to face your own worthlessness. After all, you value yourself only for something (for certain qualities and achievements), but in and of yourself you have no value.

However, it is true that it is very difficult to face some experiences alone, and we do not always find the courage and strength to do so. But still, in order to stop running from your loser self and burying yourself alive, you need to turn to this you (yourself). Live communication with a psychologist this makes it much easier (in correspondence this, alas, is impossible).

Make up your mind if life, which is now giving its voice to you, is important to you.

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Just recently, the world revolved around you - everything seemed rosy, interesting and attractive. And suddenly you realize that your best friends- this is a sofa and a TV remote control. And the remote control, in general, is a stupid thing - you click on buttons, the programs are kind of boring, there’s nothing to watch. On the Internet, even on social networks, you don’t want to communicate with anyone - at most you can find the strength to collect puzzles. What to do if you have lost interest in everything, and others cannot recognize you as you?

Maybe there is something wrong with the body? Maybe we need to change the sphere of communication? Well, you can’t be sour aimlessly day and night, not giving a damn about life! And it’s disgusting even to look at yourself in the mirror: your hairstyle is like a haystack, your manicure wants the best, your cosmetics are sculpted without use. The only outfits to wear are home pajamas and a dressing gown: be fashionable - I don’t want to. Where to get strength from and how to end this protracted apathy towards everything? Well, let's sort it out in order.

If your apathy towards everything is not connected with any stressful situations, and you yourself won’t understand what’s wrong with you - look for the reason in your own body. Yes, yes, dear, you are a woman, which means you are subject to some strange changes. It’s not for nothing that women are considered a little crazy during pregnancy, after childbirth and during PMS - hormones are overflowing, and you become unhappy with yourself.

If the apathy lasts too long, then, of course, see a doctor. Symptoms may include:

• mood is at zero;
• inhibited thinking;
• lazy to move;
• feeling of constant fatigue;
• no desire to communicate;
• loss of interest in everything;
• detachment and passivity.

Endocrinologist, gynecologist and hormone tests, thyroid checks - there is no need to delay this. If you do not have short-term PMS, and you are not over 40 years old for menopause to begin to take effect, then the reason may also be due to hormones. But the doctor will definitely tell you about this.

You may need to undergo medication treatment. In addition to vitamins, decoctions and antidepressants, the doctor can prescribe something specifically for your changing body. In addition, they may recommend you proper nutrition. But at the same time, don’t forget about the hormones of happiness - chocolate and bananas. If you are prohibited from walking at this time, then at least open the windows wide open for fresh air.

The opposite method - lie as long as you want

Let's imagine that you are depressed to such an extent that you are not even interested in the doctor's verdict. After all, you still have to make an appointment, stand in line for coupons for tests and other unpleasant actions. Then you need to, like Baron Munchausen, pull yourself out of the bolt by the hair.

Get ready for the fact that your relatives and friends will try to drag you by the same hair. Putting a vacuum cleaner, a shovel, knitting needles and an embroidery hoop into your hands. Like, they know better how to stir you up. Of course, everything will fall out of your hands. Try to explain to them that now is not the time for “loosening up”, let them leave behind. All the same, you will do all the work automatically and only to please them. By the way, to your detriment: what does not bring satisfaction only makes you angry.

Try the opposite method: lie with the remote control until you get tired of it. To the point of a dent in the mattress. If you don't want to, just lie down. So that idleness begins to stress you out. You want to get up, do something, rush to the party, but no, you lie down so that your indifference to everything will be remembered for a long time. Watch those programs where people’s lives are in full swing, and here you are, sprawled out on the bed. Thus, the “walker” in you will gradually begin to awaken.

Returning to life according to your psychotype

So, you’re pretty tired of the sofa with the remote control, you need to do something to get your life back. But don’t blindly follow the advice of others, otherwise it will turn out like in the fable “The Swan, the Crayfish and the Pike”: everyone will give their own advice, and it will be difficult for you to decide. Feel yourself according to your own psychotype.

Impulsive choleric

It is difficult for you to sit still, and all kinds of stress are your element. Of course, after emerging from apathy, the stress should be positive, not negative. That is, you need to release adrenaline - literally descending from heaven to earth by parachute. Every nerve cell of yours is tense, energy asks to come out, and the sofa becomes a hated enemy. What you need to do in the initial stages:

Listen to music. Loud. Even louder. If it bothers someone, then that's their problem, or put on headphones. Listen to some wild rock, like "I'm free!" or something like that. Sing at the same time. In the voice. Don't hold back.

You will need a job. A lot of work. Preferably physical - to the point of exhaustion. You may even subconsciously envy the slaves on the plantations who work until they sweat. That is, grab onto everything - cleaning, weeding the garden, just to exhaust yourself physically.

There is no work - replace it with strength sports. Work out on the gym, hit the punching bag, and think subconsciously - you forget about the past and knock all the crap out of yourself. There is the possibility of sparring in the ring - you will win, that's for sure.

Warn your relatives so that at this stage they do not irritate you with moralizing and whining - they will snatch the bream from you. And don’t let them be offended later - you’re gaining strength now vitality, and their gateway is under you hot hand is fraught with consequences.

Good-natured sanguine person

The sofa with the remote control was a “lifeline” for you for a while. Those people who tried to shake you off the mattress were fundamentally wrong: there is no need to move a sanguine person if he needs to come to his senses a little without shock therapy. The attention of relatives during apathy, of course, is not superfluous, but if it is unobtrusive, without noise and dust. Boasting, calm conversation without raised tones, stroking the head - this is how to treat a sanguine person. What to do next to bring yourself back to life:

Listen to music. But pleasant, without screaming. Even if it’s just the sound of the sea against the background of an instrumental. In general, sound perceptions become very sharp - whining and screaming can put a sanguine person back under the blanket.

Friends, company, feasts - yes, this is what you will need when hibernation is over. In general, sanguine people like to have fun in the company of friends. Therefore, you should not shy away from those people who sincerely love you and wish you well.

Shopaholics have their own; new clothes will be like a balm for their soul. For nature lovers, a barbecue outing. Who misses his beloved and interesting work- she will definitely make him happy at this stage. If you want to play sports, choose a swimming pool: it contains two things in one – something pleasant and something useful.

Balanced phlegmatic

If you belong to this psychotype, then there is no fear for you - you did not mindlessly temporarily wrinkle the mattress. In your head, thoughts about later life and reflections on past mistakes. The main thing is that no one touches you at this time, you must “hear” your own thoughts. But now everything has come together in your head, and you “come out of the shadows.” What should you do?

Nothing harsh or desperate - that's not in your character. Contemplation and peace are your strong point. Reading books, fishing, embroidering, in general, everything that requires perseverance and patience, you love it.

If your friends invite you to a party, then you are unlikely to be interested in noisy parties. The singing of bards with a guitar by the fire will please you more than the loud shouting of pop songs from the speakers in a night bar.

You have thoroughly cleared your head with thoughts about your future life - it’s time to turn everything you have planned into reality. Match your possibilities with your dreams (you will be good at this), and figure out what you can do. Do it.

Your reticence can be compensated by the experience of others: listen to the advice of those who have already really helped themselves. You have enough prudence not to step on the rake twice, so as not to lie at the bottom of the bed again.

If you belong to this psychotype, then you can only feel sorry for the people around you. Losing yourself in the wilderness of your own failures and crying to everyone about it is definitely in your character. Therefore, no one will be surprised if you suddenly lie down and feel depressed: everyone will think that you are behaving as usual. Even if the cats are really scratching in your soul, and there is a reason for that. How should you plan your future life?

Stop whining. Even though it will be extremely difficult for you. Look - they have already given up on you. People around you express their pity for you only with annoying nods. Like, you speak, and we supposedly listen to you.

Learn from phlegmatic people who discard the past after analyzing it and make plans for the future. If you can’t do it in your head, write on a piece of paper: past and future. Cross out what happened, and highlight what you are betting on and bring it to life.

Since you are melancholic, you do not need any social work that requires maximum energy, so do not try to get involved in any grandiose activities. But being a volunteer and helping the unfortunate will only be useful for you. You will see that someone is worse off than you, you will stop crying to others about your painful fate.

The hardest thing to change is your own character with all your habits and cockroaches. But place of residence, work and environment are quite possible. Although these are of course extremes. If depression is not caused by any global changes in life, and the stages of recovery have already been completed, then little things remain - removing from life what was interfering, filling it with something new and beautiful.

For example, the environment. As it turned out, you had no friends at all: there were some lying foxes who took advantage of you. But in modern world There is no need, like Cheburashka, to go to the city center to meet new friends. Everything is decided by the Internet, and not even a dating site.

Like-minded people, a club of interests - that’s what will be important to you. If you still have real friends and they share your hobbies, then this is doubly great.

Plus, now you can turn any hobby into a business. You can sell both your own work and your services, just present your advertisement properly. And nothing inspires creativity more than the opportunity to make money from it.

If you, dear reader, found this article while lying down, between putting together puzzles, then draw conclusions for yourself. It’s not only difficult for you now, your family and friends are worried about you. Look how beautiful the world is and it’s time to get up and start cleaning your mattress.

No one is immune from life's hardships. Sometimes problems are stronger than us. They seem to turn into a large, black cloud, hanging over every corner of life, casting a shadow on everything that used to give strength and joy. Interest in everything has disappeared - if a person realizes this, it means he has fallen into the web of deep depression.

In such a situation, accompanying symptoms that can prove the seriousness of the impending threat are not always identified. The patient may appear to be as positive and productive as before. And this is the great danger of such depression. A person behaves as usual, while a catastrophe develops inside him.

Depression begins to control the mind of its prisoner. Gradually his attitude to events Everyday life and the people around him change beyond recognition. The patient ceases to distinguish minor incidents from global ones. Everything becomes the same - gray, insignificant, uninteresting, not worth emotions.

Causes of the problem

Lost interest in life - this problem is so subjective that it can hardly fit here full list the reasons that led to this condition. But soul experts identify the main factors that can trigger depression.

If you have lost interest in life and don’t want anything, and this has been going on for more than a week, it’s time to sound the alarm. Depression has serious consequences.

The danger of internal indifference

Psychiatrists warn: it is not depression itself that is terrible, but what a person turns into who does not treat it. The main dangers that await every patient with depression:

If you have lost interest in life, it is necessary to identify the exact reason that caused this condition. If a person has become depressed from unrequited love, and they begin to teach him not to be afraid of heights, the illness will progress. If the exact cause is not identified, any treatment will be useless.

Fortunately, depression can be corrected, but it is always long and complex work. And no matter how skeptical you may be about psychotherapy, unfortunately you will not be able to do without it - in the case of an advanced form of depression. Advice from the series “Become simpler, go outside, hug the cat, buy yourself a Snickers” is unlikely to help a depressed patient. Although establishing a rest and sleep schedule, taking vitamins and the desire to get well are important help in this difficult struggle.

Lack of mood or desire to do something is a completely normal phenomenon that periodically occurs in every person for no reason or because of some problem. It’s worse when apathy continues for several weeks, months, years, when interest in life disappears completely.

You should not brush aside such a problem. Prolonged apathy is psychological problem, which can lead to serious consequences. Starting from deterioration of financial situation, dismissal from work or divorce and ending with suicide. Until apathy leads to this, it needs to be treated. And, first of all, figure out the reason.

Why did interest in life disappear?

There are many reasons for lack of interest in life and mood. This condition is often associated with:

• with problems at work: if your work is associated with regular stress, your psyche may eventually fail;
• with financial problems: “debt hole”, big number loans, fear of losing a job due to high expenses - all this ultimately leads to depression and apathy;
• problems in family or personal life, divorce, unrequited love;
• death of a loved one.

Some of these problems can be dealt with by returning interest in life, others, unfortunately, cannot be “corrected”, and all that remains is to come to terms with it. In any case, a person can and should be helped.

What to do if a previously quite successful person has lost interest in life? happy person?

Alas, it happens like that: happy family life, a loved one, a favorite job, friends, hobbies, children no longer bring joy, and apathy arises. A person suddenly realizes that there is nothing more to strive for, and no more changes will happen in life.

How to identify the cause of apathy?

If you have lost interest in life, the first thing you need is to identify the reason. In some cases, this is not at all difficult - you have a problem, a disaster or trouble has happened in your life. In others, when outwardly everything is quite normal, only a specialist can help with finding the cause.

Surprisingly, it is precisely this kind of depression - depression that appears to appear in a successful and happy person - that is considered the most dangerous. The fact is that a person in this case cannot understand for himself what the reason for his condition is. And therefore, he does not try to get out of depression.

If a person has lost interest in life, if the desire to do something has disappeared, if nothing makes him happy, he needs to consult a specialist. Or, after studying the relevant literature, try to get out on your own.

To recognize the reason, you need to honestly answer yourself what exactly doesn’t suit you in life. Perhaps you have lost interest in your work, want change, are used to struggling with problems and achieving success. Perhaps you are tired of the relationship or have fallen in love with someone else. Perhaps the reason for this is the state of your body. Vitamin deficiency, sleep disturbances, and some diseases can lead to apathy.

How to help yourself or a loved one get out of depression?

Lack of interest in life is a problem that can be solved.

The first thing to start with is to find out the exact reason. If it is obvious (divorce, death of a loved one, a problem at work or in your personal life), you can get out of apathy by changing the environment, visiting a psychologist, or solving the problem itself (if it is solvable). If the reason is unclear, you should:

1. Get a full examination at a medical center. If a disease has been identified, it is enough to treat it.
2. Evaluate your lifestyle and diet. Good sleep and good food can help restore interest in life.
3. Do something new. A visit to a cosmetologist or a beauty salon, shopping (including “men’s shopping”), apartment renovations or a change of residence, a change of job or good vacation, a new relationship or a new hobby can all help. Take up active tourism, extreme hobbies, realize your old and forgotten dream - and you will forget about apathy.
4. Visit a psychiatrist. It will help restore interest in life if apathy is associated with a psychiatric illness.

Lack of mood can be caused by hormonal imbalance, vitamin deficiency, or low levels of endorphins. Special medications will have a good effect, but they should only be taken with a doctor’s prescription. A specialist will be able to help you regain your desire to live, but only if you yourself are ready to work.

Inspiration and the desire to do something are a resource just like energy, and they can be managed. If you stop wanting something from life, most likely your source of energy has dried up and needs reinforcement. Here are five ways you can do this.

I’ll say right away: I don’t know what to do for those who, in principle, never wanted anything. Probably agree with Artemy Lebedev’s proposal: “How to motivate yourself? No way. Stay in the ass." Or go to a psychotherapist to rule out signs of depression. The problem of someone who cannot make up their mind and falls into a stupor as a result was solved by Barbara Sher. Read her book “What to Dream About” if you feel potential in yourself, but don’t know where to put it. Or “I refuse to choose” - it is for those who are torn between several activities at the same time.

I am writing this article for everyone else: for people who set goals, achieve them, sometimes score and set others. And they worry if the time of life is not filled with something meaningful. And, probably, this article is for people who are busy with something pleasant to them. Otherwise, the answer to the question “Why don’t I want anything?” obvious (if it’s still not, then here it is: because you can’t want what you don’t want).

What you need to know about inspiration and energy

The problem is that even your favorite job or hobbies cannot inspire you all the time. Stagnation still occurs from time to time. For example, it hits me once every few months: at such moments I don’t feel like opening a book, let alone languages, dancing and enthusiasm at work. IN Last year I'm trying to explore this feature. I made a table, marking the ups and downs for each lesson, looking for patterns. I haven’t found the algorithm yet, but I have identified it general principles and learned to use them. And I share it with you.

The first thing I realized is that you can equate inspiration and motivation and think of them as energy. This is unscientific and unfounded, but convenient because it actually illustrates the same thing - the internal resource through which we move forward. Sometimes I think in the same terms about willpower. I like the theory of American psychologist Roy Baumeister, which Kelly McGonigal described in the book Willpower. It sounds like this.

For self-control, the brain needs mental energy, and if you cannot gather yourself, then you need to restore your strength.

Why don't you want anything

So, let's say our desire to do something is related to the amount of energy. When there is a lot of energy, there is enough interest for at least one of the regular activities. (By the way, if you know how to expand your “flow” so that there is enough for several at once, or know someone who does, please let me know.) Daniel Brownie in the book suggests working out and doing breathing or meditation practices, but there are probably and other ways.

Energy is a fickle resource; we either give it or receive it. And if you don’t have enough energy to do what you love, even though you just had it, you’ve wasted your supply along the way.

Here's what could have caused this to happen.

Lack of system. I quickly get exhausted if I take on one thing or another, but when I work through the to-do list and check off the boxes, I feel a pleasant tone (in fact, it’s thanks to endorphins).

Communication with some people. Dangerous categories of citizens are manipulators, whiners and aggressors. But if you are an introvert, you may be “de-energized” by communication in general and even by commenting on other people’s posts on social networks.

Stress. Daniel Brownie advises how to prevent him from drinking away his internal resources. Several exercises from the book “The Source of Energy” and other books on the topic that will help you “recharge” are in the article.

Consuming meaningless information. Personally, after 10 minutes on Facebook I feel like I’m in a swamp. The advice to “only follow inspiring people” is not a panacea. You still can’t hide from posts about packing for vacation, dog vaccinations and new kindergartens. For the same reason, I follow almost no one on Instagram and am not interested in the lives of stars, although it would be useful for work.

An activity you don't like. There are two options here: either learn to have fun despite everything, or not invest emotionally.

General fatigue and lack of body care- poor nutrition and sleep, lack of physical activity.

If you observe how you feel, you will find several more activities that drain resources. My personal beacon is a feeling of irritation. When everything suddenly boils inside me, even though nothing bad seems to have happened, it means that I am busy with something devastating.

What to do about it?

Now to the question “Why don’t I want anything?” there is an answer: “Because there is not enough energy.” I don’t know how true it is, but this answer is good for two reasons: it shuts up the inner critic and tells you what to do next. So what? Firstly, to neutralize the destructive factor, and secondly, to restore the resource. Here are some ways to recharge.

Rest. The most obvious way. There are no universal tips here like “get enough sleep,” “go to an exhibition,” or “take a walk in the park,” because everyone has their own methods. Personally, I'm in Lately restores this: on a day off, sit on the sofa, surround yourself with three different books, laptop, tablet, German textbook, notepad for writing down ideas and making lists.

Switch from one activity to another at the first sign of boredom. A few hours of such chaos - and that’s it, I’m ready for something structured.

Sport. In the process, endorphins are released, and as a result, you always see changes, even small ones. They provoke a surge of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that makes us strive for a goal and is strongly associated with the motivation mechanism. It is precisely his bursts that are felt as bursts of inspiration.

Get ready for pleasant changes. Dopamine is produced from everything new. That's why it's so nice to go shopping, dream, promise yourself to start on Monday new life or plan. And this, as you understand, involves many different activities. For example, I “charge” in a fabric store or on Asos, in a bookstore near a shelf with language textbooks.

When I watch videos of Irish dancing champions, study beautiful apartments, fashionable looks or ballerina figures on Pinterest, listen to music to which I can choreograph a routine. In general, I give free rein to my imagination and draw pictures of a beautiful, but quite possible future.

Do something without a strict goal and deadline, if you are a woman. Or, if you are a man, find yourself in a situation of competition or overcoming. I heard this theory from leading women’s trainings: they advise their visitors to restore “yin” energy in some endless processes, for example, handicrafts, cleaning or hobbies, the thrill of which is not at all the result. Yes, I know, it all seems like sweet Dreams sexist. But it helps me personally. Cleaning out a closet, sorting notes in Evernote, making a list of books I've read and books I want to read - all these are my “secret gardens” in which the resource of inspiration is replenished quite quickly.

Do what you love. This will allow you to recharge with energy, and it will be enough for something else. Remember the hobby schedule? I wrote it to help you overcome neurosis (Barbara Sher explains that it's the fear of not succeeding in all 5, 10, or 100 of your hobbies) and take control of your many hobbies. The method seemed new, and this triggered the production of dopamine. It was enough for me for three weeks: I read a lot, danced, didn’t miss training in the gym, instilled a healthy habit (at that time it was facial exercises)... In short, I was literally bursting with energy.

But then the dopamine charge ran out, and it began to be enough for one thing. For what exactly, you can’t say for sure. I'm still trying to figure out what makes me want to remember French this week and pick up a guitar next week. But now I know for sure: if you want one thing, you don’t have to force yourself to devote attention to another. The energy will “flow” on its own, just give it time.

Everything I’ve said has been helping me stay productive for six months now. Now I quickly understand where the energy flows and restore it using one of the proven methods. Periods of stagnation still occur, but they do not last longer than two weeks. At such times, I leave myself alone and let the sine wave creep up on its own.