Alright, so lately I've been having trouble getting motivated or inspired to do anything at all. I haven't been able to draw anything, as anything I draw isn't good enough, I haven't been able to play my guitar because, for some reason, I hate the sound of my playing and I haven't been able to study at all or even deal with the thought of going back to school on Tuesday.

It's basically eating into everything I do... for example, today I swore I would price my entire shop, and I got about 5 items done before I quit. Yesterday I promised I would try to bond more with my pets and I failed at that too. I can't even write a damn blog, and that's just about all I'm good at -_-.

I'm sure everybody has these periods of utter laziness and hopelessness, so I'm asking how I should deal with it. Every time I think about the stress and workload of school, I feel like breaking down, and then I remember I have two years of school, 4 of university plus a good 30-40 years of working life ahead and realise I need to get this sorted fast.

I'm sorry for the text wall + really pathetic problem, but I really can't handle this by myself, and every time I mention it to friends they just say "lol" and change the subject, or tell me that I should snap out of it because I'm boring when I'm "being an emo" :/.

I would get some sunlight. If I don't get an adequete ammount of sunlight I become extremely depressed. Do something that makes you happy- life's outlook is always better when your happy. Try completely removing yourself from your situation. It can be by writing, reading, listening to music, meditating... anything really. This is one of the ways I deal with stress/life, removing myself (usualy mentaly) from everything. I spend a good two hours daily doing this (no matter the circumstance) and if I don't I go into a nervous breakdown.

I hope you get feeling better! If you need anyone to talk to, feel free to contact me =)

oh i get those many times. usually, what really gets it out is being around things i love that make me happy. like my overly rare happy/upbeat song or my animals. usually, all i do is sleep, and eat. then again, being around people i love help too. and actually, during these periods, i get like, excessively lazy and want to be around people or some living, eating, breathing thing. and really, i don't stress but i do when i get these periods and what really just helps is clearing up, not really, worrying about a thing at all. and thinking about the current things, like what do i have to do now. i guess that's why i always tend to eat and sleep during these times.

Thanks for the advice all... I'll be going back to school tomorrow, so maybe that'll change things (and get me some sunlight and fresh air :p). The only problem with the doing the things I like doing is that doing those things just makes me more frustrated. I am getting somewhere though - priced my shop to the point of my mind becoming numb this morning, so at least that's progress ^^.