I'm not working, so it's not that. I'm not stressed about being out of work either. I'm getting plenty of sleep and eating fine, my mental health issues have been on the mend for a while, and this is stress rather than depression or anxiety.
Whoops, sorta replied in sad thread, but I've got some ideas. First: how are you doing for social contact? Next: time in nature? Third: had a good cry lately? Fourth: completed a project?
(I have more ideas, but this is like my Top Four.)
Contact: UK, lockdown, the best I can do is talking to my immediate family or online which doesn't really do much on that front.
Second: Been out on walks recently, though I've had to stop since the ground's saturated and it's still raining. I like the idea of not losing my shoes to three feet of mud.
Third: I'm bordering on that now
Fourth: I can't complete projects. There's no projects to complete, and if there were I'd get intensely frustrated the instant literally anything went wrong. I tried playing my guitar yesterday and gave up on that for that reason. It's a bit of a circular issue because when I'm stressed I get irritated, which makes me more stressed.
I'm not working, so it's not that. I'm not stressed about being out of work either. I'm getting plenty of sleep and eating fine, my mental health issues have been on the mend for a while, and this is stress rather than depression or anxiety.
Possibilities:
Exercise.
Fulfillment.
As for having a good cry, frankly that would stress me the hell out ahaha. I couldn't tell you the last time I cried properly, and I'm fairly content with my lot.
But who knows, maybe that's me internalising male stereotypes and getting stressed at the idea of how society would judge a male cryer?
Don't think that's it but it's a fun argument.
Exercise does nothing for me, this isn't just me saying so, this is me having a history of it not doing stuff. It's why exercise has proven such a bugger, I need the exercise to be a secondary effect of me having fun. As it stands, the exercise I can get is relegated to outside cardio, which is mind-numbingly boring and doesn't give me a runner's high.
The best answer I've been given (By which I mean it's a possibility rather than being definitely that) is that it's that the simple lack of control I have over basically everything right now (What with the lockdown) is finally boiling over.