If you figure out the motivation thing, give me buzz. For winding down, I found that doing mindless sorting tasks is good for relaxing. For instance, I build LEGO things, my son plays with them and takes them apart eventually, and I sort them back out. One time, I went through my son's old clothes and made a list of what was in each box. I felt so relaxed after the clothes logging! It was a nice little Saturday!

We are wired differently. "Winding down" doesn't look the same for us. It's just hard to find the right task to let our brains relax.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What's GAD?

[–] Skydancer@pawb.social 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Probably Generalized Anxiety Disorder

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah that makes sense.

(Also the last few years of my downward spiral till I hit bottom ) Meds have changed my life the last six months.

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, meds have helped, in my case. At least benzos, but I try not to use them since they were explicitly prescribed as a last resort. I gotta book an appointment at a second doctor one of these days... It wasn't really working out with my previous doctor.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What are "benzos"? At first I thought that was Bezos.

[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Benzodiazepines. Class of drugs used for sleep, anxiety and even anesthesia. Wikipedia: benzodiazepine

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Yup.