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It's nice to rest, but having no routine or activity is very bad for mental health, you become complacent and bored and you feel useless.

Sedentary lifestyle is no good either.

The problem is finding people to see and connect with. I find very few, but not enough.

You should try to not work to see how it goes for you.

Also, I have some past of slight depression that I treat.

Generally, staying at home is depressing and you lose energy very quickly, your body goes hibernating but you don't want to.



Thank you for sharing. I have tried not working for extensive periods of time, and I love it.

I have the time to work on various projects to not feel bored and useless, plus working out and going out. I do not gauge my worth based on "value" of my output, as it is very clear that the perceived value in our society makes no sense whatsoever. So I still feel productive doing random things I love.

It wasn't always like that for me though. Things improved a lot when I started fasting, took care of my diet and started working out.

Hope things work out for you, work or no work :)


mental health is obviously a factor for me, so when my mental health gets worse, I became less able to find a job




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