Can people honestly get apathetic for no reason?

[Kraiola]

Because it seems Iike I do.

My friend says that it's pretty much the result of someone denying or constantly avoiding an emotion.

When I say apathy, it's just when I don't care about talking to people or anything they say. I don't like watching television because I can't process what they're saying or what's going on. I drift off. I just return to the inner recesses of my mind on a frequent basis, and if caught drifting longer than ten minutes, I normally stay drifting. It's hard to snap me out of it. I just repeat this routinely throughout the day until it's wasted. I have to talk myself to get out of the bed, to quit being so lazy, and to actually do things. I know that sounds extremely lazy, and it is, but it is mentally exhausting because I find myself at home and completely comfortable when I get introverted like that.

It just gets bad because at the time I don't really give a damn about anything that occurs outside my mind, which is scary because nothing I'm thinking about really makes sense. It's just pieces of random, mindless nothing that I dwell on to tick time away. And I start feeling sad and like everything is insignificant and what's the point?

And I don't know what it is. I just wish it'd stop.

[PlayingXEmbryo]

I'm not sure you can fully classify that as being apathetic. I think you have more going on there. I'm not a psychologist, obviously, but I've been apathetic before and it felt more numb than anything. I didn't drift like you are and I was still fully coherant..I just felt nothing. That happens to me every now and then..i'll just go about my day with this numb feeling. I usually have extreme anger problems so I'm ticked off at things but once in the while I think my emotions just sorta..shut off?

You have more of a detatchment from reality. I'm pretty sure there's a difference from not feeling anything at all and not concerning yourself with the outside world.

You should probably look into that more before you self diagnos yourself. I'm not one to recommend a psychologist or whatever because I personally think they just ******** you up worse..but if you can't function properly and it's that big of a problem..you might want to see if you can get that fixed.

[Dindaireth]

You describe the claws of depression just beginning to dance around you. These are the signs of problems with the way you are living your life, which is likely fulfilling and unrewarding. Apathy is much different than what you describe and I believe you may have a much bigger problem on your hands. Don't allow the claws of depression to tear into you and rip you apart. If you need to talk to people do it before things spiral down.