/dep/ - Depression

Every animal on Earth feels this way. Cooped up, stir-crazy… It's a widely accepted fact that being closely surrounded by the same scenery all day has negative effects on the psyche. For decades now office and learning spaces have been designed to mitigate these effects of feeling enclosed. A human sitting tightly in his small cave is not a human who will eat, rest, or grow well that night. He must go out and hunt, stretch his legs, and keep himself reminded that the world still exists. To be frustrated in confinement is human. Those who relish in it can be picked apart, but you're not one of those people so why bother?

Even just changing up the arrangement of your furniture can be enough to buy you some comfort. Downscaling your possessions, moving things to storage, or clearing up floor space by moving some items to high wall shelves could help. Above all it's important to go for a walk a few times per week. Open the window. Give the walls two bright coats of paint. Install a plant. If there are rats, throw them at your mother.

>>308004
I'm already downsized as can be, only recently started to introduce some variety like a few shelves and stuff to put on them.
Before it really looked like that solitary confinement cell.
I'd move if it wasn't so expensive.

oh! now i have one more diagnosis to add to the pile. pity i forgot most of the previous ones… not even joking here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_fever
>The concept is also invoked humorously to indicate simple boredom from being home alone for an extended period of time.
oooh no it's just simple boredom after all, damn!

>>307980
Having worked in soulless corporate offices it's definitely a thing I'd say. But I think it's also heavily related to general feelings of being trapped, of your life passing you by or that you are wasting your time. Those certainly exacerbate it. If you have quiet spaces or better, nature somewhere in your surroundings you need to go for walks. Or just sit outside sometimes. Recently I've gotten great relief from just expanding my field of view by sitting outside. Looking into the distance, having the sky far above me, no walls that close me in. I think it's a simple animal reality that we are not made to sit statically in one spot and stare at a fixed distance while being enclosed on all sides. Animals are the same way too and we aren't much more than that.

>>308022
Went for a few walks recently and as you say just looking at more distant landscapes, woods etc. felt unreasonably pleasurable.
Unfortunately I've yet to find a nice path/space where I could chill outside.
Live in the poverty area, edge of town too filled with the kind of people you might imagine.
Despite the hostile environment it still felt pretty good I'd say worth pursuing for anyone with limited space.
Wish I had a backyard.

>>308020
beaware, it may starts as a joke but people will quickly take it seriously when many will acknowledge it

>>308020
It's not about being bored really.
I'm fine with sitting at my desk, my computer has been my whole world for 20-22 years now.
The issue is that some actions need to be taken if I wish to improve my lot which seem fairly trivial in the grand scheme of things.
Regardless having such limited range/space makes things difficult as some thoughts/plans you can't translate to reality.

A simple example would be needing certain exercises for improving ones posture, back, something like that.
You lack the space (to even lie down fully) so, since the option isn't realistic, your mind just dismisses the thought of exercise completely.
It is of course not impossible, jumping through some extra hoops would surely make it an option, but a much less desirable one than doing some simple stuff at home.

I do agree with the jest in part. Naming things, diagnosing things is fruitless. I should have tried to phrase/approach the topic of limited living spaces in a way that fosters discussion.

>>308030
i was just joking with myself. i don't really disagree with what you said, neither do i really dismiss it or anything like that.