Do you ever get ideas to do certain activities that sound great in your head but then when you ACTUALLY do them it's just "meh"?

[EzraIsShy76028]

Like for example. I'm extremely bored and wanna do something. Watch a certain TV show. Play a certain video game. Play a certain sport. Listen to a certain song. Hang out with a certain person. Eat a certain food. Do any certain any activity. In my head I'm just like "OMG OMG THIS IS GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN!!! 🤩🤩🤩" But then when I ACTUALLY do it I'm just like "ehhhhhh... 😐" and can't wait for it to be over as soon as possible.

Like the activity is not necessarily straight up bad, it's just simply alright/mediocre/okay and not nearly as fun as I wanted it to be and it's making me pretty bored. In the end leaving me extremely frustrated because I was expecting a lot of fun and happiness and instead just got boredom.

I have pretty severe depression, that could be an explanation for me feeling this way. But I was wondering if other people felt this too.

[Nikki1989]

There is nothing more tedious than watching sport or playing video games, and I have tried many times.

[EzraIsShy76028]

Yeah, it's kind of true for the most part for me. I keep waiting for the pleasure or dopamine rush to kick in, but it never comes.

[slatyb]

Yes, but that's life. We try things and some we enjoy, others are "meh."

[EzraIsShy76028]

True. Though in general the weird thing is some activities I enjoy one day but not the other. Like I'll play video games one day, find it extremely boring. Then another day I find it extremely fun. Then another day I find it just medium. And sometimes not even changing the specific game. So could be all those mixed feelings for the same game. So I guess it might just simply depend on mood as well, lol.