It's a pretty simple question. Can loneliness cause laziness? Has it caused you to be lazy?
I was recently asked to go to work with my dad, and I really didn't want to. His job requires a lot of physical effort, and I was just too lazy to want to do it, even for pay. I feel extremely anxious about having such obligations, and I often worry (much ahead of the actual date of the particular obligation) about how horrible it will be, and think about possible ways to get out of it.
It was the same for school (I'm technically still in school now, just on vacation). I had horrible grades, and would always do my assignments sloppily and at the minimum of what was expected. Sometimes I just wouldn't do them at all. Putting significant effort into them seemed unbearably tedious, but why was I the only one seeming to have a problem with it? Could loneliness somehow make the exertion of effort worse, and generally discourage you from doing things? Is it even healthy for one to focus on other things (work and obligations) if their basic need for social interaction is not being satisfied?
I was recently asked to go to work with my dad, and I really didn't want to. His job requires a lot of physical effort, and I was just too lazy to want to do it, even for pay. I feel extremely anxious about having such obligations, and I often worry (much ahead of the actual date of the particular obligation) about how horrible it will be, and think about possible ways to get out of it.
It was the same for school (I'm technically still in school now, just on vacation). I had horrible grades, and would always do my assignments sloppily and at the minimum of what was expected. Sometimes I just wouldn't do them at all. Putting significant effort into them seemed unbearably tedious, but why was I the only one seeming to have a problem with it? Could loneliness somehow make the exertion of effort worse, and generally discourage you from doing things? Is it even healthy for one to focus on other things (work and obligations) if their basic need for social interaction is not being satisfied?