I took a break from coding for a couple of days maybe weeks in the last time in order to do other stuff and now when i came back i realized a huge difference

Is it just me or is the programming life..... depressing...?

It is depressing, you're right

I can see a lot of workers in this field (including me) have huge psychological issues. I don't know exactly where these issues come from. After a while, I feel like I don't want to sit on a chair and deal with a machine anymore. I'd rather be a construction worker, cut wood or do something with my bare hands and sweat.

@rantsauce .....thats what i started to think in the last time. how bad is this?

@SukMikeHok this is definitely burnout. It's so bad, unfortunately.

@rantsauce how is it a burnout if I took a god damn long break

@SukMikeHok I quit my job and took a long break too but never got over my burnout anyway. Maybe because of other factors (depression). I don't know.

@rantsauce how do u buy food

@SukMikeHok luckily I have my family's support in the meantime.

@SukMikeHok I also have to say that I'm a fulltime student now so there's that.

@SukMikeHok savings?

@rantsauce same here (thoughts-wise). However it is nothing like a burnout. It's just too much mental work for the brain and too little physical work for the muscles.

Get a garden to look after. The itch will pass right away :)

@netikras taking care of a garden is a great idea! I don't mind leaving the city and being a farmer really. By the way, my sister sent me this photo she took today (if you like plants).

@rantsauce gardening does not need that much time. You could easily shuffle btwn garden and code.

Nice pic :)

I code at work. I code for a hobby. I constantly think about code. I love problem solving and that's what coding allows me to do. I very much enjoy it. I've never found it depressing, just frustrating at times.

I'm afraid one day the burnout will hit me hard. I've slowly tried to pick up some non-code hobbies like working out...but still I think about code.