When this persists in our lives, we become fundamentally ambivalent about the world around us, which naturally gives birth to a pessimistic outlook on society as a whole. It also seems that lethargy holds us down when we are mentally and emotionally taxed and, thus keeps us entangled in an existential fatigue. It can pull us down by persistently allowing the ‘easy-going’ side of our nature to dominate our lives – this easy-going nature could at times be an indication of the unwillingness to confront our fears to ‘take the trouble’, to pay the price demanded by a worthwhile undertaking. Lethargy is a multi-headed monster and can sink its teeth into us in a variety of ways. This sluggishness then begins to seep into being uninterested in our relationships, our parenting, and our self-care practices. For example, we notice that we don’t have much motivation for our work, it’s lost its vibrancy for one reason or another, and our quality of work suffers. Once it is formed it slips into other areas in our life, thus creating a habit. This psychological indolence when not intentionally attended to creates a negative unconscious pattern. Lethargy works like quicksand we don’t often realize we’re in it until we’ve begun to slowly sink into its impending depths. If we are honest with ourselves, we can admit to being defeated by lethargy on various occasions in our lives.
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