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>>22502586

Rule out physiological and other causes external to your mind proper like sleep deprivation, malnutrition, or some underlying undiagnosed illness. If you feel tired all the time and especially if you just feel generally off, that's when you should start doing a bit of triage on yourself. It could be something as minor as some micronutrient deficiency, you could be over or underweight, but it could also be something serious that'd turn up in a blood or other diagnostic test that you need to see a professional for. When that stuff is ruled out start examining more psychological factors like overworking, loneliness, mundane neuroticism, being stuck in a, "rut." A lot of people resort to therapy at this point but keep in mind that psychotherapists that are more than just expensive active listeners or are actually good sources of counsel are hard to come by. Maybe just expand or otherwise modify your social circle to have people who you can be reasonably vulnerable around but also will call you out on your crap as needed. Mental health is a lot like dental health, everyone should take care of it routinely, lest they need to shell out a lot of money, time, and suffering to a crooked professional. This is coming from someone who's got a lot of baggage that I had to sort through the hard way.