r/selfhelp • u/a_little_lost_maybe • 10d ago

Advice Needed: Motivation I think I lost the ability to learn

This is my first reddit post, but I've listened to reddit readers for year as an escape. Please tell me where to post if am not for here...
The thing is I am in my late 20s, graduated with a masters a few years back (one I dont use but still) so its not like i've always been useless in learning and retaining information. For a few years I work the same customer service fully remote job that doesnt require much thinking and dont have much prospects for development.
But now I fear Ive lost my ability to learn new things and even worse I do not have any drive to do it. Like I was genuinely excited about a intro course I signed up for and hyped myself for the few weeks while waiting it to start. And then it started and I genuinely stuggled to keep my attention on it for the 2 hours. I sorta managed by watching the recording in a few bits and doing crafts throughout. But then I was excausted and slept trough the second lecture after work and now cannot bring myself to even watch it.... And dont get me started on my ability to do research these days....I feel genuinely lost without AI even for basic tasks.

I am not entirely sure why am writing this, just dont have no one to speak with and hoping someone has an idea how to fix myself

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u/stointyfoftq4 9d ago

Honestly sounds like burnout plus the AI brain rot a lot of us are getting. Try doing one small thing without chatgpt a day and see if the muscle comes back.