How to start wanting your life, again

What happens when you wake up one day and realize you’ve stopped wanting your own life?

No particular desire to “do” much of anything, not feeling very inspired, not even really craving food—willing to eat? Yes. Willing to get out of bed? Yes. Just not feeling much vigor, much life force.

This is what we call “high functioning depression.”

Today, I’m talking about all the ways I kinda-sorta knew, yet didn’t, and then when I did…how I hid it.

And, today I’m talking about how I started to make my way back.

Through honesty, research-backed strategies, and lived experience, I’m sharing the small but radical steps that start to rebuild aliveness: finding support, moving your body, interrupting depression routines, letting go of relationships that drain you, and challenging the narratives that keep you stuck.

If you’ve been going through the motions — functional but hollow — this conversation offers compassion and direction.

It’s not about false positivity; it’s about the quiet, courageous work of reclaiming your spark and remembering that depression lies. There is another side, and it’s worth fighting for.