Do you ever sit and do nothing for periods of time?

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There's times when I just sit rocking back and forth staring at nothing. Lot's of times I have to be snapped out of it.

Yeah....I’ve done that.

I have only done this after a breakdown/burnout? , I was incapable of doing anything , I felt trapped in my head.

I do this all the time. My co-workers are kind of used to it but sometimes concerned though. Personally, I find it relaxing.

I do it, and find it quite enjoyable. It's more common when I feel i'm overstimulated by my environment... like a safe heaven.

Most of the time, no. I can't stand idle time doing nothing. I have to have something to read or study.

^^I wish I was like you. I'm pretty lazy when it comes to lots of things.

Doing a college paper always felt like a form of torture for me----but I was always glad when I did produce something good.

Happens a lot in this neck of the woods, especially when I'm stressed.

I do that. Voluntarily and involuntarily. Doesn't matter whether I'm tired/stressed/overwhelmed and confused or not, yet it could happen. But it's more with being bored and seriously not having to do anything apart from just waiting for orders or a change.

Half the time, mine is usually cut short by nuisance of a bodily reaction than outside interference or urgent necessity.

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I do that often, without any trigger too.

I think I do it whenever my anxiety shoots through the roof and I'm all alone, but the minute people start talking to me I perk back up.

It's like I feel compelled to talk to people even when I really don't feel like it.

Sometimes when I wake up I lay in bed staring up at the ceiling, just thinking about everything.

Otherwise, no, I can't just sit there unless I'm doing something like reading, writing, being on my phone, etc.

Most of the time except I sit at the laptop, doing nothing, scrolling through the same social media. I don't find it entertaining nor do I have the motivation to do anything else unless I have to. I haven't found pleasure in any kind of hobby for years.

I never really think much of it. I just see it as a lack of focus making me prefer to do things that require little to no focus I don't know what else it could be.

I don't know if you mean doing nothing as in not even thinking? As in the Seinfeld character David Puddy who would sit, stare off and be devoid of thought.

I can't do that. I think I have ADHD as my mind raced continuously as a child. It's "calmed down" as the years have gone by, but I can't clear my mind and think of nothing for very long.

I'm generally sedentary for a decent portion of the day but even then I have to occupy myself with something like the internet, a book, etc.