Why is life so boring

He visited a Japanese shopping center with his girlfriend and bought a ¥1,000 mirror after both broke theirs by stepping on them. He reports intense, unexplained boredom and low mood, denying suicidal feelings; YouTube, games, and meals are his main remaining pleasures. Photography, drawing, coding, and piano held him for months before abandonment; livestreaming and YouTube now feel similarly burned out.

Intense engagement followed by exhaustion and quitting now appears to include his main creative outlet.