People who spend long periods of time at home and slowly lose the desire to go outside often think they're just resting. But psychologically, many of them are experiencing something called mental rumination. It's a state where the brain starts slowing down while the number of thoughts inside keeps increasing and the motivation to do anything slowly disappears. The mind gets stuck in the past, worries about the future and burns itself out. This isn't laziness, it's a nervous system stuck in survival mode. And the longer it lasts, the more distant normal life begins to feel. And the difficult part is that you usually can't escape it through one massive burst of motivation. And sometimes,recovery starts with just one small step.
These things creeped out the romans so much that they destroyed them wherever possible.
This was to such an extent that despite knowing about them for centuries we only discovered the first complete one in 2004.
'Pumpie' elephant soft toy made of grey felt, dressed as a sailor in a smart, dark blue, woollen jacket and matching trousers, England, 1900. Victoria & Albert Museum.