Cleaning and Mental Health

[Dark111]

I love the term "Ontogenetic Development". But equally I love the term "Blow Me".

 

[Dante]

Love the term Advanced Procrastination.

Yea, any negative habit I manage to turn into a tool for good I just slap the word "Advanced" in-front of it, like "Advanced Laziness", the habit of being too lazy to get up to do stuff around the room so you end up dragging the chair around the room and contorting yourself to reach the tasks, ending up using more energy (and thus doing more "exercise") than you would if you had just got your lazy arse up out of the chair (and similar acts of self-defeating laziness), or my sister's habit "Advanced Pessimism", being so convinced she is going to fail that she overprepares for everything and ends up acing everything she does.

 

[ravens]

I also struggle with this.. Sometimes i have gotten into a decent routine but it's hard to make it last. I think having ADHD makes mundane tasks extremely boring and hard to complete

 

[bag_of_struggles]

Yea, any negative habit I manage to turn into a tool for good I just slap the word "Advanced" in-front of it, like "Advanced Laziness", the habit of being too lazy to get up to do stuff around the room so you end up dragging the chair around the room and contorting yourself to reach the tasks, ending up using more energy (and thus doing more "exercise") than you would if you had just got your lazy arse up out of the chair (and similar acts of self-defeating laziness), or my sister's habit "Advanced Pessimism", being so convinced she is going to fail that she overprepares for everything and ends up acing everything she does.

I feel guilty by being glad I have adhd or depression or something. Makes me feel like I can blame a mental disorder instead of myself!

 

[bag_of_struggles]

I also struggle with this.. Sometimes i have gotten into a decent routine but it's hard to make it last. I think having ADHD makes mundane tasks extremely boring and hard to complete

Yeah my depression and adhd team up. And I feel bad blaming it on a mental disorder. Cause like if I weren’t so shit, shouldn’t I just be able to do it?

 

[ravens]

Yeah my depression and adhd team up. And I feel bad blaming it on a mental disorder. Cause like if I weren’t so shit, shouldn’t I just be able to do it?

Well I think it's a balance of accepting that certain things in life are harder with those conditions, while still trying to find solutions to function. You might want to consider trying ADHD medication such as vyvanse or concerta(if u can get a diagnoses where you live), I hear they are life savers for some. Though could also worsen anxiety but hard to tell.

 

[BarryW]

If you dont want to do something, put off doing it by doing prep tasks.

I do something similar to this, but across unrelated tasks. For instance, let's say I really don't want to do some schoolwork. Time to avoid that by doing cleaning for hours. Don't want to clean? Time to run errands. You get the idea.

 

[bag_of_struggles]

Well I think it's a balance of accepting that certain things in life are harder with those conditions, while still trying to find solutions to function. You might want to consider trying ADHD medication such as vyvanse or concerta(if u can get a diagnoses where you live), I hear they are life savers for some. Though could also worsen anxiety but hard to tell.

I have and I’ve been on those. Just being skittish to reach out again.

 

[bag_of_struggles]

Who knew taking my meds and contacting my therapist would help me start getting my life together.

Room is starting to get cleaned once I actually took my antidepressants and adderall. Who knew?

 

[BarryW]

Proud of you for making some progress!

 

[KM76710]

I love the term "Ontogenetic Development". But equally I love the term "Blow Me".

I opt for the second term. LOL

 

[ravens]

On second thought I think ADHD might be my biggest problem and it's ruined my life

 

[Dark111]

I opt for the second term. LOL

Yeah, straightforward and to the point. You can never go wrong with those.

 

[dusterknowl]

I don't know if it's weird but I feel relaxed when I am cleaning/organizing the house.

 

[BarryW]

I don't know if it's weird but I feel relaxed when I am cleaning/organizing the house.

Instead of weird, I would call that wonderful. Have you considered a career in interior design?

 

[lost_in_a_fairytale]

I don't know if it's weird but I feel relaxed when I am cleaning/organizing the house.

I don't think it's weird, it's nice knowing you're being productive I guess that's why it feels relaxing. I don't feel much about cleaning but I do find organizing relaxing

 

[Tor]

I love the term "Ontogenetic Development". But equally I love the term "Blow Me".

 

[Tor]

I also find it very hard to clean. Have you tried listening to music that makes you feel energized? That is one thing I can often rely on to help get me started at least. Sometimes, the hardest past is getting started. Other times, the hardest part is to keep going, but a good song can help

 

[bag_of_struggles]

I opt for the second term. LOL

It’s on par with when I tell people “Suck my butt”

 

[MichaelKay]

I can't for whatever reason manage to clean my apartment or do laundry. I can barely manage to get motivated to take a shower and that only happens when I really have to because I got an appointment or something. Trying to do any of these things reminds me what a failure I feel I am and it's easier to procrastinate and ignore than do anything about it. I can't expect anyone to really understand the feeling of stress it causes in me.