depression house

[trying_my_best_]

I'm so overwhelmed with trying to clean. Piles and piles and dirty clothes everywhere. gnats from food in the sink and other places. my dogs pee. i just can't do it. i don't know how it got this bad. i don't think i will ever be able to catch up on laundry. and i'm just so overwhelmed

[Gingerbreadman1978]

firstly try and get some order in place as for piles of dirty washing everywhere get that sorted first even if you have to get 3 wash baskets 1 for darks 2 for colours 3 for whites then select a wash day for each one ie mon ,we’d, fri Bin bag any food or rubbish gone as far as the dog is it house trained

[Hidden]

We become overwhelmed when a obstacle appears to large to handle. It helps me to break down the problem into steps. Focus on one area of your house or specific items first and then when that's done, you can see a difference. Even if it's small, the little changes lead to a greater one over time. I don't like cleaning really but when I've started it, I want to do more as my environment begins to look better.

[MashedPotatoes]

Same. My washer and dryer are in the basement. The thought of carrying my baskets down the steps is enough of an overwhelm for me to put it off another day. With cleaning - feels like I work hard at it and am so tired when done and then look around and I just still see mess. Like my efforts did nothing. I am trying to change my approach, though - to it doesn't all need to be done at once. When my son's in bathtub, for example, will continue with the cleaning out of my bedroom closet. When he's done with bath, I stop.......know that I made a little progress and that's okay.

[Arymretep]

You can get so overwhelmed with housework, my advice is to just concentrate on one room at a time, I find it much easier to say right today I’m going to tackle the kitchen or whatever , when that is done you get so much satisfaction in seeing everything shipshape, good luck 👍

[fauxartist]

Maybe see if you can't get some kind of social services help or some volunteer group to help you get back on your feet, and then get some medical help to maintain a proper living situation.