Anyone else like this????

[teen_anxiety]

Does anyone else hate slacking off but still does it or wants something clean but is not in the mood? Sometimes I can be very mentally productive but not physically. If you have tips to share do share them, I will be very grateful!

[Hidden]

Yes, try bite-sized steps--don't tell yourself "I have to clean my whole room or I'm a lazy loser." Just say, "I'll change my pillowcase today. I'll take out the trash tomorrow." Try using kind and encouraging self-talk instead of urging yourself on by berating yourself, and give yourself little rewards--after I change my pillowcase I'll play a game or I'll get a piece of chocolate. Best of luck!

[FunnyName]

Often when I’m feeling productive but get nothing done, is because the “perfectionist” within points out every little detail that needs to be accomplished but feels too overwhelming to complete it all in one go, so I don’t do it.

To try to get myself out of it, I’ll remind myself that I don’t need to attain perfection and that spending a few minutes here and there is better than doing nothing.

Nine times out of ten, I wind up doing more than I planned on, which is semi satisfying.

[teen_anxiety in reply to FunnyName]

OMG I can so relate but never could point out what it was thx for this it so helps.

[BlackOnyx]

OMG. Yes. I want my house perfectly clean but its a mess all the time. I feel really bad about it sometimes. My mom and sister even told me before I was officially diagnosed but on medicine for ocd that "people with ocd are usually clean and I'm not so I probably don't have ocd." I was so hurt and at the time my ocd was making me feel dirty all the time and with my ocd mixed with depression cleaning seemed difficult.

[OrchidKoi15]

Totally! I have days where I just physically can't do anything but mentally want to and have so much to do. It is very distressing. I try to tell myself that I'm just not up to it right now but when I am, i will take care of everything I need to and I'm doing the best I can.