Does anyone have trouble getting up and getting busy to do the things u know u should? I have been fighting this for years. I don’t do things, and then I feel guilty and cry and then if I do things, I feel guilty for not doing it sooner. It’s a vicious cycle and soo stupid! It’s like I analyze how I feel. Like do I just want to sit here and do nothing or do I want to fight this? It’s crazy I know.
Its called executive dysfunction and OCD, depression, anxiety, ADHD can all cause this. Its very stressful and sometimes the fix is to start something small and go from there. It also helps me to "plan" instead of start things. Like make a list of what needs to be done and then that helps!
@Anonymous Oh gosh thank u soo much! I have all those things u mentioned! Idk about the ADHD part. I sure don’t have the hyper part although that would be great to have at least a little of that! I thought I am just lazy and I don’t want to be that way! Although I think I do have some of that too which I hate. I really want to feel motivated and a doer. I didn’t know there was a name for this but that makes sense. Thank u so soo much! ❤️Now to get over the guilt for not doing it.
@Cher54 Its not laziness but a symptom and common struggle :) be compassionate towards yourself bc the guilt is what keeps the executive dysfunction going. Its kinda like OCD that you are left paralyzed.. so just be like "im resting rn bc my body needs it. I'll get to it when i feel like it" and if it rlly bugs you start w small steps!!
@Anonymous I’m very hard on myself because I feel like I deserve to feel bad because of my thoughts and feelings and past events. I’ve cried so hard for years. I don’t like the person I am. I really do want to change. I’ve squandered a lot of time I can’t get back and I’m retired, not young like I’m sure a lot of people on here. I went off my meds in 2016 because of memory loss and my family noticed it and wanted me off of it and I k ew it as well. It’s kind of a long story. I went back on lamictal, I never should have went off of that. So I went back on that one. But the Klonopin was a booger to get off of! It was awful! It took me a year and a half to get off of it! I haven’t been the same sense. It caused all kinds of evil, awful thoughts going off of it It’s better now but I still have intrusive thoughts, which I don’t dwell on them so they go away. But I would prefer not to have them at all. The thing about Klonopin is he really makes you feel good and relaxed and it is so easy to get addicted to it. That’s one reason my older daughter wanted me off of it because of the addiction. I was taking it twice a day for years, not as needed. So I guess I was addicted to it or strongly dependent. That being said, I have too much time by myself. I dwell on all of these things a lot like what I should have done or shouldn’t have done. Thanks for listening. I appreciate your sound feedback. ❤️ U sound like a good therapist.
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