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I really am completely and utterly incapable of doing stuff (thebrainbin.org)
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I am in Australia, and I had an NDIS cleaner. she used to come once a week and my house was mostly pretty clean. I lost her, and now I have to apparently do the cleaning myself. I really am incapable of doing it. They told me that I am physically capable of doing it, so i have to do it. I can't do it. My house is a fucking mess. stupid government. Anyone have any suggestions? Like to get over the executive dysfunction crap? I tried habitica, and it worked for a short while, but now I'm back to chronic ED.

thanks.

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[โ€“] daychilde@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ADHD here with AuDHD wife, so please forgive me if this doesn't help you. The only thing that helps me is breaking down tasks into smaller and smaller bits.

I have absolutely made myself a deal that I will go to the kitchen, turn the light on, and check the dishwasher to see if there's dirty or clean dishes in there, and then I can go back to my desk and take a break if I need to.

I find that often enough if I can get myself to go to the room that needs the work and to make the barest start, I can almost always do a bit more. Maybe only unload and load the dishwasher, but hey, that's a load of dishes done if I can do that.

Stuff collects on the floor in part because I'm a wheelchair user and it's hard to reach the floor. So I have grabbers to help. And again, I will say - get a grabber and pick up a single piece of trash and I can take a break. And maybe I won't do the whole apartment, but I'll get a room done.

It works in part because I really will take the break if I need to or want to and I know it. It sometimes doesn't work because I also know very well that I don't have to do any of that stuff if I don't want to.

[โ€“] osanna@thebrainbin.org 4 points 1 week ago

I've tried that. Habitica was helping a LOT. but then, like all things, i lost interest, and now it doesn't exist. But thanks for the advice :)