u know its fucked when the pain feel nice

Sometimes I think about how there’s ppl out there without mental illness walking around living their lives… wild

"are u ok?" bro i spend my entire day opening and closing the same 3 apps don’t ask me if i’m ok

ghosting everyone because i think i’m annoying

I wish this was normalized because my god, my cptsd cripples me some days. It's hard to get out of bed and dealing with people is mentally draining.

I feel tired. I feel so tired. Don't matter how much time I sleep, how much time I pass doing nothing, I still tired.

Ever been so sad and broken that you can’t move. So you just sit there, frozen, paralyzed by your pain and suffer. Because that’s all you can do.

Ever cried in your bed curled up in a ball because you’re alive and can’t die?

you don’t tell anyone how much pain you’re truly in bc you think you deserve it

A fun way to get yourself to do chores when you have adhd is to simulate a sense of panic by setting horrible deadlines that fit into other things that you’re doing.

For example, you set up a kettle of water to boil for your tea. Quick! Wipe down the whole counter before it’s done boiling, for the love of god you’re running out of time! Wipe it down! The water is almost boiling.

The water is boiling and your counter is clean. Now set your timer for your tea for three minutes and of my god there’s cups in your room! Quick! Get all the cups from everywhere in the house! Run! You’ve only got three minutes! Get all the dishes into the kitchen!

Oh would you look at that. You got all the dishes in the sink and now your tea is ready. Nice. Now you can chill with your tea.

I’ve found that little stuff like that helps me. Forcing myself into unexpected last minute deadlines. It fills up empty space and my house is a little bit cleaner.

I HATE that I know this works- legit heating something up in the microwave? Rushing to put everything away before it goes off because there is something satisfying about beating it and you feel accomplished.

So I tried this, and I'm genuinely shocked that it worked???

Like, I'm overjoyed that I found a way to do chores without minutes of trying to force myself, but it actually worked??? What kind of sorcery is this???

[ID: The “It’s Free Real Estate” meme except it’s edited to say “It’s Free Deadline”. End ID]

I’m neurodivergent as well as disabled and “10 minute blocking” has changed my life.

I find completing tasks really challenging because I either get super overwhelmed, distracted, or my pain/fatigue levels rise too much and I get defeated.

So I recently introduced the 10 Minute Block rule. It’s super simple. I simply pick one thing I need to do, set a timer usually for 10 mins (+/- 5 mins depending on fatigue/pain levels) and then go go go! And I try and do as much of that one thing as I can within the time limit. The rule is that I have to stop after 10 minutes.

If I feel spurred on after the 10 mins is up, then I’m free to start another 10 minute block (either to carry on with the same task or start a new one) and do this repeatedly for as long as I wish, but I absolutely must stop after each block and assess how my body is doing and finish blocking when my body tells me to.

If I am feeling defeated or tired or whatever after 10 mins, even if the task isn’t finished, I stop. I rest, congratulate myself on doing those 10 minutes, and then find something fun/restorative to do instead without feeling guilty.

It’s really improved my perceived perception of productivity as well as taught me how to pace my body better.

I don’t know if this will be helpful to any of you, but it’s something that I wish I’d known about sooner and has helped me so I thought I’d share it.

multiple mental health professionals: that was a traumatic event for you

me: ok but that’s a stupid thing to be traumatized by so