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what can this be from? I really can't get anything done because I feel it will be too much work and overexaggerate the difficulty so then I don't do anything... I never can get anything done at all... sometimes getting a drink feels like it will even be too much work! I have a family member who is the same way and never even leaves their house... I don't want to be like them but what is it??? the family member I speak of has OCD and something schizophrenia related. so what does it sound like this is a symptom of? (I'm asking here because a lot of people seem to be knowledgeble about psychology)

I feel overwhelmed like that when I'm depressed. Could that be it?

i have a hard time doing small tasks around the house and in the office...and they just build and build...
I am the sort of person who sometimes just lets stuff drop on the floor and stay there..I will absentmindedly put my apple core on the dresser and not remember to throw it away for a day or two....I let lots of stuff pile up and then seldom posess the stamina to go back and clean everything up...on the flipside, I am usually constantly busy.
I wish I knew how other people did it.
I am also in charge of the messes of other people...so it is not as if I am the only one.

I guess it has part to do with executive functioning .

Sometimes i really miss my ADD meds.

I too feel overwhelmed like that when I'm depressed! I've been showering only every second day, I stopped brushing my teeth for 2 days until we ran out of Listerine, I slept for half the day sometimes even though I'd slept all night (but it made me less tired afterward so it was good), I took afternoon naps (but I think that was a good thing, it made me feel better and I could still sleep at night)... I found it so hard to get out of bed before, even to take my antidepressants, but now I can just jump up and be perfectly happy about the day... I think that that extra dose of Celexa I took for awhile helped after all! Maybe you should see someone about depression.

no I'm not really depressed... it's more like an anxiety thing like I think it will be too hard or something... but it obviously isn't...