throwing yourself at it

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It seems that to get anything achieved whether it be a chore or even hobby related that involves moving from the settee I have to throw myself at it almost psyche myself up like an athlete before hand or I can just sort of be and allow time to vanish with relative ease i do get depressed but this happens even when i'm in a good mood. Is this what nt folk call chilling out at the weekend ? or is this just being a lazy bum

Sounds like procrastination is the problem. It's strongly linked with perfectionism, and may reflect a problem in the pre-frontal cortex. I regularly feel terrible because I don't just crack on with things until the conditions are just right. But I don't throw myself at anything or force myself to perform tasks. What usually happens is that as time goes by the fear of failing to meet a deadline becomes greater than the fear of performing the task. Either that, or I just find myself effortlessly making a start - when that happens, I find it hard to see what the reluctance was about.

It's called "autistic inertia". There are some great articles about it by people on the spectrum if you Google it.

Thanks arielhawksquill nice to put a name to it and read an interesting page on it https://autisticality.wordpress.com/ seems funny how i've been living for over 40 years and never come across inertia but been living it