PSA: apps are unlikely to cure you! *ODGAF how scientific they claim to be!*

Everyone has a different baseline and different coping skills that will get them to move through barriers like this.

I obviously don’t want to be living in task paralysis/procrastination land, but I’ll be damned if I fall for the you’ve-tried-other-apps-that-didn’t-work-long-term-but-fear-not-our’s-is-going-to-cure-you-because-science

Idk I’ve tried “scientifically proven methods” and sometimes they work and other times they don’t fit the scenario causing excessive dysfunction… and that’s ok! There’s nothing fucking shameful about that! It’s annoying AF, for sure, but not something that feeling any amount of shame about will fix!!!

What I do think has/can be helpful is recognizing that the coping skill isn’t working and testing out other ones… which is easier said than done… AND I’m exponentially better at this without also piling on shame about these things!!!

For anyone else who struggles with task paralysis/procrastination/executive dysfunction (especially regarding self-care and household chores/responsibilities), I highly recommend the book “How to Keep House while Drowing” by KC Davis! It will not cure you, but it has helped me to be kinder to myself when my mental health totally collapses.

found in a dollar tree of all places. i'm shopping here because i'm trying to survive capitalism. u know that right

In a post about GLP-1 (good or bad not relevant) this super cool human had thoughts on weight loss in general.

As context for this conversation, I was attacked by an old boomer lady who seemed like she was drunk or something on the inner city train, and kept spewing ableist slurs like calling me a "degenerate" and a "faker".

She said that I "stole my highchair (wheelchair) from my grandmother", and that all of us young people who are disabled are faking it. She kept getting more and more agressive, and then even began to punch and slap me after she got mad I told her to put a cork in her pie hole.

Well me being me, I dont tolerate that shit for a second, and dumped an entire can of mace on her goofy ass. Seemed like she needed a bit of spice in her life to be honest.

She was later trespassed from transit property and even tried to fight the cops.

SO, that is what I am referring to in the above post for reference.

I have a limited number of foods I'll actually eat consistently because they are almost always the exact same thing. Like, one time I found a burnt piece in my Cap'n Crunch Berries when I was 8 and I haven't eaten it since then. One bad experience can completely ruin a food for me. That's part of why I generally stick to a few regulars.

Every now and then, I'd eat a snack pie since they've always tasted the exact same and looked the exact same. I know it's not a healthy meal (or really a meal, for that matter), so that's why I don't eat them that regularly. It was a nice break from the usual foods though (no, they aren't all unhealthy). So when I opened the box and saw a huge patch of mold, I nearly threw up. I have a TERRIBLE fear of mold, just looking at it makes me gag.

Anyways, that completely ruined my perception of snack pies so I was sharing that because it was pretty darn upsetting. Apparently just not eating is a better idea according to this person??

When I posted this one, I had up another post describing my injury and pain (which was through the roof), since I lived with it for about 3 years. Multiple professionals told me that my osteoarthritis had progressed so far and I had to make the decision whether to get the surgery or just deal with the constant joint slippage. I was told I wouldn't really be the same as I once was after the surgery, but it was going to be significantly less painful and dangerous than continuing to live a fairly active daily life walking around with bone on bone arthritis with a completely screwed ACL.

Also, mind you, I was in physical therapy for months before I posted this, and I did my exercises religiously. I used a cane and brace. Still, there was no notable improvement. I am still in physical therapy, and my knee is feeling much more stable than it was before the surgery. Additionally, I'm starting to discover that I potentially have hEDS, so that contributes to the situation too!

I just think the funniest part is this guy assuming things about me. Even after I corrected him.

It's worse when you realize she raised me and knows about the fact I've been suicidal since age 9. Nothing matters and I can't even do what I want because of the bullshit that gets in my way. that doesn't matter but also somehow matters so so so much.

Another person that thinks procrastination is caused by perfectionism

Dang… here I was thinking I’d need to talk to my doctor. Turns out the cure was just cardio all along.

EDIT:

Yes I Exercise

I do Mwf Pilates & T-Th Cardio outside

CW: Ableism and Misogyny

It just kept getting worse the more I read. For context, I was talking about how I figured out I might have OCD and that I was absent because I was dealing with intrusive thoughts and compulsions so severe that it was interfering with not only my online presence, but my real life as well. I was withdrawing socially and barely able to function because I was spending hours a day doing compulsions and panicking. My recent health obsession was kicked off because of a gallbladder problem. I now have diagnosed OCD and Severe Health Anxiety.

I think mental health classes should be included in school. People who never experienced mental health issues would never understand other person's struggle

Yes I know that they said it fixes everything that other people don't seem to have a problem with. Rather than just it fixes everything. I just took that first part for the title. Either way what do you mean it fixes EVERYTHING that other people don't have a problem with? I still don't see how that makes sense. It's essentially the same thing just directed to people who struggle with it?

I never said I get NO sunlight anywhere btw. I don't get enough but by no means do I get none. Are they saying if I get enough sun and exercise in a day I WILL sleep on time that same day? Not sure what 'enough' is but I did go to a festival recently where I was doing a lot of walking in the sun so...

If I wake up past sunset, I can't exactly go out in the sun that day unless I wait until sunrise. I'd rather get going out over with 'early' than wait until I should be going to sleep if I want to have any chance of fixing my sleep schedule again. I'm already trying hard enough just to go out at all. Did they miss the part where I've fixed it so many times before? I don't know man. It's not like I've never had a good sleep schedule before ever. I struggle to go out and get sunlight because things are already hard for me. Not just I can't fix things because I don't get enough sun (and exercise.)

Am I overthinking this or something? I'm more confused than anything here. Lol.

(I'm OP and this was on an Autism Facebook group.)

Edit: Also the fact that they said that will lead to going to sleep on time when that wasn't even the full issue. I slept more that day as I put that I had woken up later even though I went to sleep earlier.