Everything just feels too hard. The only things I enjoy are eating and sleeping. I've spent the whole BH weekend mostly asleep or stuffing my fat face.
I've dragged myself to work because if I don't work I don't get paid. But I really feel I'm struggling.
I have felt like this for so long i can't remember being 'normal'. The advice is to write a list, but my list overwhelms me even more,
I want to lose weight. Actually no, i need to lose weight. I've gained 3-4 stones in the last couple of years and i was overweight to begin with. But when I'm eating i feel relatively happy, until i see my fat reflection on the mirror or have to squeeze into my clothes.
I need to go to the gym or do some exercise but i can't get up early enough in the morning to go before work (I'd have to leave at 6am) and after i get home in the evening i just feel too tired. So i never do anything other than housework.
My car needs repairing or scrapping if the repairs are too much, but i can't get a quote over the phone, garages just bullshit me because I'm a woman. One said i should get my husband to bring it in. I'm not taking it there but if i can't find anywhere I'm stuck with no car, I'm 2 weeks in now and it's awful. I used to use my car daily.
My house needs work. Not difficult work, mostly decorating. Almost all the woodwork got replaced (including doors) a few years ago. I started painting, never finished. I thought maybe i could hire someone but people were looking for thousands and I just don't have that money. Nor do i seem to have the mental energy to do it myself. Doing a room would take me a week, even just a door takes a whole day. I think I just am slow.
My garden is no better, i paid someone a lot of money to clear it all last year but i haven't done anything to it since and its covered in horrible thorny weeds again. Part of the problem is that the people i hired just cut stuff down but all the weed roots were still there, and they didn't cut back any of the overgrown bushes I asked them to either so grass isn't growing only weeds.
I got someone to fix my roof and gutters last year but they also did a poor job and now my roof is leaking again and the gutters are blocked. I feel like everytime i pay for something it's never done well but i can't do it myself so I'm stuck.
It probably sounds so minor written down but to me it just all feels insurmountable.
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feelingoverwhelmed · 30/05/2017 08:43
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