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To wonder what's wrong with me

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Pd05 · 27/02/2023 22:26

I find it extremely difficult to actually live a normal, healthy, productive life. Currently sitting on my bed halfway sorting out my mountains of laundry I've left on my bedroom floor for the past few weeks. I've been putting it off for ages because everytime I finally do it, like tonight, it starts slipping back almost immediately, and the thought of having to sort through everything, put all my rubbish in bin bags, organise all my makeup again etc overwhelms me to the point I just try to ignore it, which lets it build up more, it's a viscous cycle. I have to write lists on what to eat for the day because I will either eat too much or too little. I am young, still in my teens and everything just feels so overwhelming, I live on my own and thinking about life and how to progress is so scary to me. Nothing feels real and I think this is because I'm trying to ignore everything in my own little world in my head to avoid thinking about the mountains of things I have to tidy in my bedroom, the fact I have to start sorting out an application to council houses and move out of my accomodation soon, needing to apply for college again after missing the last 2 years, wasted almost a year of my life on being constantly stoned or worse and now I'm a few months into being practically fully sober except drinking occasionally and life seems so so difficult and complicated. I just want to hibernate in my bed all day everyday but instead I have to force myself to have a shower, do my hair and makeup, find a nice outfit by going through all the clothes on my floor every morning and then go out and act like a normal person to my friends and boyfriend. I'm so tired.

OP posts:
GreenFingersWouldBeHandy · 28/02/2023 20:45

One step at a time. Keep going, but don't overdo it.

You'll get there.

HeadacheEarthquake · 28/02/2023 21:02

Hi lovely - this sounds like my ADHD, especially clothes and makeup. I'm also bad at emails, texts, shopping, dishes and paperwork.

For the tidying etc I do tidy with me videos on YouTube.

Why don't you try putting them in piles by colour and folding all the black stuff first, you don't have to put it away, just fold.

mamabear715 · 28/02/2023 21:27

Aww bless you - you've done awesomely well! :-)

SoCunningYouCanStickATailOnItAndCallItAFox · 02/03/2023 09:26

Fenella123 · 28/02/2023 00:25

I am young, still in my teens
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And there you have it.
Brain carries on developing until our late 20s.
Just keep on keeping on - PPs have good advice. Chip away at things and little by little it all comes good.

It feels awful because school and childhood doesn't prepare us for big projects - sure there's GCSEs and A Levels but TBH the school feeds us the organisation of all of that, we just have to turn up and do what we're told.

The actual experience of planning and working through any sort of big project on our own is completely foreign to most of us. It's bad enough motivating ourselves to do that night's 1-2 hours homework, and we don't even have to decide what it is, we're told what we should be doing!

And suddenly a magic number of days has passed and we are ADULTS apparently.

The trick is not to do anything permanent. So get gold plated contraception, keep up with the staying off drugs and booze (hopefully you don't smoke!), don't borrow money, don't get married, don't let a drunk driver give you a lift. Stay alive and sort of going and, you know, things kind of just do end up getting all sorted out, and - wait, you're 27 and have a job, a car, and live somewhere that's not a health hazard. Yay.

Love this. 👌

SoCunningYouCanStickATailOnItAndCallItAFox · 02/03/2023 09:27

There are Tidy With Me videos on YouTube!!??
Omg I'm looking those up now, that's just what I need. 😁🤣 <game changer>

ladyofshertonabbas · 02/03/2023 09:31

I think you’re being hard on yourself, you’re young and everything’s on you. housework does seem pointless-I piles up as soon as it’s done- but it’s a case of getting used to it. Just put it in a bit pile and go easy on yourself.

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