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Please help me sort out my house

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dingdongss · 08/11/2021 12:20

It is in terrible terrible condition right now and I can't bear it anymore. I have 2 young children and I feel such crippling guilt that they don't have a nice cosy home to call their own and it's literally making me suicidal.
Backstory - I'm struggling a lot with my mental health and have done my whole life but particularly the last year or so. I've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder & PTSD but it's at least a month until I can speak to a psychiatrist and discuss medication. My house is such a mess I don't even know where to start, I've not let anybody come in for over a year and it's got to the point where I wake up everyday and cry. The children's room is clean and tidy but everywhere else is filthy. I have mountains and mountains of clothes all the way back to new born that Ive never sorted. I need to figure out a way to tackle it so as I can get better and give my children a nicer life, I'm honestly scared what I'll do if I can't tackle this. Please go easy on me as I know this is not acceptable but I'm just so depressed I can barely pull myself out of bed some days. Does anyone have any tips on where to start or how to make it more manageable?

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BasiliskStare · 11/11/2021 15:06

@dingdongss

Sounds fantastic - Good luck to you

My advice would be don't worry too much just take one thing at a time and decide where it goes or bin - if you do one thing at a time you will get through it - it is just how it is.

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