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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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Creativemind
Creativemind

I did to do the dishes and I just dont want to or have the motivation to get them done I want them done i just done I just dont know.

patti22
patti22
Everytime I heat water in the microwave, I stand there and do any dishes that need done. Not always, but usually I get them all done in that time.
scandalousbeauty
scandalousbeauty
I hate doing dishes and it’s so exhausting.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Doing dishes is a warm soothing exercise for my hands. It helps them, and it gives me time to relax for a moment.
Hope you feel better now that the dishes are done!
arfie
arfie
I hate housework, but I hate tripping over garbage and clutter even more and cleaning up accumulations is ALLOT more work and nowhere as effective as cleaning as I go. Most days I take the less hateful poison.

There's nothing about housework that I dig
But it's a real drag trying to live like a pig
So I do a little here and a little bit there
Until it looks like somebody cares
CheshinWonderland
CheshinWonderland
Okay, I love that poem! I'm more of a "ignore it until I can't stand it any more" kinda person. I can usually tell when I'm having an episode (depression or anxiety) because my apartment looks TERRIBLE. Of course, I can only identify it after the fact, but, eh, can't win them all!
Breezy28
Breezy28
I have to say I hate seeing dirty dishes in the sink so I get oddly satisfied by putting them in the dishwasher and cleaning the sink.
karcraft
karcraft
I hear ya, babe! I bought an older mobile home that doesn't have a dishwasher. So, I relax a bit, watch some TV or play on the computer for a treat. Then I buckle down and get 'em done! Hope this helps.
GBUST
GBUST
i tell myself to only wash one thing in the sink. and usually i do two or three. It's a process though, i let the warm water wash over my hands for like a minute.. and i feel the water soothing me. then i add the soap.. and the soap slips through my fingers silkily, and then i start lathering the soap with the sponge.. after a while my thoughts are only on the soap and water and I forget everything else going on in my head.

i wash one thing, maybe two... the water still running nice and warm.

usually i end up washing like four or five things in there.. then I stop. it's very soothing to me and i feel like I accomplished something.
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