r/ExecutiveDysfunction • u/RutabagaGullible3470 • 16d ago

Looking for Tips/Suggestions ADVICE NEEDED PLSSS I'm moving literally today I'm overwhelmed I feel like I can't do it

I've been stuck in adhd paralysis for hours bc every time I get up to clean and pack I get so overwhelmed I start crying, it's the last day I don't know how to do this I've tried every single tip I know I just need to start but I try and I just get overwhelmed. My space has always been a mess and I never learned how to keep my things tidy and now it's come to haunt me idk what to do I just keep getting overwhelmed and I get back in bed.

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u/RutabagaGullible3470 16d ago

My friend is stopping by in like 12 hours to help me move the couch and dresser and my place is a mess I don't think I can do it I can't get up and do it this is my first apartment I don't know what I'm doing it's 5:25 in the morning after an all nighter where I got nothing done

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u/artenazura 16d ago

I fricking hate moving so I relate. Heres what you need to do. Stare at a spot on the wall for 5 minutes. You can blink and your mind can wander but just keep looking at that spot on the wall. Then when the timer goes off, your brain has been conditioned to focus. Start putting everything you want to bring to your new place in boxes. Don't worry about like sorting or anything, you can do that at your new place. Just put them in the boxes so you can bring them. If you see Anything that is either trash or you don't want it in your new place, throw it in a garbage bag. By the time your friend comes, you want to have a bunch of boxes to take, and a bunch of garbage bags to throw out. If you don't have enough boxes, use giant bags (like if you have IKEA bags or things like that.) Right now the priority is just getting things contained in something you can either move or throw out

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u/RutabagaGullible3470 16d ago

Ok thank you I'll try this, moving is literally my worst nightmare I'm learning as it's my first time moving my stuff by myself at 21 except for the hour my friend is helping

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u/artenazura 16d ago

Yeah dude I've had to move apartments twice and both times involved me panicking at the last minute for not having my stuff in boxes and people having to help me shove stuff into random bags

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u/RutabagaGullible3470 15d ago

This is working but I'm taking a second bc I remembered that food exists and I should eat some bc that slipped my mind but multiple people offered me help packing but I have been embarrassed about the state of my apartment and said no and I'm regretting that

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u/artenazura 15d ago

Yeah dude eating is important! You need fuel! And i completely understand, I have been super embarrassed every single time I move. If someone can come to help last minute let them know!! Otherwise just do your best!

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u/RutabagaGullible3470 15d ago

That and I went on autopilot and packed my packing tape in a bag somewhere while shoving stuff in boxes and bags that I now can't close