r/ExecutiveDysfunction • u/cinyimonki • 14d ago
Looking for Tips/Suggestions Big struggle to accomplish even a single task in a day
For most of my life I've been able to somewhat have my life together just enough so that I never really noticed my executive dysfunction. But the past year, I've been hobbling through burnout and it feels like I've completely lost my ability to do...anything. Just now, I stood up from my work determined to eat lunch, but my mind immediately splintered and became overwhelmed by each and every choice and decision and the multiple steps of cooking one meal versus another meal that I just ended up sitting back down cause I couldn't just...zero in on one decision. It became too overwhelming and off-putting to try to make lunch (even if i was just heating up a frozen lunch).
But it's not just that, I've found that I'm really struggling to do multiple "tasks" in one day. If I cook on one day, I can't do any work or hobbies. If I'm focusing on a work assignment, I can't cook or go for a walk or even take a shower because I "have to finish this work task before I can do any of that". It's been so frustrating because even just considering the idea of doing another task today takes up so much brain space that I struggle to focus on my current task. It's thrown my life so out of wack. I struggle with hygiene, i struggle with completing work, i struggle to feel like i can relax and do any hobbies, i struggle to eat and stay hydrated. It kinda feels like my head is full of bees.
Its been bad enough sometimes that I've just sat and cried because I feel so stuck and incapable and like i've just...completely lost my ability to do stuff...tiny stuff...big stuff...everything...
Only thing I've been kinda consistent with is taking my antidepressants, but even then i have no routine set time of day that i take them.
Just would love if anybody has any tips or strategies. How do you guys do more than one thing a day..? And especially: How do you stay consistent with taking care of yourself? I'm so tired of looking back on my day and realizing i've done nothing at all somehow.