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Why can't I do a single thing?
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this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2025
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Seconding the first comment here: I have ADHD and your description sounds very familiar to me. I am able to use alarms to motivate myself to get up and do some things, but it is definitely not 100% and many alarms are skipped. Another thing that helped me was learning to tell myself it's ok; it's to take a break, even a long break, even many long breaks - and it's ok to not do things that were planned. Being nice to me really helped reshape my understanding of achievement. It never gets easier, but learning how to deal with it definitely changed it from daily dread to enjoying life.
Thirding this; sounds a lot like ADHD (executive dysfunction). ADHD is commonly comorbid with depression and anxiety.
Very easy to be mad at yourself for not doing something, then mad at yourself when you do do something and it takes less time/energy than you psyched yourself up for, and just staying angry at yourself.