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I have accomplished nothing during the past two months, but I feel like I haven't had a break (feddit.it)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Due to a certain situation I'm living at work (for about two months now) I've basically given up tending to all the other stuff in my life and it's really starting to impact my relationships, my mental health and my job itself.

I feel so overwhelmed about all the stuff I still need to do I'm starting to have meltdowns everytime something new pops up (even something as small as a friend's birthday).

Just yesterday I managed to tackle one of the things I've been procrastinating and felt no satisfaction whatsoever due to the huge amount of things that still need to be done and situations that need to be addressed.

I feel I'm only able to handle one "crisis" at a time, and the moment there are two going on, everything else becomes one.

I also can't stop thinking about this whole situation, it's like my brain is constantly active but in the end I can't manage to get me to do anything. It's exhausting.

Does it happen to you too? How do you deal with that?

Edit: thanks to everyone who took time to reply and give honest advice. I'll read all the messages at the end of my shift

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

You need to watch a movie.

The Martian. (Yes its fiction but still)

The man is injured and stranded on Mars, at every step of the way he identifies the biggest barrier to his survival and works the problem then moves onto the next one and works the problem. You dont have a giant insurmountable mountain of problems. They just look that way. Watch the movie, look at how hopeless it was when taken as a whole and then watch him knock his issues on the arse one at a time.

Then sit down and make a list, then pick one and work the problem.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Thanks a lot. I'll watch it for sure

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This is excellent advice. There's also very motivational music (at least to me) to be had.

Making Water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuNq7NWGCfo Science the Sh*t out of This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxV9a25TlE

This can help get your brain to problem solving mode if you've made the association like I have.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=XuNq7NWGCfo

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=DTxV9a25TlE

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Thank you, I'll make sure to watch those videos too