Procrastination

SunsetMuse · 01-15-2008, 05:36 AM

I was wondering if anyone else has horrible procrastination? I have depression/anxiety. I have tried Lexapro didn't help and am currently on Effexor...but i procrastinate so much I don't even take my pills which i have many of. I feel lazy, but I just tell myself I will start on Sunday and make sure I take them everyday but I never do. I forget a lot or I don't think they help but I don't give them a chance to. I know it's not good to start and stop meds either...I don't know. I procrastinate on a lot of other stuff lately too like worse than normal, i've stopped cleaning, I don't do anything but play WoW (a computer game) and chat with my friends...it's like anything that could potentially be stressful I just repress...anyone ever deal with this? Also, if you have how did you get past it? I've been like this for months now. I know exercise and "just doing it" seems to be an answer but I have no motivation and no energy and no will to do anything. I don't feel depressed but obviously I am, I don't know. It's weird and hard to explain, if ya get me lemme know. Sorry for the rant. Thanks.

fransimp8826 · 01-15-2008, 07:29 AM

Hey!! Don't feel too bad! I am the biggest procrastinator I know!! You should see my house! lol Honestly though, I am NOT a tidy or organized individual... I never have been.. .at least not thus far... my new year's resolution was to get healthy and quit being such a slob..lol so far the healthy part is going well! and i'm doing better on the slob part! DH doesn't help much though... but that's still no excuse... i should still be doing it even if he doesn't (i can just nag him later about it, right?) :c) i don't necessarily think it's a depression issue... i've never really felt "depressed".. stressed, maybe... but i'm a pretty laid back person.. i think i'm just not very motivated when it comes to those things... i don't prioritize things correctly... after working 9-10 hours on my feet all day, the last thing i wanna do is come home and clean...but i've just been telling myself it's what has to be done... no checking email, watching TV, or playing WoW until the housework is done for the day! lol (yeah, i'm a WoW fanatic too!) Anyway, i think we just need to get motivated! maybe it's partially a depression thing because we're NOT motivated..but i don't think of myself as a depressed person by any means... and i think us being procrastinators doesn't make us depressed! I think we just have to make a concious effort to do those important things, and have the right things prioritized correctly, and we'll be off to a good start! i hope you feel better knowing you're not the only one out there who puts things off! :c)

ShyChicagoGirl · 01-15-2008, 01:07 PM

Wait I thought I was the biggest procrastinator?!?! lol

I am so bad about everything it seems. I am good about taking my meds, but that's about it. My house was a mess for the longest time. I feel overwhelmed/anxiety about it, then I don't do something and it gets worse...ughh..DH and I finally talked last month and we now have a maid come in every two weeks. This helps me not to put everything off, and it helps me get the little things done that I know I wouldn't do it left up to me.

I'm really trying to start exercising again, but I make up a new excuse everyday..ok so far only two days this week. Yesterday I had cramps so bad I didn't get outta bed. Today I'm complaining that it's too cold...ugh...

I just try and take one day at a time. I also try to make lists of things I have to get done each week and then make a list each day making sure I am taking care of some of the overall weekly things I need to get done.

Goals for today: Go check out new gym, run to grocery store. Sounds easy enough right...lets hope so.

It's so weird for me since, generally I am such an outgoing person. I am veery go with the flow...but if it's something I HAVE to do..I just procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate.

SunsetMuse · 01-16-2008, 03:01 AM

Haha thanks guys. It does make me feel a little better, but I used to be so on top of things. I am a very organized person *usually* like i used to alphabatize (sp) all my books, cds, etc. Lol, I just get so anxious when it comes to doing something that I put it off longer and then it escalates lmao. Well, oh well. I can't even make goals it seems anymore, but I am sure it will pass just like everything else <3 Thanks a lot for your responses if anything I got a smile

soulfulqween · 01-16-2008, 04:34 AM

I feel the same way sometimes. Like anything pass getting out of bed and making cereal is just too much...there's a lot to deal with living with PCOS I think it makes simple things harder and that is the hesitation to take tasks on.
I try to force myself and sometimes once I start it isn't that bad but it's really hard to do even that...but you have to.
Keep fighting...

Pook · 01-16-2008, 01:55 PM

I don't know if this will make those reading feel better or worse, but it's my story. I'm a chronic procrastinator. I procrastinate with most things, but mostly my studies. I was dismissed from a doctoral program twice due to it. Recently I was diagnosed (Dec. '07) with major depressive disorder, ADHD (inattention type) and PCOS. Lately, I have really noticed anger, irritability that seems to come out of nowhere and because there's usually no one else around it's directed at my husband. Sometimes I get overwhelmed, but I'm trying to focus on what I can be proud that I've accommplished one day at a time and aim to increase that list of things every day. Meds for depression, concentration haven't worked in the past, so I've focused on diet and exercise. Exercise seems to be helping with my mood and how I feel in general. This (exercising almost every day) is one of the things I can now be proud of because it was something I used to put off.

singingdiva · 01-16-2008, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SunsetMuse

I was wondering if anyone else has horrible procrastination? I have depression/anxiety. I have tried Lexapro didn't help and am currently on Effexor...but i procrastinate so much I don't even take my pills which i have many of. I feel lazy, but I just tell myself I will start on Sunday and make sure I take them everyday but I never do. I forget a lot or I don't think they help but I don't give them a chance to. I know it's not good to start and stop meds either...I don't know. I procrastinate on a lot of other stuff lately too like worse than normal, i've stopped cleaning, I don't do anything but play WoW (a computer game) and chat with my friends...it's like anything that could potentially be stressful I just repress...anyone ever deal with this? Also, if you have how did you get past it? I've been like this for months now. I know exercise and "just doing it" seems to be an answer but I have no motivation and no energy and no will to do anything. I don't feel depressed but obviously I am, I don't know. It's weird and hard to explain, if ya get me lemme know. Sorry for the rant. Thanks.

Hello SunsetMuse,

I know exactly how you feel when it comes to procrastinating and I know its from being depressed. Sometimes I also have a hard time cleaning or running errands or conducting business somedays its an effort to just leave the house and many of my family and friends dont understand or they think I'm acting funny towards them.......so you are not alone sunset I just want you to know that. There have been days that I dont leave my home until the weekend and I have no problem with it but I did clean up yesterday and I'm very proud of that the funny part is I'm enrolled in college classes right now and I've excelled in my studies I was recommended for the Honors Program but sometimes I still procastinate in doing projects Sunset I hope it gets better for you

........you hang in there!!!

singingdiva · 01-16-2008, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ShyChicagoGirl

Wait I thought I was the biggest procrastinator?!?! lol

I am so bad about everything it seems. I am good about taking my meds, but that's about it. My house was a mess for the longest time. I feel overwhelmed/anxiety about it, then I don't do something and it gets worse...ughh..DH and I finally talked last month and we now have a maid come in every two weeks. This helps me not to put everything off, and it helps me get the little things done that I know I wouldn't do it left up to me.

I'm really trying to start exercising again, but I make up a new excuse everyday..ok so far only two days this week. Yesterday I had cramps so bad I didn't get outta bed. Today I'm complaining that it's too cold...ugh...

I just try and take one day at a time. I also try to make lists of things I have to get done each week and then make a list each day making sure I am taking care of some of the overall weekly things I need to get done.

Goals for today: Go check out new gym, run to grocery store. Sounds easy enough right...lets hope so.

It's so weird for me since, generally I am such an outgoing person. I am veery go with the flow...but if it's something I HAVE to do..I just procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate.

Hey shygirl,

I thought I was the only one that used the "its too cold" excuse LOL I actually used it yesterday.....and today I need to run to the post office and grocery store but its the hardest thing

fransimp8826 · 01-16-2008, 09:46 PM

Ha! School was the worst for me when it came to procrastinating!! I've always been the scholar in my family... the only one who's went to college thus far (i'm hoping my sis will go when she graduates)... i just graduated last May, and i ALWAYS put off papers, projects, etc. until the VERY last minute... i would end up staying up until 3am to finish a paper that i'd known about for 3 months! lol :c) or i'd cram for a final 2 hours before i was supposed to take it! hehe.. :c) looking back now i wonder how i ever got good grades...lol i'm also one of the most untidy people you will ever meet... not that i'm bragging... it's a horrible trait... i'm not an organized person at all... i try to be, but most of the time it just goes down the crapper after a week or two..lol so you're not alone!! :c) is it really a matter of being depressed that makes us procrastinate?? i've ALWAYS procrastinated.. and i mean ALWAYS... granted, i'm only 23, but i can't remember a time when i didn't put things off until the last minute... so i don't know... one of these days i'll get my head out of my rump and get things goin'.. but until then... here's to procrastinators! ;c)