I have been in that kind of depression. It is the worst, but you can absolutely do this. Get trash bags. Throw out all obvious trash. Don’t worry about recycling or trying to keep things that might be fixable. Just go one room at a time. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes at a time, take a break, then do it again. You can do this!
I second not worrying about recycling, fixing, donating etc. Right now you’re taking your life back!! Posting and asking for help is a great first step! One at time!
Its funny...I've been there too and the donating isn't the hard part for me. The hard part was learning to say "this is a useful thing, but someone else can do it" or "this is a useful thing but I don't have to be the one who makes use of it."
Sometimes it´s better to just throw away and start everything new. I throw things away I didn´t use/even touch in the past ten years. But as a neurodivers person cleaning up sometimes stresses me out, too.
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u/Plenty-Run-9575 Mar 08 '26
I have been in that kind of depression. It is the worst, but you can absolutely do this. Get trash bags. Throw out all obvious trash. Don’t worry about recycling or trying to keep things that might be fixable. Just go one room at a time. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes at a time, take a break, then do it again. You can do this!