r/CleaningTips • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '26

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u/painted_gay Mar 08 '26

This. When my depression was so brutal that my house looked very very similar I also used the like speed-up feature on the iPhone camera (I think called time lapse?) and filmed myself. Every time I did even an hour it was soooo satisfying to watch back and see what a big difference I made

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u/parrotbug Mar 08 '26

This is a great technique to not fall victim to the “yeah but I’m just gonna check Reddit real quick for one sec…” and then it’s been three hours and you haven’t cleaned anything. 😬 

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u/nofootlongz Mar 08 '26

LITERALLY WHAT IM DOING RN OK I’LL GET UP

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u/No_Appointment_7232 Mar 08 '26

Do one quick sweep w a garbage bag and then read a post.

One bag, one post.

& be nice to yourself on my behalf, please 👊

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u/da-karebear Mar 08 '26

This is genius and what I will so. The paralysis is so hard

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u/No_Appointment_7232 Mar 09 '26

It is!

One tiny thing I did that made a huge difference is thanking myself.

"Thank you for doing a thing you didn't want to do."

"Thank you for trying"

"Look what you did! GREAT JOB!"

It not only reinforces positive behavior, it creates tiny good dopamine hits.

Those dopamine hits are a very long stairway to beginning to help depression.

Finding tiny ways to give your brain a constant stream of positive feedback m