absolutely furious at how much better my mental health is after decluttering the living room today 0/10 my mother should not be allowed to be right - ThreadSky

clairewillett.bsky.social • 82 days ago

absolutely furious at how much better my mental health is after decluttering the living room today

0/10

my mother should not be allowed to be right

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seesawenthooz.bsky.social•82 days ago

It's right up there with "you'll feel better if you just go outside for a bit" as most horrifyingly correct truisms

clairewillett.bsky.social•82 days ago

me, every time I drink some water: ….. goddammit

seesawenthooz.bsky.social•82 days ago

I have recently discovered that I do feel better and more capable if I get dressed even if I'm not planning to go anywhere and I am SO MAD ABOUT IT

strivingally.bsky.social•82 days ago

Making my bed as soon as I get up helps my brain work better. Goddammit. 😆

clairewillett.bsky.social•82 days ago

I think of myself as a brain plugged into a computer but I am also a little animal who needs fresh air and a piece of fruit

seesawenthooz.bsky.social•82 days ago

I am nought but a three year old in a giant body! I need structure and regular square meals and a sleep schedule! 😩

sepfieldpatient.bsky.social•82 days ago

I wish I didn’t have to consider other family members feelings about clutter, I would sell or give/throw soooo much away. Less clutter is so good for my mood

Noting that I do not count plants as clutter 🤣

christinamkaiser.bsky.social•81 days ago

Hyper independence is a very real problem

maxthyme.bsky.social•82 days ago

We had a big huge dresser with a big mirror that we had from an old bedroom suite which was the last bit we hadn't gotten rid of and I finally just said screw it and ripped it apart and then we got a carpet cleaner and threw away a bunch of assorted clutter and yeah it helps, dammit to hell.

cadburymoose.bsky.social•82 days ago

This moose has just received "Unfuck your habitat" and is about to start the process. (The problem being that Chez Moose is like a 3-D Chinese tile puzzle and I need to empty one room to shift things into while sorting the place out.) May need to buy a shed - a _big_ shed - as a stopgap.) 3:O|>

gemmarose.bsky.social•82 days ago

I reorganized the kitchen so I have to clean dishes before I can make myself toast or tea for breakfast. Imagine how annoyed I was the first time I went to make toast and spent half an hour washing dishes instead

acmccallum.bsky.social•82 days ago

Imagine my rage when I felt better after exercising.

paperbagriker.fun•82 days ago

everything in its right place

amyhoy.bsky.social•82 days ago

thank you for sending this post to me, specifically 🥲

murray6971.bsky.social•82 days ago

I'm always anxious when I have a sink full of dishes and it's unreal the sense of relief that washes over me once they're all clean and put away.

ellyzoe.bsky.social•82 days ago

Ugh the torment of being a person who’s happiest in a tidy space and also is naturally a colossal mess. 😭😭

hellianne.bsky.social•82 days ago

I relate so, so hard to this, and so wish neither of us did.

savluvx.bsky.social•82 days ago

Ack! Hate that for us 🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

ellyzoe.bsky.social•82 days ago

Me too. My mom, naturally tidy, used to teasingly call me pigpen when I was a kid because of the absolute chaos that seemed to trail effortlessly in my wake. 😭

savluvx.bsky.social•82 days ago

Moms can hit deep, but also pigpen is a fucking delight so 🥰

Somehow, via this conversation i'm reminded of 5yo me "making" little packets of lotion with kraft paper, a stapler and a jar of my mom's nice lotion.

They were so cute 😂

I make the wildest messes, still

ellyzoe.bsky.social•82 days ago

Haha that’s awesome. Kids make the best projects. One of mine loved to play (and got siblings to join) “shopping game” in which they’d each carry bags from room to room picking out things they wanted and paying with things from other rooms. 30m of fun, hrs of cleanup 🫠

helloben42.bsky.social•82 days ago

I used to wonder why my mum would rearrange things every 6 months.
But after living by myself for a few years I tidied up and moved sofa/tv around it suddenly felt like a whole brand new place

sawherry.bsky.social•82 days ago

My mother has that really annoying habit too

katchoo.bsky.social•82 days ago

I feel this way about “getting out and walking in the fresh air” and also “pray about it.” The latter doesn’t seem to do much except let me fall asleep. Still a win.

jpanderson.dev•82 days ago

I started hiring cleaners once a month and the improvement in my mental health was absurd and worth every penny.

jocetta.bsky.social•82 days ago

All of the above. But I have to feel well enough to clean up in the first place.
Doesn't help living with a teen+young adult who are slobs. "Just tell them to clean up" doesn't work, it's like getting the cats to clean up. It's more work getting them focused* than to just clean.
*We all have ADHD.

maqusan.bsky.social•82 days ago

My ADHD arse got more mental health benefit paying for a cleaner than a therapist.

clairewillett.bsky.social•82 days ago

my house cleaners are absolutely a mental health expense like insurance should cover this for all of us lmao

clairewillett.bsky.social•82 days ago

I’m about to take a shower and I’m ready to be mad about that too

step 1 in my “why do I feel like shit for vague and unquantifiable reasons” checklist is “take a shower,” and I’m devastated to report it has a 100% success rate

gunstreet.bsky.social•82 days ago

this is so real and I FUCKING hate it

alisonborealis.bsky.social•82 days ago

the accuracy of these posts...

megateer.bsky.social•82 days ago

I’m mad that my day would have been better if I had gone to the gym this morning.

nuclearalchemy.bsky.social•82 days ago

The day I got a daylight bulb and it turned out my sleep therapist was correct was the most irrationally angry I have been in a while 😆

awkwardteapot.bsky.social•82 days ago

I was just thinking about how I saw you post about the shower thing years ago, and now whenever I feel terrible, I try taking a shower, and it does usually help. Although you might not be happy about it, the idea has been really good for me, so thank you!

bananashirt.bsky.social•82 days ago

so true. hate it. dislike.

discopriest.bsky.social•82 days ago

*Fuck*.

hellonerds.bsky.social•82 days ago

I get SO MAD when my therapist turns out to be right

digitaldraco.bsky.social•82 days ago

It's a feedback loop for me. If my living space is cluttered, my mind is cluttered and if my mind is cluttered, my living space will be more cluttered.

ribblefizz.bsky.social•82 days ago

She's not, it was pure coincidence, the same thing happened to me and I KNOW she was not right

Correlation != causation, etc etc

(solidarity)

mandkaway.bsky.social•82 days ago

Same with how I feel after getting outside for some fresh air and a walk. Grrrrr!

davallone.bsky.social•82 days ago

I know the feeling. It's like when you feel better after working out. Fuck that noise.

looly.bsky.social•82 days ago

Every time a bath and a cup calms me down I too get very annoyed with my mother being right.

jjofbc.bsky.social•82 days ago

it's truly terrible that this works, alas, I have also confirmed it does

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